The Anonymous Widower

Odd Uses For Products

I was reminded last night of the old true tale about Barratt’s aniseed balls being used as part of the trigger for a limpet mine.  They were protected by a condom and this was then removed to allow the ball to dissolve, which then let the trigger fire. Simple and it worked very well, although some people in the Ministry though that it was wrong that part of the war effort rested on a sweet costing less than an old penny.

Last night, someone told me that a well-known luxury skin care product, is also a good fly repellent, when applied to horses. I didn’t believe it, but I did find this page.  It’s about half-way down.

August 10, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | World | Horses