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Gift-Wrapped Manure Causes Bomb Scare at Steven Mnuchin's House

posted by martyb on Monday December 25 2017, @07:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the special-delivery dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42473607

A suspicious package that turned out to contain horse manure sparked a bomb scare near the Los Angeles home of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, reports say.

The gift-wrapped manure was found at 19:40 (03:40 GMT) at the home next to Mr Mnuchin's in Bel-Air, police said.

Police cleared the package an hour later and the Secret Service is investigating, CBS said.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/12/23/horse-manure-addressed-to-steve-mnuchin/

There were a lot of frustrated neighbors. Including Zsa Zsa Gabor's widower.

"We have $50 million homes and we can't move, we can't get out," Prince Frederick von Anhalt, who was trapped for two hours, said. "That's bad, they have to find another way."

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @05:10AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @05:10AM (#614222)

    ...must be very young.
    Jeez, the proper technique is MANY decades old.
    First, you use a paper bag, not a box.
    Next, you make sure that the subject of your ire is at home.
    You put the packaged poop on the porch AND YOU SET THE BAG ON FIRE.
    You ring the doorbell and sprint for the hiding place that you picked out (which has a good view of the porch).
    Your victim comes to the door, sees the fire, and instinctively stamps it out.

    Modern twist: Cellphone video camera and an upload to social media.

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @08:48AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @08:48AM (#614247)

    > Your victim comes to the door, sees the fire, and instinctively stamps it out.

    *That's* why the bag is set on fire? I always assumed that the fire makes it stink worse or spreads the smell faster. Huh.

    Modded +1, Informative.