You KNEW it had to happen, and Reuters is reporting it: a diaper has sparked a bomb alert.
BERLIN (Reuters) – An “electronic nappy” used to monitor wetness sparked a bomb alert in a German post office when it arrived in a parcel ticking suspiciously, police in the southwestern city of Heilbronn said Thursday.
“They suspected it was a bomb so they put the package into an empty room and called the police,” said a police spokesman. “It was supposed to respond to wetness with bleeping sounds but this one ticked.”
Two squad cars rushed to the scene and immediately contacted the sender. Police gave the all clear after they contacted the woman who told them the intercepted package contained only a malfunctioning diaper.
So in the end, it wasn’t a bomb but a diaper, the police alarm turned out to be a lot of crap — and officials were pissed off. (HEY: We display ALL KINDS of wit on this site).
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.