# Scotland Yard revealed a part of what was behind the Orange Alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463 "2004-01-08T17:57:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/1 "2004-01-08T17:57:53Z")
Fears of a [vagina-bomb](http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/4929.htm)! > [@](#): > > January 4, 2004 – A she-bomber planned to blow up British Airways Flight 223 over Washington with plastic explosives hidden inside her body, a chilling new report says. > > U.S. security services told Scotland Yard that the woman - almost certainly linked to al Qaeda - planned to hide 8 to 12 ounces of the material tucked inside her reproductive region, London’s Mirror newspaper reported. > > When the flight was over the nation’s capital, the bomber would go to the bathroom, remove the explosives and detonate a blast that would blow the aircraft out of the skies. > > A Homeland Security official said he was unaware of a specific threat of a female suicide bomber who would hide explosives in her body. > > But he added, “We’ve had concerns about IEDs” - improvised explosives devices. > > As a result, airport security screeners check for women wearing loose clothing and other signs the official declined to talk about. > > “Smuggling a bomb onto a plane by this method is one of our worst nightmares,” a senior Scotland Yard source told the newspaper. “If you do not have specific information about the suspect, it would be impossible to carry out an intimate body search of every female passenger.” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/2 "2004-01-08T18:04:01Z")
So if you _do_ have specific information, it _would_ be possible to give every woman a BCS? What? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/3 "2004-01-08T18:18:23Z")
It’s nice of them to say “If you do this, there’s no way in hell we’ll catch you.” Care to throw out a couple more ideas in case they can’t get that one off the ground? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/4 "2004-01-08T18:24:58Z")
And I thought the only big coochies around were the ones here on SDMB. Seriously, what is this going to lead too? Body cavity searches of everyone? ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/5 "2004-01-08T18:25:04Z")
I’m thinking this rumor was perpetuated by bored, horny airline security inspectors. “I’m sorry, ma’am, but in order to preserve the security of our great nation, I’m going to have to check out your coochie.” ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/6 "2004-01-08T18:55:53Z")
What? Did they pull gynecologists out of the security line to assist? “Excuse me, but is there a gynecologist in the house?” Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “hot pants”. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/7 "2004-01-08T18:56:12Z")
> [@](#): > > But he added, “We’ve had concerns about IEDs” Shouldn’t that be IUBs? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/8 "2004-01-08T19:03:55Z")
Good thinking to cancel the flights instead of catching these schmucks while they’re boarding the plane. :rolleyes: That way they can’t regroup and blow people up another day. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/9 "2004-01-08T19:23:02Z")
Perhaps we should make a rule that every flies naked all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/10 "2004-01-08T19:24:38Z")
every **one** Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/11 "2004-01-08T20:08:56Z")
Improvised Explosive Devices? They’re worried about MacGyver shoving a bomb up some chick’s hoochie? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/12 "2004-01-08T20:22:15Z")
\ “First, I’d like to announce that everyone on flight 786 is Fine and that our trained anti-terrorism squad was able to disarm the terrorist. Upon capture, we were able to positively identify her as Al-Cayda secret agent Pousse Spackel. While I can’t reveal the name of the person involved for obvious reasons, America owes a great debt of thanks to MI6 for managing to replace the detonator cap with what has been described as a **Magic Genie Vibrator** …” \ ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/13 "2004-01-08T21:06:14Z")
What about Explosive Butt Plugs? ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/14 "2004-01-08T22:08:17Z")
IED Intrauterine Explosive Device ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/15 "2004-01-08T22:13:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homebrew \* > \*\*What about Explosive Butt Plugs? \*\* Weapons of Ass Destruction :eek: ---
**Author:** ![french\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@french\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/french_frog)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/16 "2004-01-08T23:11:47Z")
Wow. Uterror. New security plan : one plane for men. one for women. Or… every body naked ! [http://www.naked-air.com/03flight.htm](http://www.naked-air.com/03flight.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/17 "2004-01-08T23:23:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by misstee \* > \*\*Seriously, what is this going to lead too? Body cavity searches of everyone? \*\* Maybe instead, they could have Robert Redford and Brad Pitt or some other Hunk-O-Da-Week (plus Angelina Jolie, just for equal time) walk down the queue and passionately kiss every female, and see if anything drops out of anyone’s now lubricated orifice. No invasive search, and even failures are enjoyed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/18 "2004-01-08T23:36:25Z")
A horny young lady named Alice Used a dynamite stick for a phallus. They found her vagina in South Caroline And parts of her anus in Dallas. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/19 "2004-01-08T23:38:30Z")
South CarolinA, that is. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463/20 "2004-01-09T02:58:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber \* > \*\*A horny young lady named Alice > Used a dynamite stick for a phallus. > They found her vagina > in South Caroline > And parts of her anus in Dallas. \*\* Dude, that’s just… I dunno. :eek: Robin [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotland-yard-revealed-a-part-of-what-was-behind-the-orange-alert/223463.md?page=2)