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B.C. RCMP officer sues co-workers in bomb squad after doll explodes (Canada)
National Post ^ | Dec 31,2011 | Susan Lazaruk

Posted on 12/30/2011 10:39:05 PM PST by expat1000

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To: expat1000; TheConservator
Da Dum
21 posted on 12/31/2011 1:34:08 AM PST by gitmo (Hatred of those who think differently is the left's unifying principle.-Ralph Peters NY Post)
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To: DoughtyOne

“A ‘practical joker’ deserves applause for his wit according to its quality. Bastinado is about right. For exceptional wit one might grant keelhauling. But staking him out on an anthill should be reserved for the very wittiest.”
—Robert A. Heinlein


22 posted on 12/31/2011 1:40:55 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: TwoSwords
I could just as easily come to the conclusion the person did it to himself to get on the dole and cash in.

Maybe, but...

Hempston would have been eligible for full retirement in September 2011.

At age 44. Sounds like he's already got a good financial deal going.

23 posted on 12/31/2011 2:32:00 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Padding.


24 posted on 12/31/2011 2:39:40 AM PST by TwoSwords
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To: KittyKares

Obviously they do not have a co-ed facility there or that doll would bring on a harassment suit.


25 posted on 12/31/2011 5:27:40 AM PST by Venturer
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To: expat1000

I’m trying to figure out who’s stupider: The EOD guys who rigged the detonator, or the EOD guy who picked up the doll, suspecting it had been tampered with, sat it in his own lap and turned it on.


26 posted on 12/31/2011 6:15:55 AM PST by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: KittyKares

He shoulda been blowed up for that.


27 posted on 12/31/2011 6:25:19 AM PST by Safetgiver (I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
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To: RichInOC
Somebody set up us the bomb.

For great justice.

WTF? Bomb your coworker?

Hmmm. Sounds like criminal act to me.

28 posted on 12/31/2011 6:31:44 AM PST by csvset
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To: KittyKares

Hahaha...for an adolescent boy, I always thought “Dirty Bertie” was the Canadian/Brit/Aussie equivalent of “Little Billy” who is the main character of jokes only us sex-starved boys used to tell each other and laugh at...:)


29 posted on 12/31/2011 7:29:22 AM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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To: Semper911

I have never been a big one for practical jokes, unless they are completely harmless and I know even the person they are played on is guaranteed to at least give a grin.

Over the years, I have watched people play pranks that were guaranteed to embarrass or make someone uncomfortable, and I could only shake my head.

When I was a young man in the Navy, I used to see people play pranks all the time, most just stupid and harmless, but some were very involved and could have got someone hurt.

The one I remember most that was emblematic of why practical jokes can be bad due to unforeseen factors, was when we had been at sea for a while and were nearing the point where people become irritable and bored.

A sailor was sitting at a small table, and had fallen fast asleep sitting upright with his elbow on a table, his palm outstretched supporting the side of his head.

As he sat there sitting upright, asleep in his long-sleeved green flight deck jersey, his entire armpit was exposed. One of the guys shushed us with his finger to his mouth, pulled out his Bick lighter, and decided he was going to give the sleeping guy the armpit equivalent of a hot foot.

He silently crept over, placed the lighter about 3 inches under the taut fabric covering the guys armpit. He lit the lighter, and turned to give us a silly grin. Those of us watching saw smoke, and then a millisecond later the subject of the prank leapt to his feet screaming.

Apparently, there was a tiny hole in this guy’s jersey that none of us could see, and the flame went right through the hole and lit the guys armpit hair on fire. He wasn’t burned too badly, but I felt pretty bad just sitting there watching it, and I know the guy who did it felt really bad, because he and the subject were buddies, and I know he definitely didn’t want to hurt him.

But that wasn’t the worst one. The worst mother of all pranks screw ups occurred around 3 AM one morning while we were steaming in the Mediterranean.

From what we were told (and it was our division officer who told us this is a group) there was a guy standing watch on the Port Quarter, sitting in the little chair in his pea coat, wearing his sound powered phones on his head. He had apparently fallen asleep, which as everyone knows is very bad, but fortunately (or actually, unfortunately) to his buddies dropped by to say hello and chat with him, only to find him asleep.

Apparently, this was too rich and opportunity to pass up. One of them crept over on his hands and knees and tied the guy’s shoelaces together as he snoozed. They then backed into the hatch out of sight and with cupped hands, called out in a loud stage whisper “Man Overboard! Man Overboard!”

If the accounts were to be believed, they got exactly the result they were looking for. One can imagine the guy hearing this and leaping to his feet, his unseeing eyes bulging with panic as he scanned the ocean, then immediately stumbling and planting himself face down on the metal deck, His buddies giggling hysterically in the background. Their joke had played out exactly as they hoped.

Except for one thing.

There was a person in the catwalk above them in the dark who heard the guy call out “Man Overboard” to their sleeping buddy, and raised the general alarm.

At 3 AM in the middle of the Mediterranean, probably 10,000 men on maybe a dozen ships were awakened from their sleep and began rushing up and down ladders as the entire group executed the Man Overboard drill, only it wasn’t a drill.

We heard the guys got court martialed, but that was all we ever heard.

So, you can guess I am always to mindful of unforeseen consequences to enjoy most practical jokes...


30 posted on 12/31/2011 8:06:39 AM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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To: Slings and Arrows

There you go. ;^)


31 posted on 12/31/2011 10:20:21 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Santorum..., are you giving it some thought? I knew you would.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Bob was a wise man.


32 posted on 12/31/2011 10:57:41 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I was not aware of him, but he sure got it right here. Thanks for the intro.


33 posted on 12/31/2011 11:16:48 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Santorum..., are you giving it some thought? I knew you would.)
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To: DoughtyOne

If you are not familiar with Robert Heinlein’s work I envy you, because you have some wonderful reading ahead.


34 posted on 12/31/2011 11:29:00 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: expat1000

I learned that some things are best not discovered.


35 posted on 12/31/2011 11:32:16 AM PST by KittyKares (.)
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To: rlmorel
I hate pranks, but I love sea stories. Thanks for posting some.

We should really have an ongoing thread dedicated to sea stories (or other military service stories.)

36 posted on 12/31/2011 12:07:10 PM PST by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Semper911

LOL...agreed. But hey...God’s Honest Truth on that one (how many times did you hear THAT with an upheld palm facing you?)


37 posted on 12/31/2011 1:21:29 PM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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To: rlmorel
(how many times did you hear THAT with an upheld palm facing you?)

Many times, my FRiend, many times.

Happy New Year!

38 posted on 12/31/2011 1:25:53 PM PST by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Semper911

And to you, Semper911, and to you...


39 posted on 12/31/2011 1:45:01 PM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)
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To: expat1000
I read the article, and nothing is obvious.
Hense my post.

Perhaps it is partly due to my ignorance of Canada's justice system.
But reading the article does not tell me who, what, when and where.

40 posted on 12/31/2011 7:55:06 PM PST by sarasmom
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