[smokingfrog]

I think it was confiscated. The pencil box looked more like a small briefcase from what I understand. So if you saw a small briefcase with a clock or timer on it, what would be the first thing to come to mind?

[tacticalogic]

So if you saw a small briefcase with a clock or timer on it, what would be the first thing to come to mind?

I'd probably think it could be used for a bomb. I'd be looking for a blasting cap or some other kind of detonator, and a main charge before I was ready to say it is a bomb.

[VanDeKoik]

Yeah, that was just irresponsible on the kid’s part if all it was supposed to be was some DIY project.

I was like this kid as a teen in the 90s. Making all types of gadgets, that in hindsight did look like something that could be mistaken for a bomb.

But even I wasn’t so stupid as to want to bring it to school for “show-and-tell”.