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Tue 9 May, 2006 02:58 pm
'Explosive' underwear gift sparks bomb scare
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two bags with a note warning they would blow up if opened triggered a bomb alert at a Japanese university -- before explosives experts found they contained women's underwear and a chocolate cake.
Police evacuated Kyushu University's pharmacology department in southern Japan early Tuesday and called in the bomb squad after a staff member found a white paper bag with a note that said "To Yoko, if you open this it will explode" and a pink plastic bag marked "This one too."
The paper bag contained the cake and the plastic bag the underwear, a spokesman for Fukuoka prefectural police said.
Two female students of the department had meant the parcels as a birthday present for a friend, writing the note because they thought it would stop anyone from touching the bags. They left them in the post room Monday night, emailing their friend to tell her to collect them.
The friend, however, forgot.
The police spokesman said the two were being questioned about the incident but it was too early to say if they would be charged.
Explosives, women's underwear, chocolate cake . . . throw in some duct tape and you have an episode of MacGyver.
Heck, I can be wearing underwear (no not women's) and have explosions.
Still, no matter the banter, there is a much more serious issue underlying this post. Japan isn't exclusive in taking such drastic measures, after all.
Any plain, boring old underwear, when draped around my loins, always ends up containing a lethal weapon. Whether it explodes or not, depends on the circumstances.
najmelliw wrote:Still, no matter the banter, there is a much more serious issue underlying this post. Japan isn't exclusive in taking such drastic measures, after all.
Naj is right, of course. There are other visionary world leaders that are bold in their measures. President Bush has made a promise to bring peace and democracy to Iraq so that no underwear bombs will ever be seen there. So far, Mission Accomplished!
Can I list my underwear as a chemical weapon?
LOL
What I mean is, that the tension is so high nowadays in first world countries, that the police have to take drastic measures for every package they find... And the fat majority is hoaxes, thank goodness.
Still, this costs money, and breeds fear.
Underwear, chemical weapon, tension, package and breeds should never be in the same post.
I think you are now on the US No Fly List.
(Ooops. Check your zipper)
Speak of underwear reminds me of all the planning that underpins our President's bold and forceful plan to achieve victory in Iraq!
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