The Des Moines police bomb squad determined Sunday that an object that looked like a bomb outside the Iowa Judicial Building was in fact a sump or toilet tank float ball. [More]Hey, I'm just making an observation about how the ignorant and hysterical nature of our society creates vulnerabilities and opportunities that some might exploit to confuse, divert...
I guess none of the police there has ever looked inside their toilet tank.
ReplyDeletefrom the benefit of the doubt department:
ReplyDeleteThe object in question, if viewed by a dim wit under dim lighting, might resemble a rubber ball OC (pepper spray) grenade.
I can't help but notice how they euphemistically danced around calling it by it's real name: ballcock.
ReplyDeleteI suppose the ignorant would be offended by the word, but are there really that many people who have never repaired a leaky toilet who wouldn't know what a ballcock is?
P.S. Ballcock!