Scenario: Wearing a wire

pdmoderator · April 4, 2002, 01:13 PM

You're in the ground floor of the imposing Sheeple Tower in Capitol City, waiting for the elevator. It's a warm spring day. Next to you is a young lady wearing a heavy coat, too heavy for the weather, and sweating visibly. The coat bulges unnaturally. To your horror, you notice a thin wire protruding from under her coat.

What now?

- pdmoderator

Seeker · April 4, 2002, 01:15 PM

Be a gentleman and offer to help her remove her coat.

pdmoderator · April 4, 2002, 01:28 PM

Well, at least that one didn't involve nanotech-enhanced flesh-eating guard weasels...

- pdmoderator

C.R.Sam · April 6, 2002, 02:49 AM

Caution advised. She is a fembot and that little wire is the antenna for her remote control system.

Sam

Christopher II · April 8, 2002, 09:56 AM

I dinah think that wire's for a recorder. Initator for an IED? Uh-oh...

Move away from her quickly, without attracting attention to yourself. Get clear of the area before calling the cops/EOD and reporting what you saw.

Best I can come up with on short notice. If it is an IED, you may well be screwed anyway. Hope it's a walkman cord or something...

- Chris

foghornl · April 9, 2002, 12:08 PM

I'm bailing out from there as discreetely and quickly as possible, before notifying LEO's.

KSFreeman · April 9, 2002, 12:38 PM

Oh, it's probably me talking on the hands-free cell phone.

striderteen · April 11, 2002, 06:59 PM

What's an IED?

CMichael · April 12, 2002, 08:48 AM

I don't meant to be picky but the wire can be part of a cell phone with an ear piece.

Michael

Rickmeister · April 12, 2002, 09:39 AM

Say "Excuse me, Miss: your 18-hour bra just popped", and offer to check it out.

Christopher II · April 12, 2002, 10:07 AM

Certainly could be. Could also be a headphone cable, watch chain, or any number of other things. Or it could be part of a bomb. Or maybe not. Finding out for sure could be expensive.

Put it this way: Do you really want to see the Sheeple Tower?

- Chris

fix · April 12, 2002, 10:29 AM

Depends on the size and color of the wire as well as whether or not it's a loop, or an exposed "cut" strand.

fox800 · April 14, 2002, 08:57 PM

I'm with Rickmeister on this one.

"Here, maam, let me be of a little assistance..."

CMichael · April 15, 2002, 09:00 AM

How about you change the question to you see a woman in the elevator with you with a wire that is hooked up to an explosives belt?

What do you do?

fix · April 15, 2002, 10:04 AM

Ask, "You got a permit for that?", and shoot her in the forehead.

Christopher II · April 15, 2002, 10:06 AM

Watch my life flash before my eyes.

- Chris

chris93473 · April 19, 2002, 02:09 AM

do what fix said (LOL)
also what chris said (LOL more)

i would just just tackle her and pinn both her hands to the ground. and if it's a bomb....i'll think of something. and if it's a just a wire, it's tell her that i was trying to move you out of the way because the dude who said "you got a permitt for that" was going to shoot you in the forehead.

April 4, 2002, 01:13 PM	#1
pdmoderator Registration in progress Join Date: November 6, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,202	Scenario: Wearing a wire You're in the ground floor of the imposing Sheeple Tower in Capitol City, waiting for the elevator. It's a warm spring day. Next to you is a young lady wearing a heavy coat, too heavy for the weather, and sweating visibly. The coat bulges unnaturally. To your horror, you notice a thin wire protruding from under her coat. What now? - pdmoderator __________________ Give up no state. Give up no ground.

April 4, 2002, 01:15 PM	#2
Seeker Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: Lacomb, Oregon Posts: 1,393	Be a gentleman and offer to help her remove her coat. __________________ Molon Labe Seeker "The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exclusions and incapacitations are removed." --Thomas Jefferson Don't Tread On Me! "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none" -- Thomas Jefferson In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. -Thich Nhat Hanh

April 4, 2002, 01:28 PM	#3
pdmoderator Registration in progress Join Date: November 6, 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,202	Well, at least that one didn't involve nanotech-enhanced flesh-eating guard weasels... - pdmoderator __________________ Give up no state. Give up no ground.

