Martin Rebas spent a bit time, and probably not much trouble to build a huge list of over exaggerations. It may be hard to believe, but these things did happen, and they happen more often then you think. I provided only 2 stories, go and read all of them to leave your head shaking.
A collection of news articles about how schools, airports and other places are being made safer for everyone.
- BOB
Ninety minutes after taking off from Sydney Airport, a flight attendant on a United Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles found an airsickness bag - presumably unused - in a lavatory with the letters “BOB” written on it.
The flight attendant decided that the letters stood for “Bomb On Board” and immediately alerted the captain, who decided the risk was serious enough to turn the plane around and land back in Sydney.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, August 2, 2004- Scissors found in backpack
A 10-year-old girl was arrested and taken to a police station in handcuffs after a pair of scissors were found in her backpack in school. She did not threaten anyone in any way - the scissors stayed in her backpack and were found accidentally during a search - but the offense was deemed serious enough for her to be arrested and get a five day suspension from school, which was amended to two days after protests. “My daughter cried and cried,” the mother told a Philadelphia newspaper. “She had no idea what she did was wrong.”
Source: USA Today, December 13, 2004
The thought that came to my head was what happened to common sense. It seems that the areas where you expect to find intelligence, is also the place you’re less likely to see common sense. A 6 year old who doesn’t know why a butter knife was in his backpack, probably doesn’t know why its there. A 10 year old girl isn’t going to take a school hostage with a pair of scissors she probably brought for a project or for use at school. A person who wants to fly with insulin may actually need it.
Tags: Interesting, News, Oddities, Stories, Weird
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