warning bomb!

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:51 pm

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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Chris Vogel · Post by **Chris Vogel** » Thu May 27, 2004 6:27 pm

Hehe... I would have guessed that it's a hoax too, but one shouldn't take chances. Still, it's funny.

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

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu May 27, 2004 6:30 pm

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.

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:17 pm

I wonder what the penalty here would be for someone pulling a stunt like that.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:29 pm

probably high!

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:42 pm

Heads would be rolling at the postal service for sure.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:44 pm

people would have gone postal!

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:53 pm

You just had to say that, didn't you?

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C-well · Post by **C-well** » Fri May 28, 2004 12:14 am

swedish meatballs everywhere................

ok, that wasn't funny, sorry

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Wren · Post by **Wren** » Fri May 28, 2004 12:32 pm

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