Sinister: boomtown rats

[Joss Moorkens]

Juniper:
>I've just seen the saddest thing.  A squirrel with no tail! 

This is also known as a rat.

Rather a bizarre event occurred last Friday. Some cretin called the helpdesk
in our office to say that he'd planted a bomb in our building which would
explode in 30 minutes. He went on to point out how we would all die horribly
before ending his call. So naturally, everyone left the building and the
police were called. The police, in their wisdom, decided that - since there
was still 15 minutes before the alotted time - they would like some
volunteers to sweep the building for suspect packages/devices. Being
not-at-all-dimwitted, I agreed, so 6 of us went running around the 4 floors
looking in bags and checking drawers until 6.45 arrived and we all had to
run out and wait for the explosion. When it didn't happen, we were almost
immediately told it was safe to reassume our positions deskside and the
police cruised off. It does seem strange that they'd have the public look
for bombs, though, doesn't it. And when it didn't go off in exactly 30
minutes everything was suddenly fine and safe. What if the bombers couldn't
count, eh? That said, I'm far more stupid for actually going back in.
Cheerio,
Joss

www.thumped.com/scilabs

"the only person i have been shatting with on a regular basis is my grammy"
- Edwin 

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