http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/whoopee-cushion-deactivated-on- sydney-bus/2005/07/31/1122748522654.html
'Whoopee cushion' deactivated July 31, 2005 A Sydney bus driver began wondering what he'd picked up when a suspicious popping sound drifted down from the back of his vehicle. But he refused to let his imagination run wild, despite the recent terror bombings targeting London buses and underground trains. Instead, he calmly went to investigate and found the source of the "pops" was not some kind of evil explosive device or bomb timing mechanism, but a "whoopee cushion-style toy". The driver found the small foil bag, which made the popping sound when crushed, on a rear seat of the government bus at Coogee, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, about 4.50pm on Sunday. The driver duly completed his run - picking up and setting down passengers as usual - and alerted the police only when he arrived at Circular Quay about 25 minutes later. Officers from The Rocks station subsequently took possession of the offending toy. A police spokesman dismissed an earlier media report that the driver had been injured by a firecracker. "[The toy] appeared to be activated by pressure, and not an explosive," he said, adding that the bus driver had done the right thing in contacting police. "We're asking people to remain alert, not alarmed, so he brought it forward," he said. AAP ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hska68j/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705323667:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122911338/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
