Mon May 28, 2012, 09:35 PM

Pink Floyd guitarist, wife evacuated after WWII-era bomb found near mansion

Source: NY Daily News

By Ethan Sacks

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour and his wife were briefly forced to "Run Like Hell" - after a bomb scare involving a World War II era German device was found under their mansion.

The drama unfolded when the device was unearthed during renovations of the couple's six-story East Sussex mansion in southern England Thursday, forcing a brief evacuation of the premises, Classic Rock magazine reported.

“They’ve found a bomb under our building site – we think it’s a bit of old pip but the Ministry of Defence are on their way,” Gilmour's wife, Polly Sampson, tweeted.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/pink-floyd-guitarist-wife-evacuated-wwii-era-bomb-found-mansion-article-1.1085655#ixzz1wDaxDoOc

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/pink-floyd-guitarist-wife-evacuated-wwii-era-bomb-found-mansion-article-1.1085655

Photo: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1085653!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/image.jpg
@PollySamson/via Twitter

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Pink Floyd guitarist, wife evacuated after WWII-era bomb found near mansion (Original post)	Omaha Steve	May 2012	OP
Good heavens! Now, THAT'S a story...	hlthe2b	May 2012	#1
They're lucky they found it	Politicalboi	May 2012	#2
"a bit of an old pip"	bluerum	May 2012	#3
Did they take shelter in a cave with several species of small furry animals	MannyGoldstein	May 2012	#4
Careful with that	klook	May 2012	#7
Gilmour sold a mansion and gave proceeds to a homelss group in '03.	SomeGuyInEagan	May 2012	#5
This Song comes to mind	Tabasco_Dave	May 2012	#6
Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb ? well maybe, one slip and....	KurtNYC	May 2012	#8
"a bit of old pip"?	IDemo	May 2012	#9
I'm sure that was a typo.	christx30	May 2012	#10
One of these days...	rdmtimp	May 2012	#11

Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 09:38 PM

hlthe2b (47,285 posts)

1. Good heavens! Now, THAT'S a story...

WOW

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 09:58 PM

Politicalboi (9,486 posts)

2. They're lucky they found it

In one piece. I would hope they checked for more. One momentary laps of reason could mean a big gig in the sky.

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:00 PM

bluerum (6,109 posts)

3. "a bit of an old pip"

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 10:43 PM

MannyGoldstein (21,457 posts)

4. Did they take shelter in a cave with several species of small furry animals

grooving with a pict?

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Response to MannyGoldstein (Reply #4)

Tue May 29, 2012, 08:30 AM

klook (4,461 posts)

7. Careful with that

bomb, Eugene.

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:10 PM

SomeGuyInEagan (1,137 posts)

5. Gilmour sold a mansion and gave proceeds to a homelss group in '03.

It was a $7.5 million donation to Crisis, a national charity for single homeless people in the U.K.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/jun/17/live8.popandrock

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 02:49 AM

Tabasco_Dave (1,157 posts)

6. This Song comes to mind

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Tue May 29, 2012, 09:43 AM

KurtNYC (12,069 posts)

8. Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb ? well maybe, one slip and....

It would have been absolutely curtains and could have caused brain damage. I told them to relax and 'breathe, breathe in the air' the experts will remove the bomb.

Gilmour said "we called the bomb squad hours ago. Is there anybody out there? what shall we use to fill the empty spaces (where the bomb was)? and how shall I complete the wall renovations?

I answered "Hey you, have a cigar. Stay. Speak to me. Give it some Time."

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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2012, 10:36 AM

IDemo (12,305 posts)

9. "a bit of old pip"?

Was that meant to read "a bit of old pipe", or is that an actual British idiom?

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Tue May 29, 2012, 11:38 AM

christx30 (1,172 posts)

10. I'm sure that was a typo.

Seems a little TOO British for a member of Pink Floyd. It seems like it would be more in line for someone in 1940's London.
I'm sure the bomb feels the same way.

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Wed May 30, 2012, 12:16 AM

rdmtimp (362 posts)

11. One of these days...

I'm going to blow you into little pieces.

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