June 28, 2004

"It's fiddler crab season!"

Posted by pete at June 28, 2004 11:43 AM

More vague FBI warnings, just in time for the height of summer tourism:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI issued a warning last week for state and local authorities to be on the lookout for booby-trapped floating material in and around the nation's marinas, warning they could contain explosives.

A homeland security official told CNN on Sunday there is "no intelligence terrorists are planning to or want to do this."

The official continued, "This is simply a continuation of our ongoing pattern to keep the American public freaked out by issuing periodic statements of questionable intelligence value. And the hot new color for this summer will soon be orange, if you know what I'm saying.

"This is off the record, right?"

My relatively uninformed prediction, as one who will be hanging out at several of our nation's fine beaches and marinas in less than a week, is that you'll have more to fear from these "floating materials" than from an inner tube rigged with semtex:

In accordance with DHS recommendations, we're stocking up on vinegar and beer in the event of a coordinated and sustained jellyfish attack.

Sounds like a "man-o-war on terror," if you ask me.

--Posted by denny on June 28, 2004 11:41 AM

"Doody, doody!"

--Posted by HWRNMNBSOL on June 28, 2004 11:52 AM

Just make sure you clearly label each. You don't want to be drinking the vinegar and dousing the beer on the jellyfish.

--Posted by Simon on June 29, 2004 4:51 AM

Noted.

--Posted by Pete on June 29, 2004 9:47 PM



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