So much for my day out!!!

[ABSTRUSE]

Yes! This is where I drove near yesterday....on my lovely day out!



Terror Scare in Luzerne County


State and federal investigators surrounded a van not far from the nuclear power plant near Berwick Tuesday. It happened after a group of five men asked for directions to the plant, saying they wanted to go fishing.

At a time the whole nation is on high alert, the terror scare hit close to home. Five men, four from Bangladesh and one from Pakistan were pulled over on Route 11 around 11:00 Tuesday morning. All the men live in New York City. Police wanted to know if they were terrorists on their way to the nuclear power plant near Berwick.

The commotion was a scary sight for people who live around the area.

"Who knows. Who knows what goes on today? That's the reason I keep my doors locked," said Catherine Rinehimer of Salem Township.

Police said the drama began when the men stopped at the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border. They said they wanted to go fishing and were asking for directions to the nuclear plant. The river near the plant is a popular fishing spot. A statewide alert was put out and that's when the van was stopped.

A bomb sniffing dog was brought in and nothing was found. Police searched the van and stirred up even more suspicion. No fishing equipment was found.

Security has been beefed up at the plant in case the men were acting as diversions to police. Police said you can never be careful.

After being questioned, the five men left the police barracks. They face no charges.

 

[Guest]

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Hopefully, you got stopped and strip searched.

NO, I even made a sign...."I have plastic explosives"....Nada.

 

[Guest]

NO, I even made a sign...."I have plastic explosives"....Nada.

Those ignorant fools!

You certainly look dangerous to me - I would have searched ya!

 

[cantdog]

Who would be south Asian today? Everything any Pakistani does is so suspicious. But I'm sure it's okay to panic if the alarm color is chartreuse or greater.

They searched everything, held them all day and investigated, and let them go. Why? Because there turned out to be no grounds for the suspicion. Chartreuse or not. Some people aren't that fortunate and wind up being held incognito for a long time by these jackbooted thugs. Whether they find any grounds for holding them or not.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Those ignorant fools!

You certainly look dangerous to me - I would have searched ya!

AW....I'm touched. No wait, I wasn't touched. You can search me anytime!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Funny thing about that area down there, the Power Plant doesnt rent fishing epuipment!
Then again, I keep picturing the fish looking like that three eyed fish from the Simpsons!

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Those five men were obviously guilty of a very serious crime – existing while Arabish!

You blew it, Abstruse!

Your sign should have read: "Iranian Soccer Mom Aboard!"

In America every Moe, Larry and Curly Joe has C4 Plastic.

The cops hade no reason to become suspicious of mere possesion of explosives.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

You blew it, Abstruse!

Your sign should have read: "Iranian Soccer Mom Aboard!

Damn, I'm coming to you for suggestions!

 

[Guest]

Come 'ere darlin' and let me feel you up, um, I mean, search you.

*Snap*

(That was the sound of the rubber gloves being put on, btw. )

Lou

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Come 'ere darlin' and let me feel you up, um, I mean, search you.

*Snap*

(That was the sound of the rubber gloves being put on, btw. )

Lou

*GULP*

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Police wanted to know if they were terrorists on their way to the nuclear power plant near Berwick.

"You're terrorists, aren't ya?"

"No."

"Ah, come on, you can't fool us! You ARE terrorists, isn't that so?"

"No!"

"You SURE you're not terrorists?"

"We are NOT terrorists!"

"What does Gee Had mean?"

"Jihad? It means holy war."

"A-HA!!!!! You ARE terrorists!"

 

[cheerful_deviant]

In America every Moe, Larry and Curly Joe has C4 Plastic.

I want to be searched too but I don't have any C4!

But I do have a tanker full of diesel outside my office and fertalizer is on sale at Wal-Mart.

Hold on, I need to go put a "What Would Allah Do" bumpersticker on my car.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I want to be searched too but I don't have any C4!

But I do have a tanker full of diesel outside my office and fertalizer is on sale at Wal-Mart.

Hold on, I need to go put a "What Would Allah Do" bumpersticker on my car.

PMSL!!!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Hold on, I need to go put a "What Would Allah Do" bumpersticker on my car.

 

[cantdog]

Jihad actually means "struggle."

It can be used in a sense of holy war, but it applies to holy struggles of all kinds. In theology it most often refers to an interior struggle against the baser nature of the believer himself.

"What Would Allah Do" is genius. Can I use that?

cantdog

 

[Guest]

"What Would Allah Do" is genius. Can I use that?

cantdog

Yes it is, isn't it? I love it, cheerful! Well done!

(It's even better than "What would Brian Boitano do?")

 

[cheerful_deviant]

"What Would Allah Do" is genius. Can I use that?

cantdog

I'm just here to sperad the joy. Use away.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Well despite the fact that nutcases are loose near power plants, we did get a new bumper sticker out of it...LOL

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Well despite the fact that nutcases are loose near power plants, we did get a new bumper sticker out of it...LOL

Hey, the nuts are only out around YOUR nuke plants, not mine.

(Actually, with the safety record of the nuke plants near me, one in perticular, all terrorests would have to do is stand on the curb and throw rocks. One is bound to get lucky sooner or later. )

 

[rgraham666]

From what I've heard it may not be necessary for the terrorists to do anything for a nuke plant to blow.

Homer Simpson is not entirely a joke.