How to get one over on the neighbours

I don't mean putting up more Christmas lights or getting a better car to park outside.
When I was a kid I collected bullets and shell cases. I got them from second hand shops, market stalls and sometimes antique shops.

Nothing really special, but all interesting in their own way.
One that I purchased was made of brass and when cleaned was good enough to stand on the mantel piece above the fire. It was a 2Ib anti-aircraft Pom Pom shell.

One day while chatting with a friend over the phone we got around to this shell. My friend was in the army and asked me to read out what was on the bottom and also describe how it was put together.
He then said “call the police and explain you have a live first world war shell and need help with it”
“It’s very dangerous”.
So we called the police who didn’t have a clue what to do but put us in contact with the army bomb disposal team. Very shortly after a large van with lights flashing and sirens sounding pulled up outside our house.

This is the bit about getting one over the neighbours. Let’s see them beat that.
Anyway they took it away, but not before Michelle told them off for messing around with it.
We actually used to throw the shell to each other in the living room.

Photo one is mine
Second and third photo from Pixabay