# Vibrator found not to be a threat to national security
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibrator-found-not-to-be-a-threat-to-national-security/211968
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 7, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibrator-found-not-to-be-a-threat-to-national-security/211968 "2003-11-07T20:56:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibrator-found-not-to-be-a-threat-to-national-security/211968/1 "2003-11-07T20:56:29Z")
From the [Cape Times](http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=269&fArticleId=279652),
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> While a group of women were gleaning items for recycling they heard a mechanical ticking
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> He [Adolf Hansen, manager of the dump] recognised what it was immediately, he said, because he had seen vibrators “more than once” before. This one, he said, was “middle sized”.
:eek: :eek: :eek:
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibrator-found-not-to-be-a-threat-to-national-security/211968/2 "2003-11-07T21:04:08Z")
Do vibrators have that little triangular “recyclable” logo on them? I wonder if that’s ever been mistaken for the instructions?