The Register reports that when workers at a British post office discovered a “suspiciously noisy” package amongst the regular mail they called the bomb squad, who then sealed off the whole street and blew the parcel to smithereens.

Turns out the would-be bomb was just a vibrator. People really need to remember to take the batteries out before mailing sex toys.

I think my favourite headline about this would have to be “Bomb squad blows up vibrator and chocolates.” Now that’s a tragedy if I ever read one.

This is not a unique incident. People seem to mistake vibrators for bombs all the time. Like you do.

There was the bomb scare at Mackay airport in October 2004 when a buzzing vibrator was left in a bin.

Then there was the 2001 story of a woman who found a vibrator taped to a toilet wall and decided it was a bomb.

There is one good story among the vibrator scares:
Dude passes TSA security screening with live vibrator in pants

Posted by quirky in News Stories, Quirky Sex