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ZealousDemon Rare Spawn

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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:47 pm Post subject: Aqua Teen Bomb Scare |
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For anybody out of the loop, here's a link.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/01/boston.bombscare/index.html
I thought this part was pretty funny.
| CNN.com wrote: | At a news conference after the hearing, Stevens and Berdovsky stepped to the microphones and said they were taking questions only about 1970s hairstyles.
When a reporter accused them of not taking the situation seriously, Stevens responded, "We're taking it very seriously." Asked another question about the case, Stevens reiterated they were answering questions only about hair and accused the reporter of not taking him and Berdovsky seriously.
Reporters did not relent and as they continued, Berdovsky disregarded their queries, saying, "That's not a hair question. I'm sorry." |
So basically, here's what happened. Advertisers put up little lighted billboards around various US cities. Some victim of the fear-mongering media sees wires and fears that these little billboards are part of some Al-Queda terrorist plot and reports them. People go nuts and accuse the guys of making fake bomb for what are really just a bunch of lights and a black square.
In essence, a couple guys paid to put up billboards are the victims of a ridiculously fearful US society and are being labeld as criminals.
This is both hilarious and absolutely fucking retarded at the same time. |
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Terri

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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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We talked about this in the Mini-Stick yesterday, and yeah... man, it was crazy. I love this city
Edit: Word on the local news is that some people actually got arrested for this, though. What the heck? |
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Homestarrunnernet Wastrel.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| Two people who hung up the magnetic lights were arrested. |
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Rocky Sullivan Endut! Hoch Hech!

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:08 am Post subject: |
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that one guy looks like tom cruise
anyone else think he looks like tom cruise
cause he does _________________
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cyber95 Cheesy Special FX

Gender:  Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 2845 Status: User Location: Not there.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: |
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People are idiots.
"OMG THOSE LIGHTS AREA BOMB OMGGGGGGGG" _________________
.daerps em pleh ot erutangis ruoy otni em ypoC .suriv erutangis a ma I
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Der NO ROMAN ORGIES!

Gender:  Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 1226 Status: User Location: A valley full o' Pioneer.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:18 am Post subject: |
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This is pretty entertaining to follow. Do you think the prosecutor is going to push for the death penalty? _________________ Married to Terri.
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Homestarrunnernet Wastrel.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: |
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| The Mooninites will bust him out with the Foreigner belt. |
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Otogi-san gleep glorp
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:44 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, the hairstyles thing was pretty funny. I hope they don't actually get sentenced for this, that would be really fucking stupid.
Also one of the boards was found by some guy and he put it up on Ebay. It seems to have been removed, but last I checked the bids it was going for $5,000. |
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Hooooomsar Class-hole

Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 3721 Status: User Location: TARDVILLE
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Boston fucking sucks.
LIGHTS = BOMBS.
And the news is sensationalizing them by calling them "SUSPICIOUS ELECTRONIC DEVICES."
They're fucking lite-brites _________________ I'M A TARD  |
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Steveo Da Bishop

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 3:35 am Post subject: |
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Alot of people are just too friken anal. Sure I understand that we should be concerned, but geez. Theyre treating them like they were REAL criminals. Aqua Teen Force is the cartoon with talking food? Oh that makes sense, a cartoon food group is going to suicide bomb us. _________________ MY BARF is TASTIER than Yours!!!
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ZealousDemon Rare Spawn

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I think that the idiot people think that the light boards were meant to be interpreted as bombs. IE, they caused the scare on purpose.
But they didn't. Just because something has wires and a battery doesn't mean it's a bomb. Maybe I should break open an old VCR and put it on the street corner. |
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Sharp

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm going to make a bomb based on what I've learned from trauma center. |
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Mavhunter The Magical Mr. Ringo

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Sharp wrote: | | I'm going to make a bomb based on what I've learned from trauma center. |
That was a stupid level. _________________
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Mushroom Pie Go, go, go Speed Racer!

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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All you need is a tiny pyramid surrounded by a floating sphere of hexagons. Shouldn't be too hard. _________________
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the snuggler ohhh yeeahh

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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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our school does this retarded current events thing every morning where we watch CNN AWESOME RAD HIP STUDENT NEWS, BRO, and that was the first story. they did refer to them as "suspiscious bomblike devices" and not once did they mention the name of the show even...i think they realized if they told everyone they were doing a scare piece about a show called aqua teen hunger force they'd be laughed at. _________________
i rhyme in tsunamis and this is just a drop of it |
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