Enriched uranium unearthed from man's garden

March 2, 2007 5:49 PM

Enriched uranium unearthed from man's gardenA German man obtained and buried it in his garden, raising concerns about the security of Germany's nuclear reactors. The German version of the article is more funny, since he explains how he tried to convince the authorities for 15 years that he had enriched uranium in his garden...
posted by yoyo_nyc (23 comments total)

How does one say, "Oh my god! There's enriched uranium in my garden!" in German? Or Swedish? Greek? Swahili? Visigothic? Esperanto? Klingon?
posted by ZachsMind at 6:51 PM on March 2, 2007

Maybe he could give his uranium to Kim Jong Ill, since it turns out he doesn't have any.
posted by homunculus at 7:19 PM on March 2, 2007

Was he... eating things out of his garden?
posted by fusinski at 7:30 PM on March 2, 2007

"Mein Gott! Mein Garten enthaelt angereichertes Uran!"
posted by cortex at 8:42 PM on March 2, 2007

Doesn't everyone know at least one guy that has some nuclear material stashed at home
posted by unklspot at 8:48 PM on March 2, 2007

Doesn't everyone know at least one guy that has some nuclear material stashed at home

There's always that ONE house in the neighborhood...
posted by fusinski at 9:02 PM on March 2, 2007

Mein Gott, es gibt angereichertes Uran in meinem Garten!

"enthält"="contains"
posted by jouke at 10:14 PM on March 2, 2007

"Funny" is perhaps not the rightest word. Turns out that the guy is an (ex?)-junkie, who has been sent quite a few times to psychiatric institutions (not least because of his insistence that he had "radioactive stuff" buried in his garden, and that he got the uranium-pellets (which originated from a nuclear fuel treatment factory) from "an acquaintance in the drug scene".

"Incredibly sad" and "abso-bloody-lutely terrifying" may be more to the point...
posted by Skeptic at 3:30 AM on March 3, 2007

Mein LuftkissenfahrzeugGarten ist von den Aalenvom Uran voll!
posted by kcds at 6:22 AM on March 3, 2007

Schlangen im Flugzeug!
posted by jouke at 8:31 AM on March 3, 2007

"Herregud! Det finns anrikat uran i min trädgård!" swedish
posted by dabitch at 9:19 AM on March 3, 2007

Oh God, d'r is verrijkt uranium in m'n tuin! dutch
posted by jouke at 2:30 AM on March 4, 2007

"Åh Gud, der er beriget uranium i min have!" danish
posted by dabitch at 9:24 AM on March 4, 2007

Jézus Istenem, a kertemben dúsított urán van!
posted by Wolfdog at 9:58 AM on March 4, 2007

Mon dieu, il y a de l'uranium enrichi dans mon jardin. french
posted by jouke at 10:08 AM on March 4, 2007

I can only imagine what you expected to take place in the thread for your first post, yoyo_nyc, but it probably wasn't this.
posted by Wolfdog at 10:24 AM on March 4, 2007

scheissehandschuhe!
posted by cmonkey at 10:38 AM on March 4, 2007

Was that Hungarian, wolfdog?

Yeah, this is totally stupid.
More languages please!
posted by jouke at 11:49 AM on March 4, 2007

Dios mío! Hay uranio enriquecido en mi jardín!
posted by cmonkey at 12:01 PM on March 4, 2007

No, I was just clearing my throat.
posted by Wolfdog at 12:04 PM on March 4, 2007

"Åh Gud, der er beriget uranium i min have!" danish
posted by AwkwardPause at 1:43 PM on March 4, 2007

The pellets were enriched to a level of around four per cent, well below the weapons-grade threshold of 80-90 per cent.
Though wikipedia says a crude weapon would work with 20% or maybe less. Four percent could scare some folks with a dirty bomb I suppose.
posted by exogenous at 2:58 PM on March 4, 2007

אוי יש אורניום מחזק בגן שלי

But this might be more appropriate:
אוי יש אורניום מחזק בגן שכני
"Oy, there is enriched uranium in my neighbor's garden."
posted by felix betachat at 3:50 PM on March 4, 2007