Peter always knew it was a dangerous substance :-)

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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.