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[Earnest]

premising that this is a famous joke at least in Italy but I guess worldwide, I beg your perdon for the banality of the puzzle...anyway could be interesting for those of you who do not know it. So CAVEAT early spoiler and join the puzzle

An explosion...Target destroyed...No announcement on the radio

[invisiblemimsy]

Long joke or story? Or just a one-liner?

[Earnest]

Long joke or story? Or just a one-liner? I would say just a little joke but not relevant

[Balin]

Is the explosion particularly large? Small? Did the radio itself explode?

[invisiblemimsy]

Was terrorism involved? A bomb? Faulty wiring? Was the target a radio, another object, or a person? A fire? Some kind of prank or experiment that went wrong?

[GalFisk]

Explosion: high explosive? Low explosive? Flammable gas explosion? BLEVE? Other bursting of a pressurized container? A balloon popping? Someone suddenly becoming enraged? A sudden release of force? An electrical explosion? A sudden noise? A sneeze? Cougj?
Target: an object? A person? An area? Something abstract? Such as someone's reputation?
Destroyed: torn apart? Toppled? Killed? Made useless? Made undesirable? Defaced? Disbanded? Outlawed? Was it permanently destroyed?
Radio: broadcast radio? News? Two-way radio? Are rafio announcements normally expected in similar situations?

[Earnest]

Balin

Is the explosion particularly large? this for contextSmall? Did the radio itsellf explode?[/b]no to the third one[/b]

Invisiblemimsy
Was terrorism involved?this is irr for solvibg the puzzle but a no for context reasons and to fully understand the statement of the puzzle A bomb?Yes Faulty wiring? Was the target a radio, another objectTHIS, or a person? A fire? Some kind of prank or experiment that went wrong?no to this

GalFisk

Explosion: high explosive? presumibly thisLow explosive? Flammable gas explosion? BLEVE? Other bursting of a pressurized container? A balloon popping? Someone suddenly becoming enraged? A sudden release of force?this An electrical explosion? A sudden noise?presunibly this A sneeze? Cougj?
Target: an object? A person? An area?this! Something abstract? Such as someone's reputation?
Destroyed: torn apart?this Toppled? Killed? thisis..exploreMade useless? Made undesirable? Defaced? Disbanded? Outlawed? Was it permanently destroyed?all others are possible a part of toppled which I don't fully understand
Radio: broadcast radio? thisNews?this Two-way radio? Are rafio announcements normally expected in similar situations?YES!

[GalFisk]

Toppled = tipped over/brought out of balance.
Was the bomb dropped from aircraft? Fired from a cannon? Lofted by a rocket? Floated in a watercraft? Propelled underwater? Assembled in place? Did it explode up in the air? On the ground? Underground? On water? Underwater? In space? Was it a test? An accident?
WAG 1: was it the 100 ton test (giant TNT bomb for calibrating instruments before the first atomic bomb test)? WAG 2: was it the Starfish Prime high altitude atomic bomb test, that broke electrical equipment and jammed radio transmissions?
Was no radio announcement made because: it was a secret? An embarrassment? Radio people were affected by it and unable to do their job? Radio equipment was affected? Radio transmission was affected? Radio was not invented yet? Announcement was forbidden? Prevented? Forgotten?

[Earnest]

Toppled = tipped over/brought out of balance.so possibly but irrelevant
Was the bomb dropped from aircraft? Fired from a cannon? Lofted by a rocket? assume from an aircreaftFloated in a watercraft? Propelled underwater? Assembled in place? Did it explode up in the air? noOn the ground? thisUnderground? On water? Underwater? In space? Was it a test? An accident?no to the rest
WAG 1: was it the 100 ton test (giant TNT bomb for calibrating instruments before the first atomic bomb test)? WAG 2: was it the Starfish Prime high altitude atomic bomb test, that broke electrical equipment and jammed radio transmissions?very nice WAGs but no
Was no radio announcement made because: it was a secret? An embarrassment? Radio people were affected by it and unable to do their job? Radio equipment was affected? Radio transmission was affected? Radio was not invented yet? Announcement was forbidden? Prevented? Forgotten?no to all...but keep on exploring the reason why no radio trasmission was made...

