Posted on 08/23/2006 12:36:14 PM PDT by presidio9
In other news, be on the lookout for dangerously cold Slurpees, last seen at the local 7-11. All cases of Brain Freeze should be reported immediately.
An N.Y. idiot transfers a dyed liquid into a Polar Springs bottle and takes it on board a subway.
I give up.
Ack! I would but my brain i s f r e e z i
A person holding a bottle in a location where bottles are prohibited is one thing (Vermont dingbat) but individuals with a bottle where it is allowed is hardly suspicious.
That would explain the heavily armed SWAT team, bomb dogs and about 4 NYPD cars outside the Lexington Ave. #6 subway stop this morning.
This is getting pretty rediculous...
All those dry flavored mixes that these companies have marketed to add to your bottled water containers...
I can almost see that idea going the way of the Dodo...
Al Queida must be laughing their butts off now...
So I guess the Wino reeking of urine with a third arm growing out of his stomach is OK as long as he is out of booze.
I frequently use empty water bottles to carry juice, iced tea, etc., and fairly often have such a bottle in my briefcase on the 6 train. I don't take it out and drink it on the brief subway ride), but I very often do on inter-city commuter trains which I do a round trip on once a week. There's nothing the least bit odd about this, and for people who travel longer distances on the subways, and in some cases have spent the day at manual labor in sweltering heat, it would be perfectly normal to drink on the subway from a bottle you refilled with a colored beverage.
This story is about YESTERDAY morning. Which stop had the dogs, SWAT team, etc. this morning?
Actually, there seems to be a lot less tolerance for that since 9/11. Most of those people are quietly being removed from the subway stations, at least in Manhattan.
There are little packets of dehydrated crap people pour into water bottles all the time. No reason for someone to freak out.
53rd and Lex. It's a major stop. About 6 different train lines stop here -- 4, 5, 6, E, V
They were here 1 day last week also. It may have been Thursday.
Reminds me of how the people in the middle east deal with these kinds of things...
At some religious pilgrimage in Iraq last year, a guy was beat to death by the crowd because they thought he was wearing a bomb vest.
Apparently, he was a water vendor selling bottled water, and cleverly made himself a vest that he could carry all the bottles in. Apparently the crowd mistook it for a bomb vest. (No, I am not making this up)
His wife could be heard yelling at him "I told you not to use the ones with the red caps held on by the plastic strip..."
The terrorists are winning.
Because we're not profiling.
I know..Ice tea would be a good example.....I was referring to the timing.
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