# My building is locked down. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543 "2005-06-09T02:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/1 "2005-06-09T02:05:38Z")
The police are outside, investigating “suspicious activity.” What does that mean? Did they find an al Quaida cell outside? Is someone “casing the joint”? Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes being photographed together? I am curious, but because they’ve closed all the entrances, I will just have to learn to live with my curiosity. Seems to be an extra special lot of helicopters flying around, too. So I’m stuck here until the police finish investigating the suspicious activity. Amuse me, Dopers! Tell me what things are like out in the big bad world where I cannot go _because my building is in lockdown_! I wonder if I’ll be here all night . . . the walls . . . closing in . . . can’t get air . . . ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/2 "2005-06-09T02:09:52Z")
Is this your home or your office? Perhaps there’s a siege/hostage thingy developing. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/3 "2005-06-09T02:14:06Z")
Yeah, that’s just what she wants to hear. Anyway, **Campion** , you wouldn’t like it outside. Too much pollution. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/4 "2005-06-09T02:16:46Z")
Probably just another sighting of Ms. Jackson’s nipple. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/5 "2005-06-09T02:17:29Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Is this your home or your office? Perhaps there’s a siege/hostage thingy developing. Office. If it were my home, I would assume it is one of my crazy neighbors gone nuts. Here, it could be anyone. **Cliffy** , it’s actually quite lovely outside today. Or so I understand from the people who got to go outside today. Ooooh, sirens! ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/6 "2005-06-09T02:24:56Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > Office. If it were my home, I would assume it is one of my crazy neighbors gone nuts. Here, it could be anyone. > > **Cliffy** , it’s actually quite lovely outside today. Or so I understand from the people who got to go outside today. > > Ooooh, sirens! Maybe it’s actually _you._ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/7 "2005-06-09T02:26:55Z")
Go to the window and offer to surrender. See what they say. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/8 "2005-06-09T02:29:44Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > Maybe it’s actually you. :eek: So all those announcements about the activity _outside_, and how it’s all _outside_, and don’t go _outside_, was all about putting me off the scent? Right. Going to ground. Try and get me now, coppers!!! Hahahahahahaha! > [@silenus](#): > > Go to the window and offer to surrender. See what they say. Nah, I’m too far up. They can’t hear me and I can’t hear them. Which, really, makes no sense, because when the Kool and the Gang tribute band plays the park at lunch, I can sing a long to “Celebration.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/9 "2005-06-09T03:39:02Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > …when the Kool and the Gang tribute band plays the park at lunch, I can sing a long to “Celebration.” Well that’s it, then. Either ASCAP’s finally got you, or Homeland Security’s just declared a “threat level _funky_.” ---
**Author:** ![RunAmok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RunAmok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunAmok)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/10 "2005-06-09T03:44:21Z")
> [@The King of Soup](#): > > Well that’s it, then. Either ASCAP’s finally got you, or Homeland Security’s just declared a “threat level _funky_.” I think I might be falling in love the The King of Soup! Erm, maybe it’s just a thread hijack? ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/11 "2005-06-09T03:46:15Z")
We have been given the all-clear. I spent the last hour stockpiling supplies in case we were in for a seige, as **Cunctator** suggested, but apparently no go. Not sure what I would have done with all those staplers and paper clips if this really _had_ been a seige, but better safe than sorry. Too bad. I was kind of looking forward to the SWAT team storming the building. ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/12 "2005-06-09T03:49:53Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > We have been given the all-clear. I spent the last hour stockpiling supplies in case we were in for a seige, as **Cunctator** suggested, but apparently no go. Not sure what I would have done with all those staplers and paper clips if this really _had_ been a seige, but better safe than sorry. > > Too bad. I was kind of looking forward to the SWAT team storming the building. So what was the kerfuffle about then? ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/13 "2005-06-09T04:03:56Z")
> [@Atheist Princess](#): > > So what was the kerfuffle about then? Not a clue, but I’m going to start using kerfuffle now. What a great word! kerfuffle. kerfuffle. kerfuffle. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/14 "2005-06-09T04:24:53Z")
no. kerfluffle. say “kerfluffle,” not “kerfuffle.” ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/15 "2005-06-09T04:54:01Z")
> [@Campion](#): > > Nah, I’m too far up. They can’t hear me and I can’t hear them. Which, really, makes no sense, because when the Kool and the Gang tribute band plays the park at lunch, I can sing a long to “Celebration.” I for one support the use of force to remove the threat of Kool and the Gang cover bands. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/16 "2005-06-09T05:09:33Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > I for one support the use of force to remove the threat of Kool and the Gang cover bands. Yes, but what will they get to fill the vacuum? I’ll tell you what they’ll get: **Neil Diamond tribute bands.** In this life, you’ve got to pick your battles carefully, or else it’s just one big kerfuffle. Or kerfluffle. I’m not really sure which, but it’s got to be one of those. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/17 "2005-06-09T08:00:49Z")
> [@Atheist Princess](#): > > So what was the kerfuffle about then? Maybe it was 1920’s style Death Rays? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/18 "2005-06-09T09:35:24Z")
It all sounds quite exciting. When you find out what it was, you have to let us know! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/19 "2005-06-09T10:48:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Go to the window and offer to surrender. See what they say. Naah, go to the window, smash out one of the panes, then stand with your back against the adjacent wall - make very furtive little glances through the broken glass and scream things like “You’ll never take me alive!” - you should also think about formulating some kind of demand and this should include a helicopter, regardless of whether you are actually capable of piloting one. Actually, don’t do this, of course. Itchy trigger fingers and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-building-is-locked-down/307543/20 "2005-06-09T12:13:41Z")
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