GalFisk

[invisiblemimsy]

Did they explode something deliberately but it went wrong, e.g. the explosion was bigger than expected, or went off at the wrong time or place? Experiment? Usual bomb ingredients, or other? Number of persons who made or exploded the bomb, HAF, HAM, (list of numbers please)? Mafia involved?

How many people injured/died (list of numbers please)? Did the radio guys mistake the blast for something else, other mistake, or refuse to broadcast? Or was it to do with the person/s who set or were killed by the bomb? Is there any pun or link to fiction or a song? Was it a joke explosion? Was the reason there was no radio announcement because the explosion only existed within the joke?

[Earnest]

Did they explode something deliberately but it went wrong, e.g. the explosion was bigger than expected, or went off at the wrong time or place? wrong placeExperiment? noUsual bomb ingredients, or other? Number of persons who made or exploded the bomb, HAF, HAM, (list of numbers please)? Mafia involved?irr

How many people injured/died (list of numbers please)? a very very big explore on this! If I answer to this you get the solution!Did the radio guys mistake the blast for something else, other mistake, or refuse to broadcast? noOr was it to do with the person/s who set or were killed by the bomb?yes! Is there any pun or link to fiction or a song? Was it a joke explosion? noWas the reason there was no radio announcement because the explosion only existed within the joke?no..very close to the solution...keep exploring the number of victims and guess the reason why no radio announcement was made

[invisiblemimsy]

Was it a special number? 1, 3.14 (pi),13 (unlucky for some), 23 (the 23 enigma), 42 (life the universe and everything), everyone, infinity, etc?

[Earnest]

Was it a special number? 1, 3.14 (pi),13 (unlucky for some), 23 (the 23 enigma), 42 (life the universe and everything), everyone, infinity, etc?DOYD on "special"...anyway none of these...keep exploring

[invisiblemimsy]

Were there human casualties? Animal? Alien? Cartoon? Was this 'real life' (within the context of the joke of course)? On TV? On radio? Were names of the people who died relevant?

[Balin]

Was the radio station or transmission tower destroyed in the blast?

[Earnest]

Were there human casualties? Animal? Alien? Cartoon? noWas this 'real life' (within the context of the joke of course)? let's say it could have happened in reality...whether it actually happened I don't knowOn TV? On radio? Were names of the people who died relevant?no...just the number

Was the radio station or transmission tower destroyed in the blast?no

[invisiblemimsy]

So you're saying there were zero human casualties? so the extra large number must be some other species? Angels? Nuclear bomb? A bomb in heaven, and no radio there? Or am I buwt?

[Earnest]

So you're saying there were zero human casualties? so the extra large number must be some other species? Angels? Nuclear bomb? A bomb in heaven, and no radio there? Or am I buwt?ups sorry I simply missed that question. There are human casualities. The bomb is a real bomb coming from an airplane (please see GalFisk above). The only things to figure out are: number of victims and why the radio did not make announcements...the reasons are indeed connected one to anorher

[GalFisk]

Were the people who could've made the announcement hurt? Was the transmitter damaged? Could noone reach it? Is a specific transmitter relevant? Was the announcement not made because of: deaths? Injuries? Damage to equipment? Damage to infrastructure? Humans preventing other humans from broadcasting? Broadcast being pointless? Everyone within broadcast range being deaf from the noise? Is broadcast range relevant? Did more than 10 people die? 100? 1000? 10000? 100000? 1000000? 10000000?

[invisiblemimsy]

Nuclear bomb?
Did everybody die? Like, everybody in the whole world? Hence there was no one to announce it on the radio, which was OK because there was no one to hear the announcement anyway? I have no idea how this could be a joke though.

