Iraq standing-by £52m investment in ‘useless’ explosives detectors: BBC News

I posted this on another thread but it seems to fit quite well here:

One frightening thing; I went to check the ‘spare’ in a car I’d just hired the other day (yes, I am that sad!) and was shocked to find the spare-wheel-well in the boot only contained a foam holder with a electric tyre-pump in it!

I ask you…..what ******* use is that if you’ve got a flat tyre in a foreign country in the middle of the night? 😡

Personally, I don’t know why a Bentley would even have a spare tyre…..surely they just phone somebody to sort it out for them. 😀

Anyway, the proprietor of the company responsible has now had his collar felt. And about time, too.

Good to see that he is a least being investigated but I doubt that this will lead to an appropriate prison sentence.

I imagine he will be able to afford a pretty good lawyer from the proceeds of at least £52m!

According to the article:

Iraq has bought thousands of the detectors for a total of $85m (£52m). The device is sold by Jim McCormick, based at offices in rural Somerset. No Western government uses them.

The ADE-651 detector has never been shown to work in a scientific test. There are no batteries and it consists of a swivelling aerial mounted to a hinge on a hand-grip. Critics have likened it to a glorified dowsing rod.

The promotional material for the ADE-651 claims it is powered only by the user’s static electricity.

I wonder what crime the seller of these devices could actually be investigated for?

Just carry an empty Gatorade bottle.

:confused: Oh! For the **** you mean!

Holiday Inn must really look forward to you turning up at reception: ‘Bedwarmer sir?’…

…no, I’m alright…..I’ve got a Gatorade bottle full of ****! 😀

…maybe, just maybe, it might develop into something that has a slight chance of being published?

Didn’t we try that recently? The results were…er…‘disappointing’. :rolleyes:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=95378

Sounds like a PR stunt to me!!

Yep, they’ve been reading the Ryanair ‘How to Get Free Advertising’ manual…

…anybody had to pay to take a **** on a Ryanair flight yet? :rolleyes: