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WASP Knife Will Freeze And Blow Up Your Organs

gizmodo.com — Add this to my “Things to hyperventilate over” list: British police are on the lookout for something called a WASP Knife, a weapon that injects a ball of compressed gas into its victim that then expands to the size of a basketball, instantly freezing and exploding their internal organs.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 20, 2008

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  • humanerror, on 07/20/2008, -10/+358Take it from someone who had to learn the hard way: this knife does not make a good letter opener.
  • diggstown, on 07/20/2008, -15/+300Don't WASP me b..!
  • Metalcard, on 07/20/2008, -10/+289Wasn't this on Digg just over a month ago? I believe it was on DiggNation to...
  • YancyFryJr, on 07/20/2008, -7/+186It's disturbing to imagine what that would do to a person.
  • ShadowMarth, on 07/20/2008, -6/+179Yeah, was on Digg before... Furthermore, its for divers, so that they can defend themselves from ***** sharks and *****. And honestly, I'd want one if I was a diver. In the unlikely but possible event you're attacked by a shark, this is practically the ideal knife to have, because firstly, it will actually be effective unlike a normal knife. Secondly, it will freeze them and carry the body to the surface before they thaw, so that most of the blood is released a ways away from you, so more sharks don't just smell the blood and come after you.
  • UltX, on 07/20/2008, -6/+172That has got to sting.
  • Alumintia, on 07/20/2008, -4/+131Finally! A decent way to kill those scary watermelons.
  • GorfTron, on 07/20/2008, -2/+109Expands and destroys your internal organs? Around here we call them "White Castles".
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -3/+99Yeah! Freeze and Blow up your organs ,that's what'll do.
  • binky79, on 07/20/2008, -2/+77I concur with the first commenter on the Gizmodo blog, "Sure this is scary. But honestly, if someone wants to kill you, a normal knife will work just as well." And to add to that, if I'm going to be killed in a stabbing death, let it be instant and not 5 minutes of excruciating pain and suffering before bleeding to death.
  • Brad324, on 07/20/2008, -4/+79It's about time they have buffed the knife. Does this come out next patch?
  • yertthedigger, on 07/20/2008, -9/+78Will it blend? Vs. WASP Knife. The Ultimate Showdown!
  • Guncrazy, on 07/20/2008, -9/+71The WASP Knife! Ideal for mall ninjas, holster sniffers and other bad-ass wannabes.

    I call *****. This is NOT going to "freeze internal organs." Small areas of tissue, maybe, but the freezing damage will be insignificant to what's already been done by the blade.

    And if you use it to inflate a shark so that it rises to the surface, drawing other predators away from you...well...what do you think is going to happen when you pull that knife out? That's right. An enormous fart accompanied by blood and offal is going to come spraying out of its newly-carved extra *****. All over you.

    This is, of course, assuming that the shark is going to hold still long enough for you to stick the knife in and trigger the gas. Did anyone else notice how long it took for the guy in the demo video to activate the knife in the watermelon? There's a huge difference between a stationary, docile 10-pound watermelon and a thrashing, pissed-off 150-pound fish regarded as the top of the ocean food chain.

    And let's not forget our gas laws from Chemistry class. The deeper you dive, the lower the temperature and the higher the pressure--both of which reduce the volume of gas this thing will spit out, reducing its effectiveness. Furthermore, you're in a very wet environment, and you also have a good chance of creating ice instantly in the gas channel when you activate it, rendering the system inoperable.

    Used on land, what...you think this is going to stop a bear? And if you use this on another human being, what do you think is going to kill him? Having a 5.25" blade buried in his gut? Or the embarassment of making the biggest, messiest, smelliest shart EVAH when you pull the blade out? (And again, he'll be sharting all over YOU.)

    It's an interesting, expensive, but ultimately useless gadget.
  • humanerror, on 07/20/2008, -0/+55Holy ***** Rambo has a digg account
  • pintomp3, on 07/20/2008, -2/+56spam assassin.
  • tynansanger, on 07/20/2008, -2/+53Anton Chigurth is not impressed.
  • maj0rm0j0, on 07/20/2008, -7/+58This thing is great I ordered the buying guide for it. It's pricey, but great for diving. Here sharky sharky.
  • citydragon, on 07/20/2008, -0/+49Cool knife, but the "British police are on the lookout" line is surely blatant fearmongering. Knife crime is the latest media bogeyman in the UK.
  • llnylov, on 07/20/2008, -6/+54Scary, ass-weapons.
  • smokewater, on 07/20/2008, -0/+39Alright, you bring your paintball gun with you diving, I'll bring that knife, we'll see what works better against a shark.
  • artfiend77, on 07/20/2008, -4/+40Icy what you did there.
  • PurpleSfinx, on 07/20/2008, -2/+38The whole time I was reading your comment, I thought you said 'drivers', not 'divers'.

