Overkill
11/07/2007 @ 12:00 am
Glad to see that the all that extra anti-terror training is obviously going to good use.
A Nanboku subway train in Sapporo was evacuated and inspected after a male passenger found a sewing pin on a seat Monday morning and reported it to the carrier, police said. The man noticed the 5-cm pin at around 7:40 a.m. and reported it when he got off at Sapporo Station. No one was injured.
The Sapporo City Transportation Bureau ordered the subway operator to evacuate the train, which had reached Kita-sanjuyo-jo Station, and inspect it. No other pins were found, and the train resumed operations.
No one was injured? Phew, that was close! No other pins were found? Thank goodness, this must have been a one-off pin-terror attack.
Well now we know why airports screen even old ladies and nuns as potential terrorists before they board their planes.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:03 amSounds like the sequel to “Snakes on a Plane”. “Pins on a Train” errrr make that “Pin on a Train”.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:48 am[...] Japani. Metrojuna evakuoitiin Sapporossa sen jälkeen kun miesmatkustaja oli löytänyt vaunusta viisisenttisen silmäneulan. Valpas matkustaja oli vienyt neulan junavirkailijalle, minkä jälkeen juna pysäytettiin Kita-sanjuyo-jon asemalle aamuruhkan aikaan ja tyhjennettiin matkustajista. Junasta ei löytynyt muita neuloja ja se sai myöhemmin jatkaa matkaansa. “Kukaan ei loukkaantunut”, kertovat uutislähteet. (via Japundit) [...]
November 7th, 2007 at 5:48 amnow here’s a chunk of useless information you probably never wanted know…
“Needlephobia’s correct name is “Belonephobia”. It can be defined as a fear of sharp objects such as pins or needles. This can be severe enough in some cases to warrant people being sedated due to the fear and anxiety the thought and/or sight of a needle causes…”
http//www.needlephobia.co.uk/index.aspx
rem.
November 7th, 2007 at 8:40 amI’ll bet the police were on pins and needles while searching the train.
I’ve heard of finding a needle in a haystack, but a pin on a train…
This gives new meaning to the word “pin cushion”
I wonder who they’ll try to pin this one on?
Okay, I’m out.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:39 amWait, one more!
The police were so focused on their search that you could…
wait for it…
hear a pin drop!
November 7th, 2007 at 10:40 am…and all this time the bank keeps telling people never to leave your PIN where others can find it.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:41 amGee, the stuff you can find on a train.
November 7th, 2007 at 5:56 pmPin kara kiri made!
Pointed comments!
November 7th, 2007 at 5:58 pmThe Japanese are sissies.
November 7th, 2007 at 6:10 pmReally constructive comment!
This is actually nothing compared to the Dutch environment. Everytime there is a bag or a box or something else left on the train, they call in the bombsquad and every train on the track will be stopped….sigh
November 7th, 2007 at 8:11 pmSee that website about Pin-k Chirashi!
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http://yenx.blogspot.com/
November 7th, 2007 at 9:09 pmIs it like finding a needle in a hay-stack? OK, I think we are out of puns.
November 8th, 2007 at 11:31 pmau contraire Mr T, its a fairly simple exercise to expand and extend endlessly,this Puns and Knee-dles chuckle-fest, with a bit of nude-context shifting and inventive spelling.
But as i asked myself a while back - Why?..What purpose?..I really only started to do it because I noticed that the Engrish posts were largely ignored, and it seemed an interesting way to secure toe-hold on this pre-eminent Asian/Japan Blog Site (the Best!!).
These days I have other interests and concerns - such as eye-poking the China Central Committee etc,etc….*blah,blah,blah..remora*
(it’s coma/sleep-inducing!!)
(*_*)
November 9th, 2007 at 7:25 am