It's a "Bumb," (Pump) Not a Bomb!!!
Aug 30, 2006 | 9:58 am
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It's a "Bumb," (Pump) Not a Bomb!!!
Here's an interesting story about how "pump" was understood as "bomb." Beware of carrying on marital aids.
http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/talk...25&entry=23205
Some stories are so weird, they sound made up. But this one comes from the Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn's blog:
Today, most of the embarrassment and shame falls squarely onto the poor shoulders of Skokie resident Mardin Azad Amin.
The 29-year-old native of Iraq has become the subject of worldwide ridicule for an incident earlier this month in which authorities allege that he blurted out a bomb threat while passing through a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in an ill-advised attempt to hide from his mother that he was carrying a marital aid in his knapsack....
http://www.620wtmj.com/_content/talk...25&entry=23205
Some stories are so weird, they sound made up. But this one comes from the Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn's blog:
Today, most of the embarrassment and shame falls squarely onto the poor shoulders of Skokie resident Mardin Azad Amin.
The 29-year-old native of Iraq has become the subject of worldwide ridicule for an incident earlier this month in which authorities allege that he blurted out a bomb threat while passing through a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in an ill-advised attempt to hide from his mother that he was carrying a marital aid in his knapsack....
Aug 30, 2006 | 11:18 am
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