Band Sticker on Bike Causes Bomb Scare
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There's a band called "This Bike is a Pipe Bomb"?
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That doesn't remind me of Joe Dirt whatsoever.
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Also, I'd imagine that if someone was gonna plant a bomb in a bike they wouldn't make it so blatantly obvious. Guess the police don't have much choice these days though, they have to check out anything suspicious.
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Yep, they are a modern folk hippie band and their is nothing worse then the mentioned type of music which instantly makes them shitty. If you visit their website, the first thing you see is this picture. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...izuoka/124.jpg |
That's Ohio for ya (I used to live there, so I can say that....Can't I?)....But its funny though :D . I mean not as funny to the person who was stupid enugh to put it on their bike and have their bike ripped to shreds. But it's still funny.
Seriously though, I do agree with TRZD, if anyone was going to actually make a Bike Bomb, nobody in their right mind would make it so darn obvious as to put a sticker on it saying "This Bikes A Pipe Bomb". And if I were that band I would be using 'TBAPB' on any bumper stickers from now on. I mean sure they probaly wanted to get a rise out of people by naming their band that of all things. But they managed to over look two things and that's the paranoia of of people and the idiociy of others. |
Oh dear...people are becoming so paranoid these days! That sounds just about as valid as searching a carton of eggs to see if there are any chicks in it: REMOTELY possible but ridiculously unlikely. What happened to common sense?
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I have nothing wrong with the police officers that had to investigate the incident but honest to god, who would call that in? I mean why would you look at that and think that is poses any type of a threat?
And does anyone else just think that something is off with the kid in the white in the picture above? Or is that just what emo looks like? |
That band name is oddly specific; I wouldn't be surprised if the owner of the bike wanted people to think that the bike was a bomb, despite what they may say.
That's what joking around will get you? |
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Anyways. What a stupid name for a band. Also, that band sounds stupid. That kid's stupid for putting the sticker on his bike. The person who reported that takes stuff too seriously. The police were just doing their job. That's all i see here. |
I find it funny. I'd love to see what happens to the kid with "I Kill Old People" on his bumper.
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I'm kinda curious about the owner's intentions here. Putting a cryptic sticker on a bicycle doesn't seem like it'd be a good way to advertise your favorite indie band.
Joe Dirt indeed. |
Because you know the only way to support you're favorite indie band is by word of mouth and stickers.
I find this amusing to say the least, at least it gets the band media attention which is what the guy unintentionally wanted. |
People are freakin paranoid these days, and not without a good reason.
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Jesus, I'd be pissed if somebody clipped my bike apart with the Jaws of Life. First off, they had to get close enough to the bike to read the sticker, because no sticker on any bike is big enough that you could read it from far away, and that means they are getting way too close to my shit in the first place. Secondly, and I know it's been said before, but who the hell is dumb enough to LABEL a fucking bomb? How many post office bombs do you see that say "Handle with care: Bomb inside"?
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I'm probably the only person on these boards who actually likes This Bike is a Pipe Bomb.
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Actually, do you know what this reminds me of? Well, two things actually.
The members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor way back in 1998 were detained and questioned because it was suspected they were terrorists. The van they were in had stickers of missile silos and anti American stickers. And another thing, which happened only a couple of days ago. Henry Rollins, HENRY ROLLINS, HENRY FUCKING ROLLINS, was on a plane in Australia. He was reading a book about terrorism, and the guy next to him freaked out and reported him after they landed. Rollins got a phone call from the government telling him that he was now on their suspected terrorist list, and he told them and their prime minister to fuck off. The book was written by a Wall Street Economist too. |
People are nuts. That's how I explain that.
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Just when you think people aren't paranoid enough, then...wait? Bike not go boom?
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So, they destroyed his bike and arrested him? Something about that strikes me as ethically questionable.
So, I'm a bit hazy here; some constitution fanatic help me out, here.Can you arrest someone for saying (Or in this case, not even that) that they've got a bomb? (Airports excluded), or are there serious freedom of speech implications, here? Also, did they buy him a new bike? And sticker? |
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As for this particular news story, that sounds pretty paranoid. I hadn't heard of the band before today, but I still would've just seen the sticker and thought of it as a really funny joke. |
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