Three Details Remembered By Herr D From Twenty Years Ago

 

"The Future Of Pest Control" by Herr D on heromachine.com. Herr D said that terrorists are like pests in a drain, since they do not vote their minds, but they try to explode them.-Shelob

Are you celebrating the anniversary of September 11th?

? I'm sick. My kids got vaccinated yesterday, and one woke up throwing up. Noise and needs trumped sleep, so I'm out of work tonight. 

Would you like a flag app or some music?

No thanks, I'll just pass out relieved that I haven't heard news of more terrorism.

What do you remember?

[pause] 3 things: 

1. Some moron started a rumor that police were dispatched to Victory Stadium in Roanoke to search people for weapons leaving the peace vigil. That's just really stupid. I was disappointed people fell for it. If people wanted to pass weapons, they had a hundred miles of farmland around in every direction to meet up and do it. A peace vigil would have been as pointless a target as Roanoke anyway.

You lived there at that time?

Yep. 2. Some moron got a phone call from his wife in a panic demanding to know where he was after the building came down on the news. He told her he was at work, insuring his divorce. He worked in one of the towers and was really in his mistress's residence. Rare that a historical event would catch out an adulterer, I would think.

3. When Yasir Arafat heard what happened he looked terrified. He knew damn well he'd better kick terrorists out of his country ASAP!

[quiet laughter] I'm going to bed, Shelob.[disconnects]