Peter always knew it was a dangerous substance :-)

October 10, 2006

i would have figured Bill Cosby standing nearby would have been a tip off....

>heartwerk <jo.heartwork

>Oct 9, 2006 11:53 PM

>

> Peter always knew it was a dangerous substance :-)

>

>BERLIN (Reuters) - A small pile of leftover jelly discarded beside

>the road after a wedding party caused a large-scale security alert in

>Germany with biochemical experts, firemen and police called in to

>investigate.

>

> " Passers-by called police after finding a pool of a flabby red,

>orange and green substance on the roadside, " a police spokesman in

>the eastern town of Halle told Reuters on Monday.

>

>Fears of toxic waste led to the closure of a wide area after the

>emergency call on Sunday, and experts wearing chemical warfare suits

>spent two hours examining the gelatinous substance before deciding

>that it was -- jelly.

>

> " The fire brigade always has to assume a worst-case scenario, " said a

>fire brigade spokesman. " We conducted a variety of tests and figured

>out it was jelly. "

>

>He said the newly wed groom, who was pulled out of bed at noon

>following a tipoff, confirmed that the jelly, known as Jell-O in the

>United States, was a party leftover -- and agreed to clean it up.

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