The cop’s dilemma - what to do with a box of doughnuts left at a public venue.
Eat the doughnuts, then blow up the box to be on the safe side.
So if you wanted to distribute some horrible airborne contagion vector, all you really need to do is leave a container of it on a train and the cops will disperse it for you?:dubious:
This was like the Simpsons episode where Patty and Selma (from the Simpsons) decided to go to the airport and leave a bag unattended as it’s a good way to meet security men
The briefcase must have been black.
Happens a lot in London too. They say a controlled explosion is safer than waiting to see what happens, and they presumably know what they’re talking about.
My husband just came rushing into the living room to find out why I sounded like I was having a seizure. Thanks a lot 
(And I am so stealing that for Facebook…)
Your bomb squad hard at work.
I presume nothing. Think about it. If you know it’s not a bomb or contain explosives, what are you waiting on? And if you don’t know and it does contain explosives, then, congratulations, you just made a small bomb more effective.
Well, I guess they can only ascertain from a distance certain explosives it doesn’t contain, not all. If blowing it up early makes it more effective then that would be stupid, but they’ve been doing it since I was a little kid and probably before then - they’ve had plenty of experience to show them when they’re right or wrong.
Imagine the money you would have saved if they’d implemented this earlier.
I’ve long suspected that this is the case. They blow up pretty much everything because it’s fun, and they can get away with it.
Only if it’s in a briefcase.