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No More Krispy Kremes For Manimal

Ciaran

Fear my banana
Apr 5, 2004
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I thought this was pretty cool... let's keep them cops in shape!

Hope it hasn't been posted yet... Copy and pasted news report... Dang, I feel like N8!


STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Portly Swedish police have a new reason to work out thanks to a new security entrance at the National Police headquarters that won't let them in if they weigh too much.

A construction error in the recently remodeled security entrance, which has a built-in scale designed to only let one person at a time pass through the door, has caused some embarrassing moments for officers who may not have spent enough time exercising.

Those weighing more than 230 pounds (105 kilograms) who try to pass through the entrance are greeted by a recorded voice telling them: "Stop! One at a time!" and are not let through, police spokeswoman Linda Widmark said.

She said the scale is supposed to be adjustable to let people weighing up to 160 kilograms (350 pounds) pass through, but an apparent construction error is playing tricks on those with ample girth.

"We'll have to get that fixed," Widmark said. "We've got some big strong men around here."

The security entrance is mainly for visitors and police denied entrance can use other doors.

"There are other options for them," she said.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/03/sweden.portly.ap/index.html
 

ito

Mr. Schwinn Effing Armstrong
Oct 3, 2003
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Avoiding the nine to five
Ciaran said:
A construction error in the recently remodeled security entrance, which has a built-in scale designed to only let one person at a time pass through the door, has caused some embarrassing moments for officers who may not have spent enough time exercising.
I think if you have issues fitting through the security door then you should get fired.

On a side note, I was visiting the San Jose Federal Court House last week. Is it a requirement that security personel be grossly overweight and at least 55+? I really wouldn't trust those guys to guard a piggy bank. Besides, our class of 30 coming in for a scheduled visit overwhelmed them to the point that they had to call in extra guards. Makes you wonder.

The Ito
 

manimal

Ociffer Tackleberry
Feb 27, 2002
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Blindly running into cactus
crap....i'd get the message :eek: 240-250 here....but i can still run a sub 24 minute 3 mile :thumb: :D

come to think of it....i haven't had krispy kreme in about 6 months....and i don't really miss it.
 

ito

Mr. Schwinn Effing Armstrong
Oct 3, 2003
1,709
0
Avoiding the nine to five
manimal said:
crap....i'd get the message :eek: 240-250 here....but i can still run a sub 24 minute 3 mile :thumb: :D

come to think of it....i haven't had krispy kreme in about 6 months....and i don't really miss it.
See, that's good. It's the guys that fall over running down a few blocks that I'm worried about.

I still find it funny that it says "One at a time please". It sounds like a Garfield comic.

The Ito