Winnie the Pooh causes bomb scare

[karyn]

from usa today

WRIGHT CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who went to a Missouri post office to pick up a novelty phone he ordered over the Internet was alarmed that the package was ticking; it subsequently created a bomb scare.

It turned out that the phone — shaped like Winnie the Pooh — had a feature the customer did not know about: An incoming call causes Winnie's head to spin, and the feature apparently had been activated during shipping.

The ticking that prompted evacuation of the Wright City post office Thursday morning was Winnie's head repeatedly hitting the side of the package, Missouri Highway Patrol spokeswoman Cpl. Julie Scerine said.

Police and members of the bomb squad were called when the man retrieving the package noticed the unexpected sound. Wright City is about 45 miles west of St. Louis.

"It was pretty distinctly ticking," Police Chief Don Wickenhauser said. "And he didn't want to pick it up."

When authorities contacted the sender, he verified that it was nothing sinister.

Scerine said authorities were both amused and relieved when they opened the package.

"I guess the moral of the story is before you send electronics, take the batteries out," she said.

[Bondage Clown]

"Winnie the pooh, winnie the pooh...

Huggly, cuddly and full of honey

Winnie the pooh, winnie the pooh...

Put him on a park bench, and watch all the body parts fly

Winnie the pooh, winnie the pooh... "

[mmmcherry]

ewwwww...
i totally want that phone hahaa... im gonna look it up on google

[HempKnight]

- Novelty "Pooh and Piglet" animated talking telephone
- Pooh and Piglet move and talk when the phone rings
- Pooh's head turns while playing hide and seek with Piglet when the phone rings
- Pooh and Piglet alert you to incoming calls in their own voices
- Push button dialing in a rotary fashion
- Switchable Pooh voices/regular ringer control
- Redial
- Tone/pulse switchable
- Hearing aid compatible
- Requires 4 C batteries (not included)
- Pooh sits on a wooden stump telephone base (base and handset are simulated wood)
with a big purple pot of "Hunny," Piglet pops out of the hunny pot when the phone rings
- Characters are shown in their traditional colors

For $60, I can think of better ways to
get annoyed over a phone call than
all the noise that thing makes, besides
the ringing. Luckily it's been discontinued.