No, you idiot, I said "BONG!"

[Al B. Fuct]

Discovery of bong delays WA ferry service

8/22/2007, 4:28 p.m. PDT

By ANNIE FLANZRAICH

The Associated Press

 

SEATTLE (AP) — This bong threat was legitimate.

 

The FBI has confirmed that a suspicious package that idled one of the largest ferries in the Washington state fleet for about an hour Wednesday morning was actually a water-pipe typically used for smoking marijuana.

 

"Someone found a bong," said David Gomez, FBI assistant special agent in charge.

 

The device was found in a men's restroom of the 460-foot ferry Puyallup at the height of the morning commute.

 

The ferry had just been emptied of cars and passengers after arriving at Colman Dock from Bainbridge Island about 8 a.m. when the package was found, said Marta Coursey, a spokeswoman for the ferry system.

 

State Patrol Sgt. Craig H. Johnson would only say the device was a "nonhazardous, nonexplosive item," adding investigators carried it off the ferry for further examination.

 

No arrests were made and no identified individuals were being sought, but "we'd like to find the person who left it there," Johnson said.

 

Following a search and examination by State Patrol troopers, the 2,500-passenger, 202-vehicle ferry was cleared to resume service about 9 a.m., Coursey said.

 

During the shutdown, service on the Seattle-Bainbridge and Seattle-Bremerton runs was maintained on the terminal's other main slip.

 

Coursey said two Seattle-Bainbridge runs were canceled during the package scare.

 

The scare came amid heightened security in the ferry system following reports of "suspicious behavior" in recent weeks. On Monday the FBI released photographs of two men who were described as showing unusual interest in the vessels, Agent Roberta A. Burroughs said.

 

The FBI would not release further details of the men's behavior, Burroughs said.

 

"It appeared to the people that reported it to us that the men seemed to have an undue interest in the workings of the ferry and the ferry terminal," she said.

 

Several ferry employees and passengers reported the men to the FBI about a month ago, but agents have been unable to identify them and released the photos hoping members of the public would know who they are.

 

Neither man is considered a suspect or has been charged with a crime.

 

"We admit right up front that the behavior could be completely innocuous," Burroughs said.

 

The Puyallup delay was the second ferry disruption during the Wednesday morning commute. Less heavily used runs between Point Defiance in Tacoma and Tahlequah at the south end of Vashon Island were canceled until midmorning after about a dozen cracks were found during the wee hours in the state ferry Rhododendron.

 

The 48-car Rhododendron, built in 1947 and rebuilt in 1990, was taken to Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island after the chief engineer noticed the cracks in a 12-foot by 10-inch section on the starboard side about five feet above the water line, Coursey said.

 

The cracks ranged in width from a pinhole to a gap big enough for a finger and were near the rub rail, a ridge that is the first part of the boat to contact the dock.

 

The 34-car ferry Hiyu, built in 1967, was dispatched to resume service between Point Defiance and Tahlequah after 10 a.m.

[67Special]

I might have to try that at work, call in a bogus bong threat to get a few hours off

 

Is the fear really that bad over there

"It appeared to the people that reported it to us that the men seemed to have an undue interest in the workings of the ferry and the ferry terminal," she said.

what the fuck is undue interest?

[godonacid]

what the fuck is undue interest?

i guess that could be as simple as looking out for security while you have pipes but hey you never know with these paranoid non smokers around he could have just been standing there.

[WantDaChronic]

the undue interest was probably the 2 guys asking the information booth when the next ferries came in so they could have a toke before going onboard

[Al B. Fuct]

I might have to try that at work, call in a bogus bong threat to get a few hours off

 

"Don't fuck with me! I've got a bong- and I know how to use it!!"

[Pam]

People in the US that use public transportation scare too easy.

They all want to live on top of each other crowded up together, and the idea that they could all die together scares them shitless. But if you ask them why don't they move, maybe out to the country, they'll tell you that there's no money to be made other than in the city, and if you tell them that the same house that costs 500 grand there, only costs 75 grand out in the country... they STILL claim that they couldn't live on less than what they're making in the city.

So that's good with me, let them stay there. Someday they will discover that they can't eat money.

Washington is one of the 12 states where MedPot is legal. But the FBI came so the feds have no sense of humor, and EVERYTHING is a crime to them. Gotta look busy ya know.

[Stoney]

lmfao

 

cant believe a bong haulted one of the busyest ferry's in the world

 

american is just abit too paranoid atm me thinks

 

cheerz

[s4l]

This line stuck out too me.

 

State Patrol Sgt. Craig H. Johnson would only say the device was a "nonhazardous, nonexplosive item," adding investigators carried it off the ferry for further examination.

 

Further examination ehy? Anyone got a lighter?

[Tarnicus]

People in the US that use public transportation scare too easy.

They all want to live on top of each other crowded up together, and the idea that they could all die together scares them shitless. But if you ask them why don't they move, maybe out to the country, they'll tell you that there's no money to be made other than in the city, and if you tell them that the same house that costs 500 grand there, only costs 75 grand out in the country... they STILL claim that they couldn't live on less than what they're making in the city.

So that's good with me, let them stay there.

 

I couldn't agree with you more I grew up in the city and lived there for 25 years, albeit in a rather leafy area, but I will never live there again. I can't handle being crammed in like sardines, joining all the other rats running towards the biggest block of cheese. Ironically cheese for rats, just like cities for humans, isn't very healthy

 

Someday they will discover that they can't eat money.

 

I used to have a poster with that phophecy on it and it certainly has a very powerful message.

[Tarnicus]

"Don't fuck with me! I've got a bong- and I know how to use it!!"

 

lmao