There was a bit of high drama on Capitol Hill today, as a baffled Chinese tourist meditating upon the Capitol was screamed at in a foreign language he didn't understand, then tackled, and had his luggage hauled off and exploded by the police. The final tally: one baffled Chinese tourist, one less CD player in the world, and one less wristwatch in the world.
Note: AP says the police report that contrary to early reports, the tourist, dressed like Johnny Cash all in black, did not speak to the police at all (as you'd expect, since the police spoke no Chinese). Other reports that he demanded to see President Bush or verbally refused to open his suitcases appear to be based upon testimony of over-imaginative bystanders who've been drinking too much Department of Homeland Security kool-aid.
Still, the action of the policemen was entirely justified. I mean, you get some dusky-lookin' furriner close to the Capitol Building who, like, speaks only that furriner gabble, why, he just has to be up to some mischief! And that CD player... why, if the police hadn't blown up that CD player, it could have exploded and KILLED US ALL!
- Badtux the Snarky Penguin
Aldous Tuxley, truly A Brave New World and totally wacked!
ReplyDeleteBubba sez: Them Chinee is fiendishly clever, y'know. There coulda been sum kinda high-powered death ray hidden inside what looked like an ordinary CD player. I seen sum'in like that in a James Bond movie oncet.
ReplyDeleteUh oh. Turns out that this was an act of war by Austrialia. The guy was Aussie, not Chinese, though he had a Chinese name. Hmm... suspicious, eh? But that's okay, he's being expelled back to Australia. That'll teach him to stand with his luggage and stare at the Capitol Building! Tourists. Don't understand silly little things like standing staring a building is a terrorist act. Feh.
ReplyDelete- Badtux the Snarky Penguin
They are so backward in DC. If it were Florida, they could have shot him.
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