Toy robot detours traffic near Coors Field, meets demise

[hootstwo]

But trolls do exist. They steal your socks! Only the left one, for some reason.

I wonder what the report said.

"Bovine imposter"?

Ah, one of the truly great movies of late! My daughter and I love that one.

[Lallans]

Two things spring to mind:

1) They may have assassinated a future menace, a baby Cylon (funny).

2) During their Afghanistan sojurn, where so much was learned by so many, the Soviets disguised anti-personnel mines as toy trucks and so on (not funny).

Either way, the cops were correct. Consider the alternative.

[AFS1970]

Just because the news media used the phrase Blow Up/Blew Up dose not mean that is what the bomb squad actually did. While they sometimes used small amounts of explosives to get rid of these things, that is rarely done at the scene and certainly not next to the support for a bridge. What they more than likely used was a water canon which tears apart the object and disrupts any electronics or explosives.

[wildrover]

Just because the news media used the phrase Blow Up/Blew Up dose not mean that is what the bomb squad actually did. While they sometimes used small amounts of explosives to get rid of these things, that is rarely done at the scene and certainly not next to the support for a bridge. What they more than likely used was a water canon which tears apart the object and disrupts any electronics or explosives.

For some reason, every time a bomb squad gets to blow something up, I envision them picking up a case of beer, a couple sticks of dynamite, and a large slingshot. Really, how often do guys have a legitimate reason to blow stuff up? Particularly, blow stuff up and get paid for it, rather than having someone call the cops?

That would be more fun, anyway .

[Nighthawk]

For some reason, every time a bomb squad gets to blow something up, I envision them picking up a case of beer, a couple sticks of dynamite, and a large slingshot.

That would be more fun, anyway .

Well, that would be my approach....

[Nighthawk]

But trolls do exist. They steal your socks! Only the left one, for some reason.

I wonder what the report said.

"Bovine imposter"?

Yeah, I keep a close watch on my Lewis Rich hose...

"Eventually, at around 5.30pm, a bomb squad officer dressed in a protective suit used remote explosives to destroy the white toy, blowing it apart.
Afterwards, Murray admitted the incident was 'a whole lot of nothing' but said his force's actions towards the tiny robot were necessary to 'render it safe'.
'It was cemented in. That's odd,' Murray added."

Sounds pretty straightforward, they used an appropriate amount of explosive to destroy the robot, not take out a bridge.

I thought you said you were going to glue an orange wig on it before you cemented it down Nighthawk?

Well, super glue works great on concrete, but my cat got a little upset when I tried to glue her to the robot. She got all bitey and stuff...

[xman]

"Milk" was running a contest where your carton of milk would "Moooo" when you opened it if you were a winner. There was a small electronic gadget inside the carton that when opened would sound a moo.

My downstairs neighbour, Jake was responsible for making the things and rigged one to my door so it mooed when I opened it. Good times. That was nearly fifteen years ago!