April 8, 2002, 09:56 AM	#5
Christopher II Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 1999 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,349	I dinah think that wire's for a recorder. Initator for an IED? Uh-oh... Move away from her quickly, without attracting attention to yourself. Get clear of the area before calling the cops/EOD and reporting what you saw. Best I can come up with on short notice. If it is an IED, you may well be screwed anyway. Hope it's a walkman cord or something... - Chris __________________ "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein "Contrary to popular belief, your vote does not matter, and you cannot make a difference." - Bob Murphy, "Picking Neither of Two Evils" My PGP Public Key

April 9, 2002, 12:38 PM	#7
KSFreeman Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2001 Location: Lafayette, Indiana--American-occupied America Posts: 5,418	Oh, it's probably me talking on the hands-free cell phone. __________________ "Arguments of policy must give way to a constitutional command." Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 602 (1980).

April 6, 2002, 02:49 AM	#4
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	Caution advised. She is a fembot and that little wire is the antenna for her remote control system. Sam

April 9, 2002, 12:08 PM	#6
foghornl Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,354	I'm bailing out from there as discreetely and quickly as possible, before notifying LEO's.

April 11, 2002, 06:59 PM	#8
striderteen Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2001 Location: Pasadena, California Posts: 590	What's an IED?

April 12, 2002, 08:48 AM	#9
CMichael Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2001 Location: MI Posts: 1,516	I don't meant to be picky but the wire can be part of a cell phone with an ear piece. Michael

April 12, 2002, 09:39 AM	#10
Rickmeister Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 797	Say "Excuse me, Miss: your 18-hour bra just popped", and offer to check it out.

April 12, 2002, 10:07 AM	#11
Christopher II Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 1999 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,349	Certainly could be. Could also be a headphone cable, watch chain, or any number of other things. Or it could be part of a bomb. Or maybe not. Finding out for sure could be expensive. Put it this way: Do you really want to see the Sheeple Tower? - Chris __________________ "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein "Contrary to popular belief, your vote does not matter, and you cannot make a difference." - Bob Murphy, "Picking Neither of Two Evils" My PGP Public Key

April 12, 2002, 10:29 AM	#12
fix Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2001 Posts: 919	Depends on the size and color of the wire as well as whether or not it's a loop, or an exposed "cut" strand.

April 14, 2002, 08:57 PM	#13
fox800 Member Join Date: August 31, 2001 Location: Plano, TX, USA Posts: 32	I'm with Rickmeister on this one. "Here, maam, let me be of a little assistance..."

April 15, 2002, 09:00 AM	#14
CMichael Senior Member Join Date: November 12, 2001 Location: MI Posts: 1,516	How about you change the question to you see a woman in the elevator with you with a wire that is hooked up to an explosives belt? What do you do?

April 15, 2002, 10:04 AM	#15
fix Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2001 Posts: 919	Ask, "You got a permit for that?", and shoot her in the forehead.

April 15, 2002, 10:06 AM	#16
Christopher II Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 1999 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,349	Watch my life flash before my eyes. - Chris __________________ "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein "Contrary to popular belief, your vote does not matter, and you cannot make a difference." - Bob Murphy, "Picking Neither of Two Evils" My PGP Public Key

April 19, 2002, 02:09 AM	#17
chris93473 Member Join Date: April 10, 2002 Location: R. Daley is stupid Posts: 72	do what fix said (LOL) also what chris said (LOL more) i would just just tackle her and pinn both her hands to the ground. and if it's a bomb....i'll think of something. and if it's a just a wire, it's tell her that i was trying to move you out of the way because the dude who said "you got a permitt for that" was going to shoot you in the forehead. __________________ American as Apple Pie