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Sunday 4 October 2015

Mum used unexploded bomb as a vase for 30 years without realising it was still live

A woman was shocked to discover a wartime shell she had used as a vase for 30 years was still live.
Kathryn Rawlins, 45, had found the shell buried in the playing fields at her school when she was 15.
Assuming that it safe, and thinking it would make a nice vase, she had kept it filled with her favourite flowers for more than three decades until she saw a TV documentary and realised she may have actually been sitting feet from an unexploded bomb.
After calling the police, MoD experts were brought in to take away the vase and safely remove the explosive - before returning the casing to her.
Warks, said: “The police said the shell had the potential to have killed anybody within about 20 metres of it and could have taken the house down.
“It’s funny to think that I had it on my mantelpiece the entire time - it’s just become a part of my family now.
“I have had the shell on the mantelpiece for three decades now and even took it to university. I used to stick plastic roses out of the top of it when I was dancing around to Madonna.
“Luckily my husband Chris just thought it was funny.”
Kathryn said: “I made the strangest call to the police non-emergency hotline. I started off the conversation by telling them not to panic and attempted to describe the shell that I had.
“I told them it was 12 inches in length and three inches across at its base. The top of it has a conical tip, which can be unscrewed.
“I used to unscrew it and put the flowers out of the top.
“It’s really heavy to hold and has some writing that looks like it could be German around the top.”
“In the end I just sent them a photo of the shell I’d been using as a vase. After the police saw that, they had an officer at my house within the hour.
“The situation then became very serious after the police told me that they would have to take the shell to the local barracks as the Ministry of Defence needed to examine it.
“It was a little bit worrying.
“The police brought it back to me when they assured me the shell had been made safe though, so I’ll carry on using it for my flowers.
“I took it into school to show the kids - they loved it.” 
 
at 10/04/2015 05:35:00 am

58 comments:

  1. #LordSandra4 October 2015 at 06:12

    Hmmmm

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    1. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:18

      One can actually be sitting with death but if its not yet time, not would happen. Linda take note!

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    2. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:18

      One can actually be sitting with death but if its not yet time, not would happen. Linda take note!

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    3. Unknown4 October 2015 at 09:03

      God saved her

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    4. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 09:45

      Hehehe. Baaaad woman! The vase serves a dual purpose, flower vase during the day something else at night *wink**... singing Kenny rogers' "daytime friends and night time lovers"

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    5. Baddest Puta4 October 2015 at 10:39

      White people

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    6. Cynhams Cakes & Pastries, Abuja4 October 2015 at 12:18

      Wow! She is soooo damn lucky.


      Please click on my name to order for your cakes in Abuja.

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    7. aproko manager4 October 2015 at 13:10

      God love er...she was playin wit d devil

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    8. Juleslouis4 October 2015 at 15:05

      Wow! When God says its not yet time for u to die.

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    9. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 15:45

      Anonymous 9:45 am: you're high though.
      ~D great anonymous!

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  2. Unknown4 October 2015 at 06:13

    What a stupid woman...

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    1. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 07:00

      Biko, how is she stupid?

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    2. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 07:08

      She is not stupid she just didn't know.

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    3. Unknown4 October 2015 at 07:11

      Pls why is she stupid?

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    4. Unknown4 October 2015 at 07:24

      How's she stupid when she wasn't aware of it? How bout you that goes about sleeping with men without condom without being afraid of STD and pregnancy? Who's now more foolish?

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    5. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 07:29

      Pls why is she stupid

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    6. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 08:21

      @asoge olukemi jus shut dat chatterbox u call a vocal cavity. d only stupid person here is u. read n understan ... wot made d woman stupid??? Huh. better go back tto school n study English, or get someone to xplain d story to u. she was smart enof to av seen d documentary n acted accordingly. u b idiot!! she's smarter dan u n all ya family line back to 1816. escalated vagabond, constipated nincompoop, everlasting bastard, idiot

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    7. Unknown4 October 2015 at 09:44

      How is she stupid..u d stupid one here..u lack common understanding

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    8. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 10:59

      Asoge, what makes her stupid now? Or do you have English problem to understand what stupid is? It's sad how people just comment so off the hook. Smh

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    9. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 11:00

      Asoge, what makes her stupid now? Or do you have English problem to understand what stupid is? It's sad how people just comment so off the hook. Smh

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    10. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 11:07

      Your mother is the stupid woman for not training you properly.

