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Wren - May-28-2004 server time
roflmao.gif nonono.gif biglaugh.gif

C-well - May-27-2004 server time
swedish meatballs everywhere................

ok, that wasn't funny, sorry
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Wren - May-27-2004 server time
You just had to say that, didn't you? sagrin.gif

Red Squirrel - May-27-2004 server time
people would have gone postal! laugh2.gif

Wren - May-27-2004 server time
Heads would be rolling at the postal service for sure. em319.gif

Red Squirrel - May-27-2004 server time
probably high!

Wren - May-27-2004 server time
I wonder what the penalty here would be for someone pulling a stunt like that. nonono.gif

Red Squirrel - May-27-2004 server time
According to whmis safety standards it would be ok anyway, as long as it's properly labeled and comes with a MSDS paper you should be fine. wink.gif

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Chris Vogel - May-27-2004 server time
Hehe... I would have guessed that it's a hoax too, but one shouldn't take chances. Still, it's funny. laugh.gif

Well, we know how to pass bombs through Swedish mail now. em321.gif

Red Squirrel - May-27-2004 server time
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...weden_bomb_hoax

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A package marked "Warning, bomb!", "Now you'll have it!" and "Look out!" was delivered without a problem by the Swedish postal service despite the clear warning labels.



Postal service spokesman Mattias Geijerstam said Wednesday the agency was embarrassed, but said the package was delivered because postal workers were convinced it was a hoax.

"This was a clear departure from our routine. It's a rule always to call the police even if you believe it's a hoax," he said. "The police should have been called in the first place."

The package was forwarded Tuesday by a mail processing center in western Stockholm to a local shop to be picked up by the addressee, Geijerstam told The Associated Press.

He said workers at the local store read the labels and called police.

The addressee was contacted by police and picked up the package with them. It was examined and declared bomb-free after it was found to hold a pair of shoes.

"It's from a friend of mine. I'm not surprised, he has this kind of humor," he was quoted as saying by Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

Postal officials said they won't change their security procedures. Neither the sendernor the postal workers who handled the package face an
y penalty.

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