MIT Student Arrested For Fake Bomb At Logan

WBZ TV ^ | Sep 21, 2007 | AP

[Erik Latranyi]

(AP) BOSTON An MIT student has been arrested at gunpoint after allegedly walking into Logan International Airport with a fake bomb strapped to her chest this morning.

State police say 19-year-old Star Simpson, a sophomore from Hawaii, had a computer circuit board, wiring and a putty that later turned out to be Play-Doh in plain view over a black hooded sweatshirt she was wearing.

Stay with wbztv.com and WBZ-TV for the latest on this developing story.

[cynwoody]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7c54/

[ReignOfError]

Smart enough to get into MIT. Dumb enough to think an airport bomb hoax is funny,

It’s almost too bizarre to not be true.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

MIT links to “star” are down.

[NativeNewYorker]

took ‘em a while....

[Ferox]

I’ve met many people with high IQ’s, and they didn’t have the sense God gave a billy goat. I’ve worked with about a half dozen MIT grads, and they tend to be atheists and radicals. I hope these were the exceptions, but I fear they were not.

[evets]

Why was she holding Play-Doh?

[GOPmember]

Probably to “artistically represent” plastic explosives.

[GOPmember]

Her photo sure fits the profile of a liberal hippie flower child......all hair and no boobs.

Well, maybe a Sinead O'Connor hippie flower child...no hair and no boobs.

[cynwoody]

Why was she holding Play-Doh?

I don't know. Maybe it just feels good in your hand? It would have been more interesting if a cap had been inserted in the Doh and wired to a device programmed to recognize the words "Allahu Akbar!" shouted out with hands reaching for heaven. Oh, and don't forget the carpet tacks.

Here she is leaving court:

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N40/simpson.html

[GOPmember]

On second thought, that picture linked in my last comment is so hot, I just have to post it outright.

[evets]

"Excuse me, what time's the next plane? ... just ignore those blinking lights...

[cynwoody]

"Um, no sir. I was asking where gate C4 is located."

[evets]

I love the look on her boyfriends face,
"Wow... nice goin' genius..."

[csvset]

Boston, city of jokers.

[cynwoody]

Boyfriend's web site:

Tim Anderson's Home Away From Home

[evets]

(Ha ha...'gate c4' good one!)
Here's Tim Anderson's "How to bail out your girlfriend" instruction guide:

[cp124]

MBB
Moon Bat Birth

[BearCub]

Okay, I got a look at this thing on FoxNews.com. It looks nothing like a bomb. It’s just a little breadboard with some green LEDs and a 9v battery. NOTHING like a bomb. Boston police overreacted again.

[BearCub]

The fact that the Boston police and the airport goons don’t recognize something for what it is doesn’t make it a hoax bomb.

[evets]

... but what about the Play-Doh?