I thought this quote was a prank when I read it on Boing Boing, so I went to the main CNN site and there it was:

CNN.com – Agent infiltrated terror cell, U.S. says – Aug 10, 2006

A senior congressional source said it is believed the plotters planned to mix a British sports drink with a gel-like substance to make a potent explosive that could be ignited with an MP3 player or cell phone.

The sports drink could be combined with a peroxide-based paste to form a potent “explosive cocktail,” if properly done, said a U.S. counterterrorism official.

Are you f$cking kidding me? Are you sure someone hasn’t been spending too much time with the Eepybirds lately? What if a lot of people showed up for a flight carrying clear plastic bags of 2 liter bags of Diet Coke and pre-loaded tubes of Mentos? Now there’s some potentially explosive junk food, and you wouldn’t have to shut down the entire air traffic control system either (although it would be a mess to clean up).

And yes, we watched Mythbusters last night, and laughed along with the boys as they lit their giant tower of methane-filled soap bubbles on fire after they got done shooting off dozens of “diet sodas.” They never got as artistic at the Eepybirds, but they had a lot of fun and made a big mess shooting stuff off and blowing stuff up, which is always the hallmark of good Mythbusters-style fun.
And remember, don’t try this at home… and DON’T bring no motherf$cking liquids on a plane.
(man, I still had to fix this post in MT after starting it in ecto)

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