Novelty farting dog sparks US terror alert

[bemildred]

Osama bin Laden will doubtless be absolutely gutted to learn that any plan he may have had to destroy a US airliner using a life-size novelty mechanical farting terrier is doomed to failure.

Yup, the ever-vigilant airport security officials in Norfolk, Virginia, responded instantly when Brit passenger Dave Rogerson's flatulent fido's outgassing triggered a security device, the BBC reports.

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[skooooo]

1. This was inevitable..

..surprised it didn't happen sooner.

[gratuitous]

2. But an intelligence document

But an intelligence report entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US" doesn't even cause Chimpy to cut his vacation short.

Thank the heavens we are protected from novelty toys. Loaded airliners full of jet fuel? Well, you're still on your own there. And if we don't talk about shiploads of container trailers, maybe the terrorists won't realize how easy it would be to ship a load of weapons, explosives, or communicable viruses into an American port. So shhhhhhhh!

[displacedtexan]

3. This is a crushing blow to freedom haters everywhere!

We should all be out in the streets celebrating today!

[Vickers]

4. They hate us for our farting dogs!

:spank:

[indigobusiness]

5. I feel so much safer now.

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Mr Rogerson, 31, from Thorner, Leeds, was questioned by FBI agents and looked on in amazement as they took a series of swabs from the mechanical toy's rear end.

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[msanthrope]

6. Ohh.. for video of that..... n/t