Erin Pollitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I just read an article in our local newspaper, The Oregonian, that told
>about a dog that was killed by an explosion after it's owner picked up a
>tennis ball that way lying on the ground and played fetch with it.  It
>blew up in the poor dog's mouth.
 
Sadly, yes, this was very true.
 
The tennis ball had duct tape wrapped around it to hold the ball together
with the explosives inside.  So it wasn't just an innocent looking tennis
ball.  So the caution actually was to avoid tennis balls with duct tape or
similar around them.
 
    -Carla
[Posted in FML issue 3266]