If somebody phones in that he's "seen a thingy on the walkway that had a nuclear symbol on it - I think it may be a bomb" then the police roll out with everything and the kitchen sink. The Danish police have been known to send the bomb squad after a forgotten backpack on a train station (and not a very busy train station either - if it had been a bombing attempt, it would have been the dumbest terrorist on record...).

I guess the theory is that they'd rather hassle a hundred people over a potential bomb than have ten people killed by an actual bomb. And while I can't fault that analysis, I do wish that all those paranoid old ladies would stop calling in bomb scares over lost everyday objects.

- Jake

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