Package At Post Office 'Goes Off' - No, NOT A Bomb, SEX TOYS

[matcom]

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BLUFFTON -- A South Carolina Law Enforcement Division bomb squad rushed to the Bluffton Post Office by helicopter on Thursday morning after postal workers noticed a suspicious package -- only to find two adult toys inside, police said.

The Bluffton Police Department received a call at about 9:30 a.m. after post office employees grew concerned about a white packing envelope laying by itself in a loading area, Bluffton Police Chief John Brown said.

"When they went to check it out," Brown said, "it was vibrating."
Within minutes of the call, police evacuated a dozen employees from the building at 25 Thurmond Way to the Bluffton library, on the other side of the Bluffton Village development.

Firefighters and emergency medical personnel arrived to remain on standby, while police cordoned off the area and called the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, which called SLED. An FBI special agent and postal inspectors soon arrived on scene.

"It turned out to be a novelty gift," Brown said.

Police think the package may have been dropped as mail was being loaded or unloaded.

Despite the surprise ending, the police chief said incident was a "textbook" example of cooperation between the agencies.

A SLED helicopter descended at about 11:40 a.m. to drop off
two bomb technicians and left about seven minutes later, once they had unloaded.

They soon removed the contents of the package and saw there was no bomb inside. Actually, there were two vibrators.

http://islandpacket.com/news/local/story/4970664p-4543039c.html

[underpants]

1. I have breakfast in my pants

YAAAAAAAAY!

[SarahB]

2. Important rule:

Take the batteries out of your sex toys before shipping. :P

[matcom]

3. spoken from experience?

:D

[SarahB]

4. Not yet.

I am only recently single again though. :P

[Dukkha]

5. Of course it's company policy never to imply ownership

in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo.

[GOPisEvil]

6. Three words for "novelty retailers": Batteries Not Included

[TX-RAT]

7. Shouldn't that be " Gets Off"

[BlueIris]

8. People can still mail sex toys? I thought the GOP banned that.

Seriously, you can still mail a vibrator?

Oh, man, that story was great. It went straight to MM.com.

[liontamer]

9. when will people learn not to store toys with batteries

even if you're not mailing them. They can turn on at embarrassing moments, and can actually damage the toy.