Aqua Teen Ad Campaign Deemed "Bomb Hoax," Half of Boston Shut Down

http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/loc...031135507.html

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"The "packages" in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim's animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they mistakenly thought to pose any danger."

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The device was detonated and determined to be harmless, but as a precaution the station and the interstate shut down temporarily.

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lol Boston

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjohnpaulx/360279201/
The device in question. Good job, Boston. You're paranoid as hell, because there were several other cities that had this promotion, as well.

The Terrorists have truly won.

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The device was detonated and determined to be harmless, but as a precaution the station and the interstate shut down temporarily.

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The fucking BOMB SQUAD can't tell the difference between Explosives and LEDs??? God help them if they ever find a lost cell phone.

Lol @ Son....er.... Boston.

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Originally Posted by Cheebs

Lol @ Son....er.... Boston.

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:lol: :lol:

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Originally Posted by Slashdot

"An ad campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force featuring the Mooninites Ignignot and Err caused major security concerns in Boston, MA when magnetic light displays were mistaken for possible bombs. The displays included one of Ignignot flipping the bird (as hard as he could), but Gov. Deval Patrick was not amused."

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Gov. Deval Patrick is fairly stupid, then. Sad that we live in times where anything suspicious is a possible bomb.

LAFF. I hadn't heard a thing about this until now, considering that I walk to school and I don't listen to anything people at Emerson have to say, but I did notice a huge number of cops around the edges of the Common and I had no clue why. If that was related to this... incredible. I can't even understand how this city functions at all sometimes.

It really makes no sense at all. Why would terrorists light up their bomb with colorful LEDs in conspicuous locations?

Yeah, I had been seeing the BREAKING NEWS OMG TERRISTS banner on MSNBC all day about a bomb scare in Boston, them shutting down damn near everything. I stopped after work at a sub shop and they had the news on, heard the newscaster say "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and thought "why the hell is a newscast talking about ATHF?" Turned around saw that the big bomb scare was fucking Ignignot and Ir Lite Brites. FUCKING LOL.

I can't believe this, is this country really becoming that fucking scared and stupid?

I laughed too.

I finally saw the bombs in question as I was looking for news articles for the Police Reunion and I saw on Fox News Ignignot flipping the bird ... I laughed hard. awesome.