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March 18, 2005

Friday Sex Doll Blogging

Has this ever happened to you? You find that the sex doll you ordered is defective so you package it up and send it back in the mail... From Reuters:


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A blow-up sex doll sparked a bomb alert in a German post office after it started to vibrate inside a package awaiting delivery, police said Wednesday.

"Workers were unsettled when it began vibrating and made strange noises," a spokesman for police in the eastern city of Chemnitz said. "They were worried the package might be a bomb."

Officers brought the sender to the scene and discovered the source of alarm was an electrical device inside a life-size female sex doll. The man told police he had wanted to return the doll because it kept turning itself on at the wrong moment.


The problem was solved when the batteries were removed and then the package was sent on its way. The man, meanwhile, went in search of a much larger hole, one he could crawl into, I'm sure...

Posted by Jeff Soyer at March 18, 2005 07:43 AM
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What rational person thinks that a vibrating sound is an indicator of a bomb? A ticking sound I could understand--if the bomber is using a mechanical clock. But the only sound that a bomb would suddenly make would be "BOOM!" in which case it's too late to do anything about it.

The ATF has removed the more informative documents from their web site but they still have this document available on things to look for if you suspect a bomb.

Someone should write a "Bombs for Dummies" book. The information out there is just pathetic--both from the defensive as well as offensive viewpoint.

Posted by: Joe Huffman at March 18, 2005 10:57 AM

Cell phones are frequently used as the trigger for bombs. Many cell phones have vibrators in them.

Of course, being alive to notice the vibration is a
good sign that it's not a bomb (or at least not a good one).

But it's not an entirely baseless jump from "vibrating package" to "possible bomb".

Posted by: michael parker at March 18, 2005 02:15 PM

But, did Reuters have a choice of pics or did they deliberately use the crotch grab?

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