Monday, February 02, 2009

A NIGHT THAT WILL LIVE IN IDIOCY



This story should have been posted two days ago because our pal Faux Smoke wanted to remind us all that it was the second anniversary of one of the greatest pieces of stupidity ever perpetrated by the Department of Homeland Security.

“On January 31, 2007, a bomb scare occurred when police officers mistakenly identified small electronic devices found throughout Boston and the surrounding cities of Cambridge and Somerville as improvised explosive devices. The devices turned out to be battery-powered LED placards with an image of a cartoon character called a "mooninite". The placards were part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, a film based on the animated TV series Aqua Teen Hunger Force (ATHF) on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming block.” (Click for the whole story)

3 comments:

roldo said...

I'm glad to hear you're healing - and speaking of fingers...is the gesture that little fella seems to making what I think it is?

Anonymous said...

Things are almost always way you think they are.


WV = uncyto

roldo said...

I try not to think about that...