Oregon man accused of threatening to blow up sign because of spelling error

QMI Agency, Toronto Sun ^ | May 30, 2013

[rickmichaels]

An Oregon man is accused of claiming he tried to blow up a sign with a pressure cooker Wednesday morning because it had a spelling mistake.

The man allegedly plunked a pressure cooker on the counter of the Oregon Teachers Standards and Practices Commission office in Salem and told the receptionist he tried to blow up the sign outside.

"He walked quite confidently into our office as though he had a mission, and I think that was what alarmed me right off the bat," Vickie Chamberlain, the commission's executive director, told the Statesman Journal.

The suspect allegedly claimed the bomb failed to detonate because the instructions he downloaded to make the device were misspelled.

The sign in front of the office is missing a 'd' so it reads: "Teacher Standards an Practices Commission."

Chamberlain said she was unsure what happened to the sign, but guessed that the letter may have wore off over time.

Staff called police and the man was arrested nearby. The device wasn't a bomb.

Leonard Burdek, 50, is charged with disorderly conduct, police said.

[Jack Hydrazine]

How many stinkin’ Nazis do we have in this forum???

[Jack Hydrazine]

[terycarl]

I refuse to capitalize “nazi” on “principal”.

that would be principle.....

[pax_et_bonum]

That was the case with my Uncial.
_________

My uncle was a Capitalization Nazi, too!

He exercised a lot and became quite majuscular.

[newheart]

[Revolting cat!]

They’re gonna send Leonard to the Big House for a spell!

[JRandomFreeper]

How many stinkin’ Nazis do we have in this forum???

Oh.... Most of them.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

I know that everyone thinks it was me, but it wasn’t.

I've heard that story before. How much was bail?

/johnny

[Yardstick]

...but guessed that the letter may have wore off over time...

Uh oh, whoever wrote this might have a pressure cooker in their future.

[pax_et_bonum]

How many stinkin’ Nazis do we have in this forum???
_________

“Stinkin’”?

Ahem.

This particular Capitalization Nazi makes frequent use of soap and water, AND perfume.

[Revolting cat!]

[Revolting cat!]

[Political Junkie Too]

It's spelled "shul," and it's nice to see that a community thought enough of the synagogue to put a crosswalk in front of it.

-PJ

[MV=PY]

"Don’t tell anyone, but at the age of 12 I decided to rebel and since then my signature is all small letters. People think I’m a Doctor."

How small?

[Revolting cat!]

Spelling error? What did she do?

[DanielRedfoot]

Hahahahahah!

Now that funnie

[Bon of Babble]

I work at a school.

Some IDIOT painted “no parking pass this line” (NO, it wasn’t a teacher) in the teachers’ parking lot. I didn’t have my camera with me at the time; by the next day, the final “s” in “pass” was painted over and replaced with a “t”, although the original “pass” is still visible.

[Rusty0604]

ok, I s/h written lower case letters and as pointed out to me by another Freeper, everyone thinks I’m a doctor not Doctor. I became an accountant because math is easier for me.
I used to work in an adult basic ed lab at a college and I had a student that wrote in tiny letters on every spot on a piece of paper. I found out that meant she either came from a very poor backgroung or had low self esteem. (fun fact)

[jiggyboy]

LOL perfect

[ThomasThomas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_kahA_wQo