Silly string in Iraq

[smlibrarian]

I love it when people come up with a useful use of a very silly children's toy. US soldiers in Iraq are using Silly String as trip wire detectors! Before entering a building or room, they spray the stuff inside, and if it gets hung up on the very fine wires, they are tipped of that it's there. Great, eh? I'd say the first soldier who thought of

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[cvirtue]

And Halliburton gets the contract without bid, and Aerosol Polyvinyl Tripwire Detection Kits are sold to the US Government for $50 each.

[smlibrarian]

Let's not go there. We wouldn't want to give the Pentagon any ideas! :p