Be honest: If it’s early and you’re trying to get some sleep, would you rather there be a crazed man with a bazooka walking down your street, or yet another gardener with a ROARING LEAF BLOWER?
Last month, someone called the police in Massachusetts to report a man in camouflage clothing, carrying a BAZOOKA. Which sounds alarming.
Cops responded, and tracked the guy down. But he wasn’t a one-man militia wanting to blow stuff up, he was a one-man landscaping service wanting to blow stuff around. The “bazooka” was a leaf blower.
So can we call it a “weapon of MESS destruction”? (Sorry, I haven’t had my coffee yet.)
The cops didn’t mind though. The department said, “You never know, everyone’s perception can be different. You’re better off calling and reporting something than ignoring it and having it be something worse.”
The landscaper should capitalize, by creating a logo of a man blasting leaves with a bazooka and having the slogan “We will blow your lawn problems away.”
(Boston.com / Bridgewater Police)