[Earnest]

Were the people who could've made the announcement hurt? Was the transmitter damaged? Could noone reach it? Is a specific transmitter relevant?no to these or irr Was the announcement not made because of: deaths?explore but aware of FA...well to be honest having seen the previous questions there is a little FA on this question anyhow...explore Injuries? Damage to equipment? Damage to infrastructure? Humans preventing other humans from broadcasting? Broadcast being pointless?this small ish Everyone within broadcast range being deaf from the noise? Is broadcast range relevant?no to these Did more than 10 people die? 100? 1000? 10000? 100000? 1000000? 10000000?relevantly no to all of these!

Nuclear bomb?no
Did everybody die? Like, everybody in the whole world?quite the opposite Hence there was no one to announce it on the radio, which was OK because there was no one to hear the announcement anyway?nice guess but no I have no idea how this could be a joke though.you will discover once solved the puzzle...keep exploring and you probably will laugh at the end!

[GalFisk]

Was one person hurt or killed? 2-3? 4-7? More? Was the target humans? Structures? Nature? Was the bomb comically ineffective?

[invisiblemimsy]

‘Deaths’ = actual deaths or just a metaphor? Same Q ‘announced’? Same Q ‘died’? Did nobody actually die? Nobody cared? Because this isn’t real? Is it a dream? Was it a play or film?

[Earnest]

Was one person hurt or killed?this is the most close2-3? 4-7? More? Was the target humans? yesStructures? also thisNature?this also Was the bomb comically ineffective?yes
I see from your questions a FA ...if you actually discover the FA you have the solution and the joke

Deaths’ = actual deaths or just a metaphor? Same Q ‘announced’? Same Q ‘died’? Did nobody actually die? YES!!!!Nobody cared? Because this isn’t real? Is it a dream? Was it a play or film?
no to the rest...now to figure out: why was the bomb comically ineffective?

[invisiblemimsy]

We have a saying in the UK: "He couldn't find his own arse with both hands". It means that even if your target is your own bottom, it's really close and you're using every resource, you're so stupid or inept that you'd still fail.

So is it something like this? The plane is high up and can clearly see the massive target, the bomb is massive too, yet the bomber/s are so stupid they can't hit even a single person?

[Earnest]

We have a saying in the UK: "He couldn't find his own arse with both hands". It means that even if your target is your own bottom, it's really close and you're using every resource, you're so stupid or inept that you'd still fail. 

So is it something like this? The plane is high up and can clearly see the massive target, the bomb is massive too, yet the bomber/s are so stupid they can't hit even a single person?well I would say no...let's say...it was put a fake target (e.g. those inflatable targets used) in a place and the bomb was shot in that place from the airplane...you need to figure out why the bomb was ineffective...

[Balin]

Was the bomb a real bomb? A fake bomb (in response to the fake target)?

[GalFisk]

Is this the legend of nazi Germans building fake airfields with wooden planes, and the English bombing one with a wooden bomb?

[Earnest]

Was the bomb a real bomb? A fake bomb (in response to the fake target)?the bomb was real

Is this the legend of nazi Germans building fake airfields with wooden planes, and the English bombing one with a wooden bomb? yes...think it's time for a spoiler since details are quite hard to find out...

$POILER time...so there is an italian joke (hope the translation will be fair enough) from the old times of the war. The joke is about an aircraft bombarding a fake target on a graveyard. The radio used to make announcements every day about the count of the victims which was not necessary at all after the graveyard was destroyed. Anyway in Italy we said that instead of the radio, a TV presenter after having not heard any announcement at the end of the day, said to people:" Today no radio announcement has been made about the destroyed graveyard...well I'm quite puzzled about that...indeed...nobody has been injured but everybody are dead!

[Balin]

That's pretty good!

[GalFisk]

Ha ha!

[Earnest]

Of course thanks everyone fro playing and congrats GalFisk on the solution!

[invisiblemimsy]

I want to know who did the bombing - Italians, British, Germans, French? So I can imagine what accent the TV presenter used!

[Earnest]

Well not specified in the joke...anyhow imagine a German presenter...don't know why but it sounds funny with a German accejt

[invisiblemimsy]

Yes ikwum! Have you seen this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienp4J3pW7U

[Earnest]

Never seen it...I'll take a look for sure!!!