Thursday, February 21

 
NOLA.com: Box of seafood gumbo disrupts airport for hours

I always thought gumbo was supposed to have an explosive effect after you ate it, not before. However, New Orleans airport personnel took no chances when a traveler found a suspicious-looking box in a men's room and alerted security employees. The airport closed two concourses and delayed flights while they inspected the package, which did not pass the bomb dogs' sniff test, by the way. The newspaper clippings on the outside, having to do with warnings of more security alerts, helped make it look like something sinister. At least it wasn't a bomb, but in New Orleans, wanton disregard of gumbo is a crime in itself, isn't it?
posted by Unknown 9:20 AM