Dung causes terror alert

news24. ^ | Aug 4 2005

[Gene Vidocq]

Paris - A reddish powder trickling from a letter caused a terror alert in a Paris postal sorting office - but turned out to be dried elephant dung, police said Wednesday.

Six staff and two policemen were medically examined after contact with the powder - but it was found on analysis to be of the sort used in religious rites in Sri Lanka, a spokesperson said.

Paris has been in its second-highest state of terrorism alert following the July 7 and 21 bombings in London.

[Gene Vidocq]

Yet another elephant in the room?

[eastsider]

it was found on analysis to be of the sort used in religious rites in Sri Lanka ...

... and on irreligious artwork in New York.

[linkinpunk]

Somebody complained because Paris smelled like crap?

Must be a bogus story.

[Gefreiter]

What religious rite would require the use of poop?

Ehhh...never mind. I don't wanna know.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I thought this thread was going to be about homosexual activism.

[JimWforBush]

A reddish powder trickling from a letter caused a terror alert in a Paris postal sorting office - but turned out to be dried elephant dung,

I hate it when poop trickles.

[Gene Vidocq]

'irreligious artwork in New York.'

Performance art, actually.

[michigander]

but turned out to be dried elephant

You think people in france would recognize an obvious work of art when they see it?

[riverdawg]

"Paris has been in its second-highest state of terrorism alert since ..."

French color-coded terror alert levels:

Green: run
Black: hide
White: surrender
Yellow: collaborate

[eastsider]

I was thinking more of the Madonna covered with elephant dung at the Brooklyn Museum.

BTW, what part of New York is that picture from?

[fanfan]

What religious rite would require the use of poop?

I don't know, but Survivorman says it makes a great, long lasting firewood substitute.

[ManMountain]

Yay! Im the first to say "HOLY SH*T!!!!!"

lol.

[Gene Vidocq]

'You think people in france would recognize an obvious work of art when they see it?'

Mais oui!

[Manic_Episode]

I can relate. My dung causes terror alerts in my household.

[Paleo Conservative]

[Capn TrVth]

"What religious rite would require the use of poop?"

IIRC it's compounded and burned like incense.
I could be totally wrong about this, but it seems ring a bell.

[Gene Vidocq]

dem xiaoping

[lilylangtree]

Just saw an episode of "Dirty Jobs" where the host goes to locales to participate in people's occupation. The one I saw about two nights ago was a worm farm. All worms do is eat, have sex and poop. Lotsa of poop. Enough poop to make a person gag.

[WKUHilltopper]

"What religious rite would require the use of poop?"

Some sh*tty relgion...

[sofaman]

That's hilarious!

Meantime, I would think that the French could recognize poop when they saw it. There's doggie doo everywhere there. Nobody cleans up after their dogs. Dog drops a load on the sidewalk? It stays there until the street sweepers show up. Nothing like playing hopscotch around the doggie doo down the Champs E'Lysees.