Twelve year old girls and hand grenades

Interesting news tidbit from FARK. Seems that a 12 year-old Canadian girl in Hailfax was raking leaves when she discovered a grenade.

The girl (named Ruby) said she “recognised it from a picture on her Green Day t-shirt.” Her dad called the army, who came out and took care of the grenade. Evidently her yard was once the site of a munitions factory.

Now… maybe it’s just this day and age, or maybe it’s because she’s female, but she recognized what it was because of a picture on her t-shirt? Wow. When I was six, I probably could have told you what a hand grenade was. At twelve, at least one of my friends could have told you the exact specs and explosive capabilities of said hand grenade.

Then again, we were little boys who liked playing commando, army, whatever the hell you want to call it. We also had enough G.I. Joes and plastic army men to hold off an invasion from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Sinister Six, and COBRA. All at once, even.

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