London Calling

This is a must read for anyone who thought the recent discovery of two cars filled with propane tanks and other "explosive" devices in London was some kind of major jihad plot carefully orchestrated by Al Qaeda.

Beavis and Butthead in London jihad

"Yes, it could have been a real horror. Only, the device could not have detonated. Not under any circumstances. You see, the terrorist wannabe clown who built it left out a crucial element: an oxidiser. The device was pure pre-teen boy fantasy."

"Oh, the Piccadilly fireball would have blown the car's windows out, and popped its doors open, and sent various bits like mirrors and so forth into the air at velocities possibly fatal to people nearby. It would have looked really cool, that's for sure. But an explosive event...a detonation? Not in a million years. Sorry lads: you failed car bombing 101; you did not attend a single lecture; you did not even open the textbook."

"You and I are more likely to have been killed accidentally by the lousy driver than intentionally by his Beavis and Butthead car bomb."