Calling Atom Ant
Published 7:01 pm Thursday, November 18, 2010
Mighty mouse droppings: A week after finding a radioactive rabbit on the grounds of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, workers at the cleanup site now are looking for contaminated mice, following the discovery of radioactive mouse droppings.
Consider yourself lucky that Hanford was built east of the Cascades rather than around here, or we’d be dealing with radioactive raccoons, 50-foot slugs and seagull poop that would eat through more than your car’s paint job.
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A glowing report from the TSA: Federal officials are insisting that the new full-body X-ray scanners used to screen airline passengers are safe and don’t pose a danger from unsafe levels of radiation.
Among those unconvinced, however, was a family of mice from the Tri-Cities who had just returned from a trip to Disneyland.
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Nothing runs like a Deere: Police in South Carolina arrested a suspect in a convenience store robbery after he attempted to flee on a riding lawn mower.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the officers delayed the suspect’s arrest until he had mowed a mile of highway median.
