April 3, 2006
Two recent news items make for nice terrorist hysteria companion pieces:
In the first, a number of Florida residents called the FBI and "other emergency services" after seeing a plane pulling a banner that said "6/6/06 You have been warned." The banner was a promotion for the upcoming remake of The Omen, but apparently, a number of people thought it was a promotion for an upcoming terrorist attack.
"It made me feel really creepy, especially in this day and age," said Washington, who works at Ocean Walk Resort. Noting that June 6 is a Tuesday, she drew the connection to Sept. 11, 2001, also a Tuesday.
And who wouldn't jump to make the Tuesday connection? In any event, I think this tells us that someone needs to work on their marketing skills. I'm just not certain whether that's terrorists or 20th Century Fox.
In the latter story, Ohio residents got freaked out and called the bomb squad to handle Super Mario power-up blocks left around the town by some teenager girls. Which is understandable enough, considering the likelihood, as Joystiq points out, "that Osama bin Laden snuck in overnight and placed bombs wrapped in gold wrapping paper in highly-visible public places."
Posted by starlen at April 3, 2006 7:45 AM
