# Explosions at Boston Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781 "2013-04-15T19:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1041 "2013-04-19T23:36:39Z")
> [@kwc27](#): > > The fact that this kid was on the **lamb** for 14 hours in one of the biggest cities in the country under curfew and being pursued by God knows how many cops is just crazy. It looks like the search wasn’t for mutton. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1042 "2013-04-19T23:37:55Z")
Location: [![](https://i.imgur.com/jCoPfyN.jpg?1) ](https://i.imgur.com/jCoPfyN.jpg?1) 67 Franklin in East Watertown, MA. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1043 "2013-04-19T23:38:23Z")
Anyone on the outer perimeter is not to fire their weapon. ---
**Author:** ![kwc27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@kwc27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwc27)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1044 "2013-04-19T23:40:34Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It looks like the search wasn’t for mutton. 🙂 Oops. Excuse the misspelling. I’ve never used that phrase before. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1045 "2013-04-19T23:41:18Z")
He is moving on the boat, “flailing around”, whoever it is. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1046 "2013-04-19T23:41:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It looks like the search wasn’t for mutton. 🙂 That was a sheep chot. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1047 "2013-04-19T23:41:30Z")
[https://www.ustream.tv/embed/6807252](https://www.ustream.tv/embed/6807252) Police scanner live feed. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1048 "2013-04-19T23:43:01Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [https://www.ustream.tv/embed/6807252](https://www.ustream.tv/embed/6807252) > > Police scanner live feed. I should have posted that,thanks. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1049 "2013-04-19T23:43:31Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > That was a sheep chot. Baaaaaaa-da-bing! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1050 "2013-04-19T23:43:52Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > In this man’s shoes, I would have been the F out of Boston by 7pm Monday. well, logic doesn’t seem to be part of this; because not building a bomb in the first place would have been the smarter choice. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1051 "2013-04-19T23:44:34Z")
[Here’s the house and boat.](http://i.imgur.com/jCoPfyN.jpg?1) ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1052 "2013-04-19T23:47:49Z")
> [@kwc27](#): > > Excuse the misspelling. I’m just glad we don’t have to add bestiality to the list of his offenses. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1053 "2013-04-19T23:49:19Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > In this man’s shoes, I would have been the F out of Boston by 7pm Monday. I would like to think there was a series of comical _[Quick Change](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100449/)_-like mishaps that prevented them from leaving the area. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1054 "2013-04-19T23:53:42Z")
> [@kwc27](#): > > Oops. > > Excuse the misspelling. I’ve never used that phrase before. It’s one of Stephen Colbert’s [favorites](http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/MonkeyOnTheLam.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1055 "2013-04-19T23:54:33Z")
It appears the terrorist’s been hiding in a boat all along. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1056 "2013-04-19T23:55:14Z")
Death throes maybe? Or just injured and reacting to it. > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > He is moving on the boat, “flailing around”, whoever it is. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1057 "2013-04-19T23:55:55Z")
Explosions heard… ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1058 "2013-04-19T23:57:26Z")
Really wish the news cameramen would stop using the digital zoom. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1059 "2013-04-19T23:59:53Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Explosions heard… Is your scanner feed still up? Mine crashed. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/1060 "2013-04-20T00:00:58Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Is your scanner feed still up? Mine crashed. Me too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=54)