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Thanks to a heads-up from colleague and friend C.C. Chapman, this defies belief and is currently breaking news in Boston :
“The ‘packages’ in question are magnetic lights that pose no danger. They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim’s animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force. They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.”
Oh good — that’s a relief, then! For a moment I was worried that people were panicking over REAL bombs. Imagine – silly old people worrying about circuit boards with batteries and wires hanging off them hiding under bridges an’ stuff… what were they thinking?
Read C.C.’s full post on this – astounding!
And it’s not even April 1st yet… what will the creative geniuses at Adult Swim’s agency come up with for that?!
UPDATE: The Boston Globe has more on this, including the revelation that it was bloggers who ‘scooped the story’, and some stunning photos (you may need to set up a free account to see them)
UPDATE 2: Christopher Penn has a rip-snorter (aka ‘brilliant’) post about this — can’t wait to see a scan of the cheque he receives!
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