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When an assassination must for some reason be a spectacular sight, this method should be used. It may be possible for an explosive compound to exist which would either have no detectable taste, or would taste similar to the dish to which it is added. The portion of the dish likely to be eaten *last*
(say, a piece of nut in the bottom of a cake) should contain the detonator, which would consist of a microscopic piece of a material that would ignite the explosive/food mixture catalytically, perhaps on contact with stomach acid. This device could, perhaps, consist of a "delayed-coating" pill, of the form in which aspirin is sometimes made. Alternatively, no detonator pill would be included; instead, the explosive would be (this is a chemical WIBNI, I know) sensitive to detonation at first contact with whatever is served in the next course of the meal; perhaps it could be temperature-sensitive, and the next course would be hot soup.
Baked (!)
http://www.scienceshorts.com/020319.htm
I've eaten nitroglycerine myself. Didn't blow up, tho. [DrCurry, Jun 02 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
Mentos and soda
http://en.wikipedia...iki/Mentos_eruption
[nuclear hobo, Jul 01 2007]
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C-4 is edible, but it tastes rather waxy. I suppose it could be easily hidden in food that tastes waxy, or blended into a cake. When placed in a fry-pan, C-4 melts and turns into a liquid about as thick as melted Cheez Whiz. |
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As for a detonator, I have no idea. |
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Just saw this on the Simpsons. Some french chef was going to kill Homer with an eclaire that was filled to the exploding point with chocolate. Simpsons, ahh, what a great source of knowledge. |
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Pass the Salt Peter... Peter? Peter? *weeps* |
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there's jelly for pudding..... |
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You could just put like a small capsule of something extremely explosive when in contact with saliva. If the coating is thin enough, when the person is chewing, BANG!!! Although it may not kill, this would be quite a show. |
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i had an idea like this once it was kind of a edible grape grenade. you would have an innocent looking grape then when you removed the stalk to explosive chemicals (preferably slow reacting ones) would start to seep towards each other, then if someone saw you you could just eat the grape and all would be solved, no explosion. it might be easier to have the stomach acid as the preventing chemical as saliva is pretty dull, and if the explosive didn't deactivate the explosion would be much mor interesting. |
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Well, most of the alkaline earth metals react with acids to produce a significant amount of heat (I know; I got 2nd degree burns from a flask of magnesium dust and hydrochloric acid). Or, if you really, want some fun, take a bit of sodium or potassium in a biologically sensitive wax coating. put it in a fake nut or something; a gram is plenty. The way dissolves in the stomach and the potassium hits the acid.... |
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well, there are videos of it here and there, but suffice it to say the results aren't pretty. Try it with the more reactive ones (cesium, rubidium) and you wouldn't even need the explosive. |
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its edable and it explodes whats not to like? |
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Baked - mentos and soda. [link] |
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Well, this is prebaked in a movie <name I cannot recall> where the baddies came up with an explosive that looked like water. When mixed with stomach acid, it exploded. All very creative. |
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Not sure what situation you'd have whereby a goodly dose of nerve agent wouldn't be "spectacular" enough. |
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//Creosote// ... //detonator// |
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An after-eight mint!
(obscure Monthy Python reference) |
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