Post office..."What's in the parcel?"...

[asterix]

Yes, I know. But "Is it a bomb?" isn't the same question...

It's a pretty dim bomber who answers "Oh yes, it is actually", so it's a totally pointless question.

Perhaps, but also perhaps there are people who find it more difficult to lie convincingly when asked such a direct question than to send a bomb through the post. Who knows, these interrogators may be trained in reading body language or voice stress.

A schoolmate once proudly showed us a bomb he bought back from the USA in his luggage. We believed him. He was also a martial arts enthusiast.

 

[Archie_tect]

the post office missed a trick at the turn of the century when Pay Pal was getting loads of bad press. The PO had everything in place to become the UK's premier online payment provider and would have been perfect for Ebay sellers, all postage and payments in one PO bank account, maybe with a small discount on postage costs... where did i put that time machine?

I hope no one at the 'new and improved RM' doesn't read your post MV.... They still could set up a system... Pity they could make a massive profit lost to the UK public purse.

 

[simon the viking]

Slighty O/T.... When I worked at an airport, a cleaner thought it was funny to say to a member of the flightcrew of the plane he had just cleaned.... "I've just put a bomb under one of the seats......" and then went off laughing.....

5 hours at the local nick being questioned and 1 lost job later he realised he hadn't been as funny as he originally thought.......

(and no it wasn't me)