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found this on the news wires.. in a way it’s funny, and in a way sad that simple things can cause colissal inconvenience…. If I were to have come upon the trash can, I would have probably located and removed the item vs shutting down the airport…. If you’re going to blow something up, normally you would not want the bomb discovered until it detonates…… bombs usually don’t draw attention to themselves…. they just go BOOMB and do their damage…. granted the vibrator could be used as an attention getter followed by an explosive to hurt the curious….possible, but unlikely +++ A scare triggered by a vibrating sex toy shut down a major Australian regional airport for almost an hour Monday, police said. The vibrating object was discovered Monday morning inside a garbage can at the terminal cafeteria at Mackay Airport in Queensland state, a police spokeswoman said. Cafeteria manager Lynne Bryant said her staff had been cleaning tables when they noticed a strange humming noise coming from the garbage can. advertisement "It was rather disconcerting when the rubbish bin started humming furiously," Bryant said. "We called security and next minute everybody was being evacuated while they checked it out." The police spokeswoman said the terminal was evacuated immediately. Passengers who had arrived on a recent flight, check-in staff, cafeteria employees and hire car personnel were all forced to leave. "Another two flights were expected to land at that stage but alternate arrangements were made for the passengers to collect their luggage away from the terminal," the spokeswoman said on the usual condition of anonymity. She said the emergency alert was canceled after 45 minutes when the package was identified as an adult sex toy. Bryant said in retrospect, the humming sounded exactly like a vibrator, but it was better to be safe then sorry. —  + www.analon.com [UNIX/X-Windows & CDE] 888-5-ANALON …Chemistry, Computer systems, software & networks that WORK! …..Send ASCII TEXT mail/attchmnts ONLY!!** I use UNIX & LINUX!!

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> found this on the news wires.. in a way it’s funny, and in a way sad > that simple things can cause colissal inconvenience…. > A scare triggered by a vibrating sex toy shut down a major Australian > regional airport for almost an hour Monday, police said.

Mackay doesn’t really qualify as a "major" airport. > Bryant said in retrospect, the humming sounded exactly like a vibrator, > but it was better to be safe then sorry.

There was an "Airline" episode where a "vibrator" started to do its stuff in a piece of luggage that was in the luggage office. They didn’t evacuate the airport and the staff immediatly knew it was a vibrator. Turns out that when they opened it, it was an electric toothbrush. And anyone who has seen movies with bombs knows that bombs either have a "click click" sound, or a "beep" every second with a bigger beep just as it is about to detonate.

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this is not unique to "minor" airports, this sort of nonsense happens everywhere lets get real….. someone wanting to cause harm or destruction does not want their device discovered……  this is not the first time a vibrator or sex toy caused delay of  flights – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> found this on the news wires.. in a way it’s funny, and in a way sad > that simple things can cause colissal inconvenience…. > A scare triggered by a vibrating sex toy shut down a major Australian > regional airport for almost an hour Monday, police said. > Mackay doesn’t really qualify as a "major" airport. > Bryant said in retrospect, the humming sounded exactly like a vibrator, > but it was better to be safe then sorry. > There was an "Airline" episode where a "vibrator" started to do its stuff in a > piece of luggage that was in the luggage office. They didn’t evacuate the > airport and the staff immediatly knew it was a vibrator. Turns out that when > they opened it, it was an electric toothbrush. > And anyone who has seen movies with bombs knows that bombs either have a > "click click" sound, or a "beep" every second with a bigger beep just as it is > about to detonate.

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