Listening to the Clash leads to Terrorism
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Listening to the Clash leads to Terrorism
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Briton held as terror suspect over punk song
Lyric from Clash anthem 'London Calling' raised suspicions of taxi driver
Updated: 9:29 a.m. ET April 5, 2006
LONDON - British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.
Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport in northern England and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.
The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash’s 1979 anthem “London Calling,” which features the lyrics “Now war is declared -- and battle come down” while other lines warn of a “meltdown expected.”
Mann told British newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.
“He didn’t like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don’t think there was any need to tell the police,” Mann told the Daily Mirror.
A Durham police spokeswoman said Mann had been released after questioning -- but had missed his flight.
“The report was made with the best of intentions and we wouldn’t want to discourage people from contacting us with genuine concerns,” she said.
This is type of bs was one reason the Clash was formed in the first place.
Briton held as terror suspect over punk song
Lyric from Clash anthem 'London Calling' raised suspicions of taxi driver
Updated: 9:29 a.m. ET April 5, 2006
LONDON - British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.
Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport in northern England and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.
The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash’s 1979 anthem “London Calling,” which features the lyrics “Now war is declared -- and battle come down” while other lines warn of a “meltdown expected.”
Mann told British newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.
“He didn’t like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don’t think there was any need to tell the police,” Mann told the Daily Mirror.
A Durham police spokeswoman said Mann had been released after questioning -- but had missed his flight.
“The report was made with the best of intentions and we wouldn’t want to discourage people from contacting us with genuine concerns,” she said.
This is type of bs was one reason the Clash was formed in the first place.
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So THAT'S the key to potty training??? Gotta start playing wham for the kid.... uh, on 2nd thought, diapers aren't THAT bad...Gooch wrote:You end up waking up before you go-go...
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I think I'll keep my son out of the public restrooms that George likes -
And Robert, you made me hork diet coke out my nose! Make it big, indeed!
And Robert, you made me hork diet coke out my nose! Make it big, indeed!
...and then at the end of the letter I like to write "P.S. - this is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.-- Mitch Hedberg