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Is this treatment for... 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 13:25 GMT

Happy

Is this treatment for nuclear piles, perhaps?

Litvinenko 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 13:44 GMT

Black Helicopters

Now we know how the radiactive material was introduced into Alexander Litvinenko's body...

Uranium ores ? 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 13:52 GMT

Coat

Standing around in their underwear suggest the ladies to be more like common ores to me.

I'll get my etc.

Awww dammit.. 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 13:54 GMT

Joke

.. processing takes an additional 4 to 5 days.

I'll have to put back my evil scheme for world domination back a week.

And... 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 13:58 GMT

Alien

I followed that link (OK, so its a boring day), and although the "also bought" link now lacks the French knickers, the next item beside the, umm, medical devices is "The Simpsons Movie, (widescreen edition)". Not to mention the "Fresh whole rabbit" and the UFO O2 detector... You have to wonder.

@lansalot 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 14:08 GMT

Happy

very funny: CaWS (Cracked a wee smile)

Bikini Atoll 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 14:09 GMT

Is that the answer that connects them all?

Uranium 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 14:24 GMT

Alien

useful for cleaning uranus...?

1.2 Gigawatts! 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 14:26 GMT

Boffin

Ah, so Doc Brown was right! 22 years into the future, and you can already buy nuclear fuel!

Anyway ... it would still take Marty a week to get his DeLorean running again ...

Aha! 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 14:51 GMT

Joke

So that's how the Iranians enrich their uranium.

Eh? 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 16:28 GMT

I don't get it? Why does Amazon.com sell a variety of anal douches? I always knew our septic cousins were a little strange...

Am I the only person who finds this disturbing? 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 16:53 GMT

Flame

I'm waiting for a science-bod to post reasons on why this is nothing for us to worry about.

Anyone?

u238 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 17:06 GMT

Uranium 238 is hardly radioactive at all and isn't nearly unstable enough to produce a sustained chain reaction. This is probably what they've got left over after they pull the fissionable U235 out of it. Stock ore comes with about 0.77% U235, you need 3% for most fission reactors, and something like 95% before it is considered weapons grade. As far as I know just about anyone can buy U3O8 (Uranium Oxide) ore for about $30/lb, but that isn't terribly useful unless you've got an impressive enrichment setup in your basement.

Would make for a neat paperweight though...

Fear not 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 17:11 GMT

The uranium on offer is U238, which is only an emitter of weak alpha particles. The stuff that goes "Bang!" is U235, which is found in naturally extracted uranium but comprises less than 1% . That's why the Middle East camel jockeys are busy churning out centrifuges.

If the label on the jar is accurate and it contains just U238 then what they are selling is Depleted Uranium, popular in military circles for making very dense penetrators. Which could, I suppose, explain why "People who bought ............

@ censored 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 17:25 GMT

Paris Hilton

Uhm, but the uranium doesn't bother you?

The other customer 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 17:30 GMT

Joke

The other customer must have been Ahmedinijad.

What is this??? 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 18:45 GMT

Alert

Further down the page is the "Customers who viewed this item also viewed..." section which has something interesting on page 9/9.

SPECIAL ORDER DEPT. 30 MISC.

For $227,272,727.27 ???

I'll take 4 of those......

Prepare to be probed! 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 19:04 GMT

Thumb Up

<-- wrong finger, but you get the idea ...

Try searching Amazon for "UFO detector" -- you also get rectal syringes.

It's only the polite thing to do, if you are expecting to get anally probed.

Arthur Chance? 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 19:19 GMT

Happy

Is he a good friend of Ivor Biggun and Hugh Jass by any coincidence?

But wait! It gets worse! 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 21:24 GMT

Amazon customers who bought armored land tanks ALSO bought anal douches!

http://www.amazon.com/JL421-Badonkadonk-Land-Cruiser-Tank/dp/B00067F1CE/ref=pd_sbs_misc_title_1

And if you need more radioactive sources... 

Posted Monday 3rd December 2007 23:42 GMT

http://www.imagesco.com/geiger/radioactive-sources.html

go to the source of all the interesting linking.

not near as humorous as the Amazon links though.

lovely color, but... 

Posted Tuesday 4th December 2007 07:50 GMT

It makes a lovely colour in paint or as a glaze (as does lead), but like lead or any other heavy metal, it is very poisonous.

Shrek 

Posted Tuesday 4th December 2007 08:50 GMT

I see customers also bought Shrek 3 DVD which could explain his(?) colour.

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