So, somebody on a bus smokes an e-cigarette and the M6 gets shut?

That looks ruder than it actually is. The profanity thingy doesn't approve of f a g.

 

we cant say cigarette??

 

More to the point, why on earth is the profanity replacement 'treetreetree' ?!?! Makes for very odd reading, strange choice ..

Anyway, I digress, I'm with Dim on this one ... 4 hours to make the area secure and ascertain threat levels seems massively over the top by anyone's standards.

I would be interested in knowing HOW they go about figuring out whether something's a bomb or not. Now, if it were me, I'd say .... "right, all the passengers move 200 yards to the left ... now, you, idiot with cigarette, go get your bag off the bus ... now move 200 yards to the right and come back" ... then blown the bag up, and jobs a goodun ... hour tops (mainly waiting for the little funky remote control tank to arrive)

 

Try it now

 

Bah, now my post just looks silly referring to 'treetreetree' now it's gone zigs

 

We know what you meant though I've altered the PF just for that word. I know its not insulting to us Brits but it can be to our Colonial Cousins.

 

Well treetreetreetree. You've spoiled the alliterative effect of 'fake' and 'f a g', Mr Admin. Pearls before swine, pearls before swine.

 

hmmmmmm..... cigarette

 

You can still type treetreetree instead if you want to be a rebel.

 

who`s idea was treetreetree anyway? lol

 

But, if it were 'colonial slang', that would mean that the bomb disposal people were set to blow up a person, not a cigarette.

 

I had this problem working with the guys from New York University, one of whom was Gay

 

Someone who's obsessed with all things arboreal. Probably a little shih tzu.

 

You mean he was a cigarette?