I'd say that was probably 20some years to late.... And even then, it would have been funny.
Yves On 4/6/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=11758934&src=rss/oddlyEnoughNews > > Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song > > LONDON (Reuters) - British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man > from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he > started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said > Wednesday. > > Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley > Airport in northern England and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off. > > The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because > Mann had been singing along to The Clash's 1979 anthem "London > Calling," which features the lyrics "Now war is declared -- and battle > come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected." > > Mann told British newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music > system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been > playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the > driver. > > "He didn't like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don't think there was > any need to tell the police," Mann told the Daily Mirror. > > A Durham police spokeswoman said Mann had been released after > questioning -- but had missed his flight. > > "The report was made with the best of intentions and we wouldn't want > to discourage people from contacting us with genuine concerns," she > said. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203089 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
