I know I shouldn't be laughing but you have to admit it is pretty funny!<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">>From today's (August 23, 2006) Chicago Sun-Times -<BR><BR>-----------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Is that a grenade in your pocket? <BR>August 23, 2006<BR><BR>BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter <BR><BR>Mardin Azad Amin found himself in a tight squeeze last week when security at<BR>O'Hare Airport discovered a suspicious-looking object in his luggage.<BR><BR>So, Amin, 29, handled the delicate situation this way: He told security the<BR>object was a bomb, Cook County prosecutors say.<BR><BR>The security guard then asked Amin to repeat what he'd said to a supervisor.<BR>This time, Amin was chuckling as he spoke, prosecutors say.<BR><BR>In fact, Amin was trying to disguise the fact that the black object
--<BR>resembling a grenade -- was a component for a penis pump.<BR><BR>All the same, Amin was charged with felony disorderly conduct and faces up<BR>to three years in prison if convicted, said Andrew Conklin, a spokesman with<BR>the Cook County state's attorney's office. Amin is due in court today for a<BR>preliminary hearing, Conklin said.<BR><BR>Amin eventually told investigators he'd lied about the object's true use<BR>because his mother was standing nearby when the object was discovered and he<BR>didn't want her to know about it, Cook County Assistant State's Attorney<BR>Lorraine Scaduto said during a bond hearing last week.<BR><BR>The incident occurred Aug. 16 as Amin was set to catch a flight to Turkey,<BR>Scaduto said.<BR><BR>Amin has no known criminal history, Scaduto said.<BR><BR>-----------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the
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