[way off topic] (was Re: [off topic] Bomb Threat.)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Wed Oct 21 23:00:56 1998

Zane H. Healy wrote:
> For your sake I hope you didn't answer the phone. When I was in the Navy I
> made the mistake of answering the phone. Next thing I knew I was halfway
> across the base half out of uniform, grilled, and then left to find my own
> way back to the ship.

Derek Peschel replied:
> I don't get it. Am I confused or is this a silly joke?
>
> If you don't answer the phone then you don't know what the caller wants.
> (OK, you could have Caller ID, but a random number -- which may be a pay
> phone -- doesn't automatically mean "bomb threat".)

The point wasn't that you shouldn't answer the phone if it's a bomb threat.

The point was that you're unfortunate if you happen to be the poor slob that
*does* answer the phone when it happens to be a bomb threat, because you
can expect quite a grilling by the police/military/whoever.
Received on Wed Oct 21 1998 - 23:00:56 BST

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