Need a throwaway line

[HareBrain]

Yeah, but think of the smugness that awaits the successful suggestor!

 

[The Judge]

Why has the teenager picked up the item? In ignorance, presumably?

Have you researched what boat flares were like in 1900? It may be they were considerably more dangerous than modern-day versions, especially if the teenager is absent-mindedly fiddling with them.

If the teenager has access to a military vessel, or people in the military, then what about a gun? It's sufficiently dangerous to require a "Drop that!" without more.

 

[RJM Corbet]

Yeah, but think of the smugness that awaits the successful suggestor!

Well, I think if the teenager had your Maltesers his personal safety could be in real and immediate danger?

But the Judge is getting close there: old explosives? Flares past sell-by date?

 

[HareBrain]

For the sake of a concise explanation, the "put it down!" scene takes place in 2011, but is being observed by someone from 1900.

But from what I can find, flare guns were around in 1900, so the observer could know what it was. And I guess the teenager could be goofing around with it in a way that makes the shouter very alarmed. So that's at least a possibility, cheers.

 

[Mouse]

*ahem* Who mentioned flares first? Tsk!

 

[The Judge]

I know, Mouse. I wasn't trying to steal your thunder -- or smugness -- but I was bringing your eminently good idea to HB's attention in a different way.

 

[Gary Compton]

A stick of TNT

Teenagers up here are slightly more advanced than the norm!!

 

[Mouse]

I know, Mouse. I wasn't trying to steal your thunder -- or smugness -- but I was bringing your eminently good idea to HB's attention in a different way.

That's all right then. I'm surprised I actually thought of something good!

 

[RJM Corbet]

That's all right then. I'm surprised I actually thought of something good!

Wee sleekit, cowrin' tim'rous ... Oh fine then, yes, you can get to feel smug

 

[The Spurring Platty]

How about
- an old folding barber's razor
- a walking cane with a sword hidden inside it
- a seashell with a poisonous hermit crab

Maybe not the last one.

 

[paranoid marvin]

How about one of Katie Price's bestsellers?

 

[paranoid marvin]

More seriously - An axe? A saw?

 

[RJM Corbet]

More seriously - An axe? A saw?

"That's an axe, be careful."
"I know it's an axe -- DAD." Withering look: "Can we go home now?"

 

[paranoid marvin]

I've got it!

A BOOMERANG!

Of course he would have to be told to drop it and not throw it away , otherwise it would be bound to come back and hurt him.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Or you could be more boring and say a syringe/needle.

 

[RJM Corbet]

Or you could be more boring and say a syringe/needle.

"What are you doing with that? It's a syringe. Put it down."
"Like now I'm a junkie -- DAD?"
Puts down syringe and returns to facebook on cellphone ...

 

[alchemist]

How about one of Katie Price's bestsellers?

He wants to say "Drop it!", not "Douse it in acid and burn it!"

A jellyfish? Electric eel?

 

[Mouse]

Wee sleekit, cowrin' tim'rous ... Oh fine then, yes, you can get to feel smug

Oh what a panic's in thy breastie! Love that poem.

 

[RJM Corbet]

Oh what a panic's in thy breastie! Love that poem.

... the best laid plans of mice and men gan aft agley.

 

[MstrTal]

Hmmmmm off the top of my head. . .

Homemade Porn (Not involving spouse),
Paintball marker/gun with no BBD (Barrel Blocking Device),
Divorce papers (When you haven't informed them yet),
Box with your stash in it,
Receipt from the Adult Toy store,
Remote that accesses your hidden mad scientist/bomber lair/arsenal (Hey this is a SFF site!)