Gunpowder Use #456789: Gameboy becomes Gamebomb

By Michael Huang on February 20, 2004 11:04 AM | 1 Comment

Student arrested for bringing Gameboy Bomb to school


I find this story scary on a couple of counts: First of all, that it's a junior high student who did this -- shouldn't he be out playing with his friends instead of hollowing out a (probably perfectly good) Gameboy and filling it with gunpowder? Secondly, how does a junior high student get access to enough gunpowder to fill a Gameboy?


I think this story also has the potential of growing into an urban legend -- sort of like the teenager who built a nuclear bomb.

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Cat | February 21, 2004 4:20 PM | Reply

How freaky. =/
What is a kid doing with gunpowder anyway?

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