Eric Smith wrote:
>
> 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.
Think about the poor bastard who found the pipe bomb at the
Atlanta Olympics, for instance.
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Received on Thu Oct 22 1998 - 10:35:29 BST