Oh No! Someone Set Boston Up The Aqua Teen Bomb!

Ah, yes. Groundhog Day. That day where a certain rodent pops his head out of the ground and predicts if there's going to be another six weeks of winter or not.

Speaking of people who are afraid of their own shadow, though, the entire city of Boston was shut down earlier this week due to a bunch of residents wigging out about Lite-Bright ads plastered around the burg featuring characters from the mostly awesome and excellent Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

According to the Globe and Male ... erm, Mail:

A promotional effort for the Comedy Network show -- a bizarre ensemble that features a talking milkshake, a box of French fries and a meatball -- involved putting light displays in various places around several major U.S. cities. But Boston didn't take too kindly to them.
In fact, some people apparently mistook them for explosive devices or terrorist acoutrements of some kind, and called the police. The police in turn seized the devices -- which reportedly looked a lot like a child's Lite Brite display, with tiny LED lights in the shape of an Aqua Teen character on a circuit board (you can buy one on eBay if you like) -- and charged the two men who placed them with a felony. One man, who works for a promotions company, described himself as "a little freaked out." Highways, bridges and even a section of the Charles River in Boston were shut down and bomb squads were sent in.

The image plastered around the city on Lite Brite-like devices that authorities mistook for bombs? The very thing that paralyzed an entire major U.S. metropolitan city?

Wait for it now ... :

Yeah. That. I'm not joking, and, no, I'm not trying to get away with murder on a public network blog.

There's a YouTube video of the perps who did this going about and doing their dirty work. You can watch it by clicking here.

Anyhow, time for me to burrow back underground. Too much darn light up here for my own good.

But remember, folks: Using a key to gouge expletives on another's vehicle is a sign of trust and friendship.

Right, Err?

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