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TIFU by thinking we found a bomb in 3rd grade

This happened when I was in 3rd standard (elementary school).During PT period me and my friends Ashwin and Nikhil were playing when Nikhil suddenly found some kind of electronic thing behind the stage

Now, Nikhil was obsessed with Hollywood action movies so the moment he picked it up, he said, “Guys this is a bomb, I know how to activate it.” He started saying all these technical words we didn’t understand, but we were so impressed we believed him

He told us that the activation was almost done and we needed to test it on someone. Ashwin said, “I know a guy Godson. He’s stupid, let’s test it on him.

So the plan was- we’d play hide and seek, and while Godson counted to 100 with his eyes closed, we’d throw the bomb near him.

While Godson was counting another friend, Jolbin noticed the “bomb” and got curious. He asked Nikhil what it was. Before Nikhil could stop him they got into a fight over it. Jolbin grabbed it and threw it and it landed on the school’s sunshade.

Nothing happened. No explosion. No smoke. No Hollywood moment. Turns out… it was just a computer motherboard. 🤦‍♂️

TL;DR: In 3rd grade my friend thought he found a bomb, we planned to test it on a classmate, but it turned out to be a computer motherboard.

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