Bomb Scares In The News
Staffers at a Fort Wayne, Indiana law office panicked when they found a suspicious box containing an unknown object and called police. After much deliberation, the bomb squad decided to detonate the gift. The turnip did not detonate, however.
Officers then called the city's bomb unit, which brought in a robot to carry the package outside to a parking lot. X-rays showed no signs of an explosive, but bomb technicians decided to detonate the package with a water cannon just to be safe, police spokesman Michael Joyner said.
After that, they opened the box and found the turnip, wrapped in lettuce-green tissue paper inside a sandwich bag.
Turnips only cause detonations when consumed. Or that's the excuse Uncle Guido likes to use, at any rate. Meanwhile, in Corpus Chisti, Texas, the pineapple did detonate.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The police department was briefly evacuated after a woman decided she should bring in a hand grenade she found.
The unidentified woman handed it to an officer Thursday after finding it while cleaning out a relative's belongings. The officer immediately took it outside the building and police cleared the building until the bomb squad took it away and detonated it about an hour later.
The bomb squad supervisor used highly technical jargon to describe the result of his team's efforts:
"When we countercharged it, it went boom…"
Thank heavens for experts.
Weird Stuff | Gaius Friday, 14 March , 2008
By J.A.Jance, Friday, 14 March , 2008 @ 10:27 pm
In the early days after 9-11, the Fort Wayne airport is where the TSA inspector pitched a fit about my Sonicare Toothbrush. As a result, I almost missed my plane. It would appear to me as though things haven’t improved.
By Sylvia, Saturday, 15 March , 2008 @ 12:43 am
I can’t remember, Gaius, for which anniversary one gives turnips… Oh, I know, it’s supposed to be rutabegas and the person obviously couldn’t find a really prime rutabega and substituted a turnip!