Post by Ardbeg... innit on Feb 26, 2005 16:23:05 GMT -6
I got this little note from an old high school friend, and I included my reply back to him...
Nothing like the old law of unintended circumstances rearing its ugly head... Lesson.. never put anything that could potentially beep into the mail!!
Gordon
you know the little square Beepers with the red Flashing lights, that they use at restaraunts, to let people know when their table is ready, when there is a long line??
they have a sticker on them that says something to the effect of: "IF FOUND, DROP IN A MAIL BOX, POSTAGE WILL BE PAID" DON'T DO THAT!!!!!!
today our shop was locked down, for more then an hour and a half, and stores closer were evacuated, when someone noticed a beeping sound coming from Mail drop box.... the metro bomb squad was called in and the mail box was opened up, only to find one of these restaraunt
beepers....
I have never seen or heard of those... BUT I can envision the entire set up... ahhh life in the 21st century... rather Monty Python'ish or Seinfeldish actually when you think about it, though I am sure that it didnt seem that way at the time. I wonder who will get the bomb squad deployment bill... the person who put it in the mailbox, the restaurant, the manufacturer, or the taxpayer??
they have a sticker on them that says something to the effect of: "IF FOUND, DROP IN A MAIL BOX, POSTAGE WILL BE PAID" DON'T DO THAT!!!!!!
today our shop was locked down, for more then an hour and a half, and stores closer were evacuated, when someone noticed a beeping sound coming from Mail drop box.... the metro bomb squad was called in and the mail box was opened up, only to find one of these restaraunt
beepers....
I have never seen or heard of those... BUT I can envision the entire set up... ahhh life in the 21st century... rather Monty Python'ish or Seinfeldish actually when you think about it, though I am sure that it didnt seem that way at the time. I wonder who will get the bomb squad deployment bill... the person who put it in the mailbox, the restaurant, the manufacturer, or the taxpayer??
Nothing like the old law of unintended circumstances rearing its ugly head... Lesson.. never put anything that could potentially beep into the mail!!
Gordon
