I'm sure a good joke is in here somewhere............

[CatWoman]

Prunes force evacuation of Sandy Springs post office

What kind of message can be divined from a bunch of jars filled with chopped prunes, a photo of President Bush, some Homeland Security pamphlets and a Santa Claus toy with a "New York" tag around its neck?

The odd collection was discovered at a Sandy Springs post office early Friday, and triggered an emergency response that shut the facility, which serves about 60,000 addresses, and a portion of Glendridge Drive for nearly six hours.

After a series of tests, authorities determined the items posed no threat.

First they X-rayed the Santa doll. Then they tested the Mason-type jars containing the murky brown liquid.

The substance turned out to be chopped prunes, said Sandy Springs police Lt. Steve Rose.

"I don't think it's flammable," he said.

The items were discovered at 6:41 a.m. by a custodian who was a military veteran, and who thought the items looked suspicious, said Michael Miles, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service.

The custodian alerted postal inspectors, who contacted police.

Postal workers were evacuated, as were employees of an architecture firm in an adjacent building.


http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2007/09/14/postoffice_0915.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

[Raven]

1. That will happen when you eat prunes! Prunes, prunes, good for

the heart, the more you eat...well you know the rest.

[CatWoman]

2. LOL

Hi, Raven :hi:

[BlackVelvet04]

3. Paranoia reigns.

You're right....there must be a good joke there but I'm too tired to think of it.

[PCIntern]

4. Discovered at 6:41 A.M., eh?

Funny how they can be precise about a jar of prunes, but when the President found out about the 1st plane hitting the towers, that's another story...

[againes654]

7. Well I hope that the janitor

made sure he waited the appropriate amount of time before moving so as not to "alarm anyone":sarcasm:

[againes654]

5. Me thinks

someone wanted the day off early :silly:

[havocmom]

6. prunes for the pResident!

Cuz he's full of it and needs help.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Home of the brave, my ass...

We've become such snivelling PUSSIES! I mean, PRUNES and SANTA CLAUS???:eyes:

I remember a day when INGESTING prunes would make you shit your pants, not just the SIGHT of them!;)

[shain from kane]

9. Since when did prunes start smelling like reindeer shit? And who put the reindeer shit in the Mason

jars? And why did Santa put reindeer shit in Mason jars?

Sent to a lab in New York that tests shit for dietary reasons. Due to global warming, reindeer don't have regular reindeer food to eat, so Santa's been experimenting.

Homeland Security says that it can't be sent by air freight. At least, according to the pamphlet.

Have I explained everything?

Oh, that picture of Bush*. Every time the reindeer see him on TV, they say, "You gotta be shittin' me. He's still the President of the United States." Of course, the prunes help.

What's the plural of reindeer?

[ewoden]

10. Reinsdeer, I thought everybody knew that :-)

[RandiFan1290]

11. I'll bet it was

a smooth evacuation!

:rofl: