August 18, 2005
OH, TO NOT BE IN ENGLAND (via erp):
Diaper sparks bomb alert (Reuters, 8/19/05)
An "electronic nappy" used to monitor wetness sparked a bomb alert in a German post office when it arrived in a parcel ticking suspiciously, police in the southwestern city of Heilbronn said Thursday."They suspected it was a bomb so they put the package into an empty room and called the police," said a police spokesman. "It was supposed to respond to wetness with bleeping sounds but this one ticked."
Lucky it wasn't at Heathrow--the Brits would have pumped a half dozen rounds into the kid. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 18, 2005 4:31 PM
Comments
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at August 18, 2005 8:34 PM
Yanks would only have put the nipper in a wee orange boiler suit and played it Led Zeppelin records quite loud.
Soft-lads.
Posted by: Brit at August 19, 2005 4:38 AMAnyone with newborns knows they conceal bombs in diapers all the time.
Posted by: John at August 19, 2005 9:28 AMAll;
What kid? There's no child involved in the story.
Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at August 19, 2005 10:01 AMAOG - Yes, and that's why it's funny.
Posted by: erp at August 19, 2005 10:26 AM