SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE ... How many of these have you seen on the News, and how many times was it...

[MetalSludgeCEO]

... actually as advertised?

I just saw this on the News here in LA... 'Suspicious package in Sherman Oaks", blag, blah, blah...

Police on the scene, Fire Trucks, News Helicopters, Bomb Squad, Robots & Drones being used, streets closed, the works.

In the end... if I have seen 1 of these, i have seen 100 over my life and I cannot recall, 1 time, where it was a Bomb or something dangerous.

It's either...

A. A Backpack full of School Books that a Fat Kid forgot when he boarded the bus!
B. Some random Homeless person's filthy suit-case.
or
C. A Box that fell off a moving truck or pick-up!

Meanwhile, all of the real Suspicious Packages, went UN-noticed, until they blew up...

Like the Boston Marathon.

I will update when they have the out-come... in the meantime, half of S. Oaks, and Ventura Blvd. is on high-alert!

$tEvil

[Lonsome Crow]

The real suspicious packages go unnoticed because they are typically directed against a target of some sort and are placed and concealed in a manner to cause as much damage as possible. Some random box on the street? What is the intended target? Of course it's probably nothing. But it might be something, so they have to go through the song and dance. And if they didn't go through the song and dance, and it turns out it was something, there would be all sorts of fallout (besides the random body parts hitting the street).

[gtshark1]

Box of TUFF smaller towels/wash cloths.