'Lethal' shell discovered

I stand corrected.

[yellowjacket]

Nope, explosive shells are so named because there is a metal shell containing the explosive, to which a fuse is attached.

Is it named poorly then. Shells (carb, lobster,jackets) normally encase the important bit.

[Goldie fish]

I may have one of them also,but I am not going to admit it here...

You've a shell case, the shell is the projectile head (usually pointy)

[Goldie fish]

Like the media etc

[yellowjacket]

Not people who know what theyre talking about..

[Goldie fish]

Dunno,normally when you speak of shells,its the brass case people refer to

[yellowjacket]

You've a cartidge case, the shell is the pointy bit.

[Goldie fish]

I have one of them....ideal for holding change...

[yellowjacket]

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1086288&issue_id=10106

THE ARMY bomb disposal unit was called to deal with a potentially lethal shell which was discovered in the shed of a Dublin house yesterday.

The 6lb shell, believed to be decades old, was found by new owners clearing out the shed of a house on Grenville Terrace, off the South Circular Road.

The shell was taken away by the Army and is to be destroyed.