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WFern

2009-12-23 04:11:38 PM

AirForceVet

2009-12-23 04:22:27 PM

Oh crap, they're reporting he's got C-4. This will not end well.

Ras-Algethi

2009-12-23 04:32:50 PM

The Post Office doesn't need this kind of publicity. Please stop.

trouzourt

2009-12-23 04:43:17 PM

Ras-Algethi: The Post Office doesn't need this kind of publicity. Please stop.

yeah its not like going postal is already a phrase.

Ras-Algethi

2009-12-23 04:46:59 PM

trouzourt: Ras-Algethi: The Post Office doesn't need this kind of publicity. Please stop.

yeah its not like going postal is already a phrase.

You're not helping!!!

yogaFLAME

2009-12-23 05:52:48 PM

According to police on the scene, the man had five hostages and five pounds of C-4, a common plastic explosive, strapped to his wheelchair.

5 hostages strapped to his wheelchair, this sounds bad.

IKanHazaBukkit

2009-12-23 06:49:04 PM

Joe Swanson?

moops

2009-12-23 06:50:05 PM

006andahalf

2009-12-23 06:50:53 PM

..and I thought the lines were bad at the post offices here...

turbopro

2009-12-23 06:51:11 PM

FTFA The hospital, which recently completed an emergency room renovation, was on Code Green, Deaton said, meaning it was preparing for the potential for mass casualties or injuries.

I thought things like that were usually reserved for you know, the color red.

sarahthustra

2009-12-23 06:51:16 PM

Police outside post office where hostage situation is at

USA! USA! USA!

WTF Indeed

2009-12-23 06:51:29 PM

Those wheelchair ramps seemed harmless at first. Americans with Disabilities Act strikes again!

eddievercetti

2009-12-23 06:51:55 PM

This sounds like a job for
slowclapchildren.com

/Die Hard 5: Going Postal

cowgirl toffee

2009-12-23 06:52:40 PM

Why didn't someone sneak up behind him and just lock the breaks on his wheels? Call it 'damage control'.

TheGhostofFarkPast

2009-12-23 06:53:18 PM

006andahalf: ..and I thought the lines were bad at the post offices here...

No joke i be this guy is like everyone else in the fact that every time he goes in there only 1 person out of the 5-6 stalls are open, the line is at the door, and no one else is even trying to help speed the line up.

/thank god USPS put in the self serve area
//never have to wait in line again

delphi_ote

2009-12-23 06:53:23 PM

BesiktasBoy83

2009-12-23 06:53:56 PM

Okay so if I was withouy use of my legs/colon/penis etc I could do some crazy shiat too. I always think why dont people with illnesses that are going to kill them soon do more crime? If I had cancer and was going to die I'd do some crazy s___ you'd better believe.
Money, girls, everything.

AdolfOliverPanties

2009-12-23 06:54:02 PM

Dude should be careful. He might blow his leg off.

expobill

2009-12-23 06:55:20 PM

so he went on a RAMPage?

ACallForPeace

2009-12-23 06:55:44 PM

Way to stand up for yourself!!...oh...nevermind.

Panty Sniffer

2009-12-23 06:56:28 PM

I hope he walks away from this unscathed.

DerekSD

2009-12-23 06:56:47 PM

if c-4 is so common why can't i get it at homedepot, loews or walmart?

cutthroat

2009-12-23 06:56:56 PM

FTA: The suspect has made no demands other than to ask for a pizza
www.columbia.edu

/hot like C4 exploding

Half Witt

2009-12-23 06:57:07 PM

yogaFLAME: According to police on the scene, the man had five hostages and five pounds of C-4, a common plastic explosive, strapped to his wheelchair.

5 hostages strapped to his wheelchair, this sounds bad.

wut?

/reality stranger than fiction

006andahalf

2009-12-23 06:57:49 PM

The antagonist from Speed thinks he's doing it wrong.

Poopspasm

2009-12-23 06:57:52 PM

With 5 hostages, he'll have a leg up on the negotiator.

theotherbilly

2009-12-23 06:57:53 PM

silent tom

2009-12-23 06:58:33 PM

well just move him to the head of the line so he can mail his freakin' cards already

socratesthekidd

2009-12-23 06:59:01 PM

delphi_ote
That looks like fun, what is it?

Impasse

2009-12-23 06:59:35 PM

Just be sure to buy the defuser kit, it speeds up the disarming process.

digitalrain

2009-12-23 06:59:47 PM

Sigh... I submitted this w/ a different headline. I used to live
in Wytheville back when hubby #1 and I first got married. It's a
very nice, rural town of about 7 - 8,000 people.

roflmaonow

2009-12-23 07:00:29 PM

His demands were for pizza? People are doing extreme things for a box of pizza these days.

Prank Call of Cthulhu

2009-12-23 07:01:00 PM

So is he in there, spinning in circles, claiming if he goes below 5 mph, the chair will blow up?

NeedleGuy

2009-12-23 07:01:08 PM

If he gets caught and sent to trial, no judge in his right mind will ever let him walk.

Mr. Potatoass

2009-12-23 07:01:22 PM

There should have been a red flag raised.

luckyeddie

2009-12-23 07:02:03 PM

roflmaonow: His demands were for pizza? People are doing extreme things for a box of pizza these days.

If he's not careful, he might resemble pizza soon

WTF Indeed

2009-12-23 07:02:09 PM

Mr. Potatoass: There should have been a red flag raised.

+1

Insert_Obscure_80's_Pop_Culture_Reference_Here

2009-12-23 07:02:20 PM

Prank Call of Cthulhu: So is he in there, spinning in circles, claiming if he goes below 5 mph, the chair will blow up?

Pop quiz Hot Shot!

netweavr

2009-12-23 07:03:02 PM

Greeeeat. Right after that TSA document is leaked saying they don't need to check wheelchairs.

Way to f*ck it up for everyone one-leg.

oldandwiser

2009-12-23 07:03:25 PM

C4 by itself is not explosive. It would burn like Sterno. It needs to be encased to be explosive.

I used to take apart claymore mines in Vietnam and use the C4 to heat food.

NeedleGuy

2009-12-23 07:03:54 PM

Pumpernickel bread

2009-12-23 07:04:00 PM

He will probably do less time if they nail him with kidnapping/hostage taking than if they try to say he wanted to rob the post office. That is like a 25 year sentence. Do it in a 7-Eleven and you would be out in less than 5.

KillAllHumans

2009-12-23 07:04:07 PM

turbopro: FTFA The hospital, which recently completed an emergency room renovation, was on Code Green, Deaton said, meaning it was preparing for the potential for mass casualties or injuries.

I thought things like that were usually reserved for you know, the color red.

A Red Alert usually means Fire
Orange typically refers to mass casualties
and Green (at least my hospital) means Chemical Spill / MAZMAT

Jacobin

2009-12-23 07:04:27 PM

Yes. This is looking bad.

KillAllHumans

2009-12-23 07:04:48 PM

HAZMAT, not MAZMAT

/derp

Pope Michael of Discordia

2009-12-23 07:07:03 PM

I'm in a wheel chair so I'm getting a kick...

Cytokine Storm

2009-12-23 07:08:24 PM

Can we get this guy on the scene?

/duck brains

Pope Michael of Discordia

2009-12-23 07:09:35 PM

Pope Michael of Discordia: I'm in a wheel chair so I'm getting a kick...

Also, I'm like 20 minutes away from where this is happening.

Maybe they need to send me in to battle him. Wheel Chair VS Wheel Chair

VvonderJesus

2009-12-23 07:09:38 PM