And yet, it isn't even April 1st...

...not that I didn't do a doubletake, just to make sure.

Apparently, the U.S. military, buying into every possible stereotype about sexuality, consided building a gay bomb. Yes, that's right. The idea is that the bomb would go off, spraying a chemical on soldiers, who would then start snogging each other on the field. And voila, no more fighting.

The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soliders to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to one another," Hammond said after reviwing the documents.

Although, it's almost a shame it doesn't actually work like that. I can think of a few U.S. government officials I'd like to spray the compound on.

More than this, what is there to say really? It's so indescribably moronic, that it has to speak for itself.

The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that soliders would become gay," explained Hammond.