iPod terrorist attack on Canada's Capital

[CptStern]

iPod prompts airport scare in Ottawa

A suspicious package found in an aircraft washroom on a flight from Chicago yesterday afternoon brought out Ottawa police canine and bomb-disposal units.

A member of the crew found the package about 4 p.m. The plane landed safely and was isolated from the terminal. Passengers were taken off the plane and questioned by police while experts investigated the "package."

The airport was not closed during the three-hour incident.

Police issued a statement last evening saying the suspicious package "has been identified as an electronic device commonly known as an iPod.

full story

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=1c0072fe-4d98-44e4-8414-652f83e27868



this is where it gets good:

This ... is going to be a long one. And believe it or not, it's a 100% true story. Its relation to World of Warcraft will not be immediately apparent. Anyway, the gist of what happened is here: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=6a11bd67-f717-4aa3-80a9-840c07949730&k=28503

It all started when I got out of my seat to go to the bathroom. I went to the bathroom, washed my hands, and returned to my seat. A little while later the two stewardesses on the flight crossed each other in the aisle. They had a quick conversation that I was in earshot of.

"I locked off the front lav. There's something in the toilet that's preventing it from flushing. Run some water and see if you can clear it.........

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11211166&pageNo=1&sid=1

lol!

..read it all (still reading)

 

[Pauly]

I just read that 2 minutes ago. Link it for the other people.... rofl

 

[CptStern]

edited to include link

 

[tehsolace]

lol omg talk about a story to tell your friends about... all that over a stupid ipod. people are overly cautious.

 

[Geogaddi]

Haha. That's worth a read. Thanks for posting this.

 

[ktimekiller]

Rofl cheeese that was hillarious

 

[pvtbones]

lol

shame he had to go through all that but procedures are procedures.

and what does TLDR mean?

 

[Evo]

TLDR -

"Too long, didn't read."



Great post

 

[Slacker]

God I love paranoid people.

 

[sinkoman]

I love how he straight up defies the official while he's questioning him

If only more Americans had the guts to do that...

 

[PvtRyan]

"War on Terror" is sofa king we todd ed.

If the terrorist threat reaches these kind of panicky heights, terrorists have already won.

And what does it achieve? If they can't blow up planes any more, they'll blow themselves up in a bus or simply in a crowded street or shop.

Normal security measures are good, outright paranoia is stupid.

Funny story though.

 

[Beerdude26]

Awesome story

 

[brink's]

Very interesting, good post!

Talk about culture of fear...

 

[CptStern]

I love how he straight up defies the official while he's questioning him

If only more Americans had the guts to do that...

well the be fair the official was canadian ..no chance of being sent to syria or gitmo there


....oh wait

 

[Fliko]

"Contraband," he said without looking up at me.
"Such as?"
"Child pornography, hate propaganda."
"Child porn I can understand, that's illegal. But hate propaganda is protected speech."
Now he looked up. "What country do you think you're in?"
"Oh, it's illegal in Canada?"
"I honestly don't know. But that doesn't matter. I get to decide what goes in this country. Do you have a problem with that?"
I paused for a long time while I thought about what I should say to this. "Yes."
"Yes, you do have a problem?"
"Yes, I do. If it's illegal in Canada I'll understand, but saying 'I don't want it in my country' isn't good enough when you're a government official."

Bad customs officer...