Rattle wrote:

Bomb units scrambled across Boston and Somerville today to investigate several suspicious devices.

The reports forced the temporary shutdowns of Interstate 93 out of the city, a key inbound roadway, a bridge between Boston and Cambridge, and a portion of the Charles River but were quickly determined not to be explosive.

"It's a hoax -- and it's not funny," Gov. Deval Patrick said.

Officials at Mayor Menino's office say the devices appear to resemble a cartoon character. It could be related to characters from the cartoon, "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."

This is right up there with the smiley face bomber.

Heh.. It was a marketing campaign. Adult Swim paralyzed Boston. I don't care what anyone says, this is funny as hell. I mean, everyone know that having LEDs in the shape of a cartoon character is the perfect way to disguise an IED...

The Ebay auctions for some of these that have been recovered have all been yanked. They were going for upwards of $5K a piece last I saw.

Perhaps the best part of this entire saga is going to be the episode of ATHF that lampoons Boston. My money is that Carl plays the Boston cop which called in the bomb squad when he couldn't figure out what the hell it was. I can't wait.

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