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Thursday, 14 April 2011

Woolly Kevlar

Australian scientists claim that Kevlar vests would be improved by including wool in the weave.

Australian scientists?  That's Australia as in where they have more sheep than people?  It looks to me as if Big Wool is trying to... pull the... over our...

Um...

2 comments:

  1. I'd buy your conspiracy theory if it were Kiwi scientists. Obviously, Aussies would want us all to buy lots of rabbit-skin products. Then again, it wasn't the smartest criminals that got caught.

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  2. Sergej,
    It wasn't the smartest of jailers that handed over a continent's worth of resources to a bunch of criminals, and paid for their transportation. :)

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