If they’d spread flour in the shape of a Mooninite, they probably would’ve been shot on the spot
Yeah, great. People laying flour and marking arrows with chalk for a goof running event—something they’ve done plenty of times, coast-to-coast—gets them felony charges in Connecticut.
Beer runners’ trail a recipe for trouble
Because, as we all know, the preferred delivery method for anthrax is by dumping a “white, powdery substance” in an Ikea parking lot.
Here’s the quote from the Mayor’s office:
“You see powder connected by arrows and chalk, you never know,” she said. “It could be a terrorist, it could be something more serious. We’re thankful it wasn’t, but there were a lot of resources that went into figuring that out.”
Oh crap, we gotta worry about something more serious than terrorists, now? Zombie aliens? Bioagents that turn oil into mad cow disease? Sharks with freakin’ laser beams on their heads?
August 29th, 2007 13:03
If these people stayed home and watched TV, or did nice constructive things like shopping, this would never have happened.
Running outside . . . that’s just asking to be shot. What were they thinking?
August 30th, 2007 04:34
God, what is it with New England? Why are we all turning stupid? Oh, that’s right, because we’re all New Yorkers now. Damn.
August 30th, 2007 20:44
Ahh, I remember a time when any white powder found by an idiot was just assumed to be cocaine.
September 4th, 2007 12:09
i was thinking the same thing, blitz.
on another note, nice linkage on Cracked.
http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2349
September 5th, 2007 17:09
“It could be a terrorist, it could be something more serious.”
Like what, Chinese made toys?