Highland estate managers have been given the go-ahead to use land mines in an attempt to bring down deer numbers, widely considered to be out of control in the Scottish highlands. The knock-on benefit, according to landowners, will be a reduction in visitor footfall.
As far as funny as UKC's April's Fools articles go, I guess once the Daily Heil or The Smut gets a sniff of it, we should get all get some EOD training ASAP. It never pays off giving the fuuckers any ideas...
Thankfully, nut‑removal tools might work quite well for landmine probing if adjusted just a bit – most removal tools should work just as well for EOD probing...
In a past life I worked in the landmine/UXO clearance realm so spent a fair bit of time at the sharp-end of that experience. They're definitely not funny.
But I see nothing wrong with an April 1st joke being made about them. Nor I expect would anyone else I worked with (we often did ourselves). Those maimed and blinded by their encounters seldom seemed averse to making light of them too, however traumatic their experiences had been.
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