# Streets around Times Square cleared because of suspicious cooler

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-around-times-square-cleared-because-of-suspicious-cooler/538661>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 7, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-around-times-square-cleared-because-of-suspicious-cooler/538661 "2010-05-07T18:19:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-around-times-square-cleared-because-of-suspicious-cooler/538661/1 "2010-05-07T18:19:49Z")

</div>

[The streets around Times Square have been evacuated because someone saw a suspicious package that looked like a cooler.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/05/07/national/a102848D37.DTL&tsp=1)

My first thought when I saw that was that the [Cooler of Death](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177712) has returned.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-around-times-square-cleared-because-of-suspicious-cooler/538661/2 "2010-05-07T18:23:24Z")

</div>

Water bottles! All that hubbub and bullshit over a cooler with water bottles in it. I’m guessing somebody was selling water out of the cooler and walked away or forgot it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-around-times-square-cleared-because-of-suspicious-cooler/538661/3 "2010-05-07T18:29:54Z")

</div>

Well, [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2339/can-water-be-too-pure-is-too-much-water-bad-for-you) has told us that [dihydrogen monoxide](http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html) can be a killer.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-around-times-square-cleared-because-of-suspicious-cooler/538661/4 "2010-05-07T18:50:22Z")

</div>

I’m sure everyone’s spooked after the previous attempt but cooler heads will prevail.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streets-around-times-square-cleared-because-of-suspicious-cooler/538661/5 "2010-05-07T19:00:33Z")

</div>

That reminds me…I still wonder who _Cooler Of Death_ was. Is he still around? I have the feeling he must have been somebody’s sock but he was too good to ban. Maybe he can come back and post in this thread.

It is my theory that the Evil’s story is much like the Smoke Monster on Lost.