Suspected "bomb" turns out to be air freshener
A Royal Air Force parade was recently cancelled in Lincolnshire, England when a possible bomb was found in a telephone booth. The bomb turned out to be an air freshener. From BBC News:
A BT spokesman said air fresheners had been installed in enclosed phone boxes for years without problems...Air freshener disrupts RAF parade (via Fortean Times)
The BT spokesman said: "We do put air fresheners in some phone boxes - we like to make the environment as pleasant as possible for people using a payphone to make a call.
"Some people have been known to use phone boxes for reasons other than wanting to phone someone.
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Just how big an explosion would something the size of a can of air freshener actually make? Did they evacuate the entire block too?
A telephone what? Never heard of it.
Oh, England.... what happened to you? You used to be so cool.
That's like in 'The Tick' where the mad bomber has seeded the nightclub with little bombs, and The Tick starts removing them until he says, 'Oops! That's an air freshener!'
This happened in the town I live in, Boston. The people that live here have a reputation for being uneducated. Probably just went with the sensationisation.
air fresheners in phone booths?
The police were summoned back to the same booth when someone told them it was a "stick up."
http://ballyhooligan.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/stick-ups.jpg
I guess it's "I feel saver already" day...
"Some people have been known to use phone boxes for reasons other than wanting to phone someone."
Farting?