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    11. Cynhams Cakes & Pastries, Abuja4 October 2015 at 12:19

      How is she stupid? She didn't know it was a bomb.

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    12. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 13:45

      How is she stupid??? Animal like you, this is a simple and honest mistake anyone would have made

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    13. Unknown4 October 2015 at 14:17

      Shut up..ure d stupid one

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    14. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 14:33

      What makes her stupid, please? Is it that you don't read or you just want to comment? In my mind,Olukemi, I think you are the stupid person. Please, you must not always comment. If you must then be reasonable.

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  3. Blog It With Olivia4 October 2015 at 06:17

    Hmmmmmm. Since the ish never harmed her + its now safe for her to use, then nothing spoil











    #IT will ONLY get BETTER
    #it MUST end IN praise

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  4. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 06:19

    THNK UR GOD...TOMJERRYSWIT

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  5. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 06:21

    Ur title reads "man". Shudnt it be "woman"

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    1. Unknown4 October 2015 at 06:28

      It's mum nt man

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    2. Unknown4 October 2015 at 06:41

      U get double eye....,na. Mum!

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    3. Unknown4 October 2015 at 09:46

      Hahahaha..u are a brain dummy..go get some lense joor

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    4. Unknown4 October 2015 at 09:53

      Its "Mum", not 'man'! You are welcome.

























      #TeamBlessed#

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  6. seyi crown4 October 2015 at 06:29

    White na them sick,i see unusual electronic I feel so uncomfortable not to now talk of this, I see this in movies very time and sure knw wat is use for...y will I now keep the dem thing in my house?





    Seyilicious

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  7. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 06:31

    Maybe ur d one dat didn't see n read rightly. It reads "mum" not man. Don't be quick to criticize.

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  8. Anya peace4 October 2015 at 06:32

    hmmmm...... funny? How funny is it

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  9. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 06:34

    Where does it say 'man'? Mumu. Open your eyes and read well. Maybe sleep still dey catch you?

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  10. Unknown4 October 2015 at 06:37

    Hmmmmm......thank God for God......scary though......

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  11. Unknown4 October 2015 at 06:50

    Thnk God ntin happened to you.. Its a big testimony God have been so faithful to you

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  12. ANYA IKENGA4 October 2015 at 06:55

    In Nigeria she would have been arrested.

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  13. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 07:01

    The woman is not stupid but was naïve and ignorant of what the supposed verse was; she should go for a big thanksgiving service with her family.

    Watch my comedy skit on Youtube: https://youtu.be/gJKsO5cfGN0

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  14. Unknown4 October 2015 at 07:03

    Hmmm. God has saved her.

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  15. mira cookie4 October 2015 at 08:09

    Na wa! How can you find this and think it's safe? Jeeez

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  16. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:09

    I no knw foram ooo, wie u see man dere, Aboki boi u no dey see clear ni?

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  17. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:13

    when God is with you sha



    Aunty linda.....

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  18. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:13

    when God is with you sha



    Aunty linda.....

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  19. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:13

    when God is with you sha



    Aunty linda.....

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  20. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:15

    Mum not man, Anonymous 6.34am u dey verse gan oooooo, why calling someone mumu? Haba.

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  21. ary4 October 2015 at 08:17

    That is how someone inadvertently invites death in his house.

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  22. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:20

    It's typographical error...u don't need to call her mumu for it unless u don't make mistakes urself.

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  23. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 08:32

    Hmmmmmmmmmm you are just lucky to tell the story. Will of God always

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  24. Unknown4 October 2015 at 08:42

    Wow!

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  25. Josh Atuanya4 October 2015 at 08:59

    She wz lucky d bomb wznt made in China or by Boko haram boys...
    U guys know d rest of d story naa...

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  26. Anonymous4 October 2015 at 09:00

    If it was a black person or Arab he/she would have been imprisoned for being in possession of this bomb but of course she's white so they made it safe for her, why wasn't she arrested for even 10 seconds to determine why or how she possessed this bomb in the first place, rubbish

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  27. Innocentia Annie4 October 2015 at 09:39

    She's lucky
    Thank for her

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  28. Ubs4 October 2015 at 09:40

    Well atleats she didnt use it as a giant Dildo.

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  29. Unknown4 October 2015 at 09:52

    Thank God it didn't explode before she watched that TV documentary.























    #TeamBlessed#

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  30. Unknown4 October 2015 at 15:27

    hahahahah

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  31. I B M bolubantin4 October 2015 at 17:36

    GOD protects us in ways that are unknown to us

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