My friends are idiots
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Topic: My friends are idiots
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Subject: My friends are idiots
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:03pm
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So, about 6 months ago, a good friend of mine whos an active duty veteran currently with the national guard came over. Since hes the only member of the local guard whos actually been to iraq, they had him working on training things. He tells me his commanding officer told him to whip up a couple fake IEDs to be used in training excercises, showing the new guys what to keep an eye out for. So since Im a total junk packrat, I offered him to take whatever he needed that I had laying around the garage. He rigs up an empty small helium tank with an old dead cell phone, and a pop can filled with dirt and an antenna sticking out of it. He tosses them in his car and leaves, and I never thought anything of it again. Until this happened: http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/Police_destroy_suspicious_devices - http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/Police_destroy_suspicious_devices Yes, that is my friends old apartment. Turns out the idiot never took the fake IEDs to the guard armory, he just left them laying around his apartment. And then when he moved out, he forgot about them and left them behind... Last I saw him was a week or so ago, when he got email telling him he was being deployed again and to start with the whole pre-deployment process. I have no idea when he was scheduled to leave, or if he is over there already, because his cell phone is disconnected, and none of our mutual friends have seen him. Now Im a bit paranoid because I provided the random junk and crap that he used to make these things. So I wonder, would the cops be able to trace where the parts came from, or would they even care? If they did, would I be in any sort of trouble for this? As far as I knew, I was just helping a friend with an assignment from his commanding officer, but who the hell knows nowdays... ------------- 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:07pm
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I don't see how you could get in trouble if you explained everything. Also, I don't see them tracing it back to you. That would be expensive. Pretty funny though.
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Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:08pm
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you made the news! indirectly...
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Posted By: IMPULS3.
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:08pm
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You have been reported to the authorities. ------------- 
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:14pm
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lol, thats why i dont do stuff for people. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:16pm
not for free anyway..... ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97
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ammolord wrote:Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:28pm
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That. Is. AWESOME!
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:38pm
| You have a good alibi, and proof of other things you've worked on that aren't (completely) terrorist related. I think you'd be ok if they found you, as long as your police are somewhat competent and trustworthy |
Posted By: Bruce Banner
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:39pm
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Besides, they are closing Gitmo, so the worst that could happen is a cell-mate named Bubba who thinks you have a purdy mouth. ------------- Waste and excess are not conservative family values http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/07opclassic.html - Nature is not a liberal plot http://pickensplan.com - A Good Energy Plan |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 9:18pm
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That's amazing.
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Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 9:27pm
| I don't think you should be worried. You should probably go to the police with your story. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 9:28pm
well played. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 10:22pm
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Haha, thats great.
I dont think anything will happen unless someone is trying to make themselves look good. Most thatll happen would probably be a call asking about the cell phone.
I would laugh, someone comes to your house and asks why your fingerprints are all over the stuff its made of. ------------- 
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 10:37pm
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lol, dont ask if they found the rest of em. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 1:11am
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Bravo. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 4:08am
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AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh dammit, that's friggin' awesome. Too bad the bomb squad didn't blow them in place.  ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 6:28am
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Lmao. I love how they have to instill fear into the people, anyway. "Police believe that had the first device been real and detonated, it would have blown out the windows and doors of that particular apartment." OMG! ------------- X |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 7:10am
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Yeah, I'd go to the authorities if I were you on this one. They probably can't trace anything back to you, but at the very least, get the word out that these things weren't done up by someone looking to cause any trouble. ------------- ? |
Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 8:38am
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Wonder who the missed call was.
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 9:18am
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if they found your prints and they have your prints on file they could find it or track the cell to the last known user. also im sure higher powers are going to be looking into this(ATF or FBI).
i would contact the friend and get him to contact his CO and get something in writing about how he was asked to do this. once he has that in hand i would talk to a lawyer. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 9:29am
I wonder why they used a 1% resistor in a device that looks like it was made for a 4th grade science fair. Enos may find Amanda Hugnkiss, especially after the police see the video of the computer exploding. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 11:52am
I expect them to find him through the cell phone so contacting them ASAP would probably be a good idea. ------------- 
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 12:40pm
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It said the last tenant was evicted...
add on the fact that they found what appeared to be bombs in the apartment. Can't end well if you don't go forward. ------------- 
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 1:07pm
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I'll e-mail this thread to the Fort Wayne police department to clear your name. No need to thank me!
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 10:36pm
I'd say just call the cops to let give them a statement to let them know what is what to save some tax dollars. But yes, that story is amazing. ------------- 
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 7:37am
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That's a phone rigged up as a remote trigger for an IED. The wires for the speakers would be rigged into an electric detonator, which in turn is connected to the main charge. Perp places IED, waits for a convoy to roll by, calls the cellphone, phone 'rings', and the world's most obnoxious ringtone kills a few soldiers. Fortuantely, in that case, they goofed some part of it. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 6:36pm
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EDIT: JMAC IS RETARDED ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 6:50pm
| jmac...did you read the thread? |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 6:53pm
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EDIT: JMAC IS RETARDED ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 8:37pm
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lulz!
FELONS! ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 9:40pm
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 9:43am
| Epic lulz. You won't get in trouble, you weren't the one that left them in the apartment. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 3:41pm
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but he made em. i dont think you would get in trouble if you explained the story to em. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 3:44pm
| At least Gitmo was frozen before enos got shipped there. I don't know if I'd like to see him naked in a black hood...maybe... |
Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 3:46pm
Its not so bad. ------------- 
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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 3:46pm
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^dont even know what to say to that last part.
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 9:30pm
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Well, the drama is over. Tonight my MIA friend showed up, he was out on pre-deployment training, and when he heard about this mess he voluntarily contacted the bomb squad. Turns out the head of the bomb squad is ex-military and he actually told my friend "I suspected this was something military, they just looked too much like the devices I saw overseas". So no charges are filed, hes not even getting fined. The Guard explained the whole thing, and its over and done with. Quote from the bomb squad guy "At least the guys had fun" -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 9:32pm
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Glad that worked out.
And your new sig is pretty nerdy, even for you. :) ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 9:44pm
| Nothing is nerdy for enos. |
Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 9:57pm
| whatever happened to <select> <Start> ? |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 26 January 2009 at 11:27pm
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Glad to hear that everything worked out for you, Enos.
And Ramb, which is geekier, Enos's sig, or those of us that recognized it? 
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