Homeland Security

[den]

From a list I'm on:

"Last weekend I organised a treasure hunt for an 11-year-old's birthday party.
With all the clues in place, I headed to the beach to bury the pirate's
loot. Several hours later the kids were digging it up when the birthday
boy appeared with a business card he had found on top of the (chocolate)
gold coins. Had I included the note from the NSW Police? It turned out an
onlooker had observed me burying the chest, together with some giant
knives (a couple of plastic pirate swords) and called the authorities.
After I left, the police moved in to dig up the suspicious chest. Finding
only marshmallows and no weapons or decomposing body parts, they proceeded
to quietly rebury the treasure. They very kindly left their calling card,
signed 'We found it first.' They did, but we think they were cheating."

Comments

[pipibluestockin]

Ah yes, but did the chocolate coins tally up? :p

Cute story and it is always a good day when they don't have to dig up the real thing.

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

I love it. :)

Go the NSW Boys in Blue

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Now, here in the Untidy States, they'd have confiscated the treasure and arrested the partygoers.

[fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com]

Tsk, they wouldn't confiscate it, they'd blow it up! Just in case. Those chocolate coins might be incidiary devices in disguise...

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Just fill a kid with chocolate coins and stand back. Instant weapon of mass destruction.

[pipibluestockin]

No, that is biological warefare. :)

[taldragon.livejournal.com]

that's so great!

*giggles madly*

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

*giggles*
That's so cool that they were such good sports about it :)

I like Ozzies.

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

They're all so level headed. US Security would have sent in the black helicopters, bugged their phones, arrested everyone and sent them off to Guano, Cuba. And when it was all over, the kids would all be on no-fly lists for the rest of their lives.

[jenny_evergreen]

Awww! Cute. :)

[mooivos.livejournal.com]

Cute story.....though it's kind of sad too that the joys of childhood can get caught up in such serious concerns. It's a different world we live in. At least the "birthday boy" will have a good story to tell when he gets older. :)

[newskink.livejournal.com]

Our world has definitely changed.