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Tennessee man's DIY 'rubber bumper' sparks false bomb threat alarm, sending schools into lockdown and shutting down businesses
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Posted on 10/25/2023 9:36:13 AM PDT by algore

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To: sasquatch

A widely-used abbreviation for Law Enforcement Officer.


21 posted on 10/25/2023 10:01:45 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: NorthMountain

Needed a spray sign “Not a Bomb”.


22 posted on 10/25/2023 10:03:11 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: Boogieman

The whole setup is looks incredibly stupid.


23 posted on 10/25/2023 10:07:35 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: KarlInOhio

LOL!!!


24 posted on 10/25/2023 10:12:26 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: algore

Does he have a son that makes homemade digital clocks too?


25 posted on 10/25/2023 10:15:46 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: algore

We were dispatched to a bomb in the bathroom of the local high school. It consisted of 2 pieces of wire with alligator clips (like you used to be able to buy from Radio Shack) clipped in a circle to the studs that hold the toilet to the floor.

Don’t get me started about the calls we ran during the anthrax panic.


26 posted on 10/25/2023 10:20:16 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch)
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To: algore

Hahahahahahahaha...

It reminded me something I saw once (can’t remember if it was true or not) where a stampede at the annual pilgrimage to Mecca occurred because a guy selling bottles of water had decided to create a vest he could store the water bottles in, and the water bottles had those caps with the strand of plastic coming off (that to a quick glance resembled “wires”) and people thought he had bomb vest on!

I have never gotten around to Photoshopping that!

I can imagine his wife saying “I TOLD him not to use those kinds of water bottles!”


27 posted on 10/25/2023 10:25:52 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: algore; Codeflier

That was my first thought as well! Hey, he was just being diligent!


28 posted on 10/25/2023 10:26:36 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: shotgun

“Does he have a son that makes homemade digital clocks too?”

I had forgotten about that, lol


29 posted on 10/25/2023 10:26:46 AM PDT by algore
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To: algore

That’s why I hate going to wallyworld. My truck is some sort of a magnet. It’s a big white Chevy, yet someone always manages to hit it, even when I park it way out there.


30 posted on 10/25/2023 10:30:06 AM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: algore

Good Lord, I would too. Sorry dude, that one has to be reimagined.


31 posted on 10/25/2023 10:37:42 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: algore

False alarm.

Just like the Baby Ruth bar scene in Caddyshack...

https://youtu.be/TPxiXGr9nFM?si=TrYUopGtUp_Pqkh5


32 posted on 10/25/2023 10:40:32 AM PDT by paint_your_wagon
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To: algore

all that’s missing is the sign:

“THIS SIDE
TOWARD ENEMY”


33 posted on 10/25/2023 10:48:41 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
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To: algore
New page for the 2024 calendar.

34 posted on 10/25/2023 10:50:27 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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To: Codeflier

This guy wanted to cause this scene.


Don’t about that, however if someone wanted to test the response time of police and fire this is one way to do it.


35 posted on 10/25/2023 11:32:42 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: algore

Looks like a very bad design...so the implication is that whoever designed it is a bit off... The kind of a guy who just might build a bomb...public response reminds me of the twilight zone regarding the “monsters on Maple street”..

Couldn’t glue or suction cup some rubber cushioning floor mat strips to the doors?


36 posted on 10/25/2023 2:57:15 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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