    You can imagine what went through my head.
  • Murdats, on 07/20/2008, -1/+36bloody rogues are already overpowered.
  • ShaoKahn, on 07/20/2008, -2/+31WTS rare Dagger -> Ice +100 dmg!!!
  • Chompy, on 07/20/2008, -0/+27Indeed, as opposed to the warm and fuzzy things a normal knife does to a person when you stab them with it.
  • yellowswan, on 07/20/2008, -5/+32Allow me to break the ice. My name is Freeze. Learn it well. For it's the chilling sound of your doom.
  • weegee101, on 07/20/2008, -0/+24Yeah, but it comes with nerfs to armor and long range weapons so you can't defend yourself against it.
  • LeviTheSmith, on 07/20/2008, -0/+23http://xkcd.com/37/
  • zarcu, on 07/20/2008, -0/+22Well its still a knife....
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -0/+21Ask anyone who's been stabbed or seen someone get shanked in prison.

    You don't feel it immediately. That's why sometimes you hear in the news that some guy got stabbed 20-40 times. It won't stop the person right there unless you stab them in the heart, neck or eye. They'll keep fighting you for a few minutes.

    With this thing, you could stab them anywhere and they'll drop right there. Even the legs.

    You're still much better off with a taser for self-defense though. A knife requires close combat.

  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -1/+21Does it come in blue?
  • lead2thehead, on 07/20/2008, -1/+20So now that guns are banned, the brits are making advancements in stabbing technology... nice.
  • ninja0, on 07/20/2008, -0/+19Does this add 2-10 cold damage to the knife?
  • sexybobo, on 07/20/2008, -0/+19Here is the non crappily compressed flash version.
    http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/showdown
  • Jumpeplowski, on 07/20/2008, -2/+21Because you really need a weapon that blows people up from the inside.
  • elefaint, on 07/20/2008, -0/+18Is it breezy in here? Or is it just you?
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -0/+17The blade works fine, but the gas fires backwards.
  • Mononuclear, on 07/20/2008, -0/+17harpoon guns only have one shoot too.. what is your point? Have you ever been diving? If you get attacked by a shark and need this knife it won't be hard to hit the shark. Most likely it will have you in its jaws and so your arm will be poised to sink into its head. It's not like you are trying to stab random fish from 20ft.
  • alapoet, on 07/20/2008, -13/+29That'll leave a mark!
  • xombiefarts, on 07/20/2008, -6/+22Wasn't this on diggnation just a couple episodes ago?
  • orangefly, on 07/20/2008, -1/+17no, this is the ultimate showdown....of ultimate destiny....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwBK31tC5QM&eurl=ht ...
  • downwiththeking, on 07/20/2008, -0/+16With a name like "Guncrazy" no wonder he is against this knife.
  • Myonosken, on 07/20/2008, -3/+19Yes because this is ***** necessary when London has had 30 knife deaths and 21 injured already this year. ***** genius, lets make it just 51 dead.
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -8/+24WHY IS THIS NOT IN GEARS OF WAR 2
  • Brad324, on 07/20/2008, -0/+15^ Viagra already does that.
  • rock774, on 07/20/2008, -2/+17wonder if Walmart will get the cheaper version made in China
  • ORBAT, on 07/20/2008, -1/+15Yeah, he's absolutely delighted.
  • LittleDas, on 07/20/2008, -0/+14It won't actually freeze the whole shark. It will just blow a big ***** hole in it. You're probably gonna be covered in shark bits no matter what.
  • rand0mm0nkey, on 07/20/2008, -1/+15You capitalize the D in don't when its the first word in a sentance, grammarcop. You may want to use a pronoun as well. Geez.
  • inactive, on 07/20/2008, -1/+15Made popular 34 days ago. wow.

    http://digg.com/gadgets/As_if_a_knife_wasn_t_deadl ...
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