May 21, 2002

2:44 PM

ANTHRAX AGAIN!The World Bank in Washington DC said today that some of its mail had tested positive for possible anthrax contamination. 1200 employees there will be staying home tomorrow. It's the third report of a positive test in DC this week. Hysteria, residue from before, or is it happening all over again?
posted by crunchland (11 comments total)

second test returned negative. and they are still waiting results from a private tester. i don't know, until there is something conclusive, this just doesn't seem like that big of a deal.
posted by chrisroberts at 3:05 PM on May 21, 2002

"tested positive for possible anthrax contamination" LOL anyone else get it?
posted by banished at 3:09 PM on May 21, 2002

sounds like a failed reunion tour... go figure

(sorry... had to go there)
posted by 10sball at 3:10 PM on May 21, 2002

Great, here we go all over again. Hear Cheney talk about "possible attacks" and all freaking hell breaks loose... again.

Only that this time they take care to tell it all in advance, unlike Sept.11.
posted by betobeto at 3:30 PM on May 21, 2002

Chill with the caps please.
posted by BentPenguin at 3:54 PM on May 21, 2002

"tested positive for possible anthrax contamination" LOL anyone else get it?

YES! I DO! THEY HAVE FIELD TESTS FOR ANTHRAX! THIS JUST SAYS IF THE SUBSTANCE IS ANTHRAX LIKE! IT IS A GOOD INDICATION THAT IT IS ANTHRAX! TO MAKE SURE IT IS ANTHRAX THEY HAVE TO DO A SLOWER TEST THAT COULD TAKE AWHILE!
posted by geoff. at 3:55 PM on May 21, 2002

NO SHIT?!?!?!?!?!?!
posted by quonsar at 4:49 PM on May 21, 2002

lol anthrax lol
posted by darukaru at 6:04 PM on May 21, 2002

Great, here we go all over again. Hear Cheney talk about "possible attacks" and all freaking hell breaks loose... again.

Yeah, Cheney. If you can find him. That guy's like a groundhog. oops, there's my shadow, six more weeks of terrorism...
posted by schlaager at 7:37 PM on May 21, 2002

How come BentPenguin's Chill with the caps please, was posted before (3:54) geoff's all caps post? (3:55)? Psychic premonition? Any suggestions about the lottery numbers then BentPenguin?
And on thread:
This is an article questioning the FBI's inability to track down the Anthrax sender(s).
posted by talos at 4:22 AM on May 22, 2002

> How come BentPenguin's Chill with the caps please,
> was posted before (3:54) geoff's all caps post?

I think BentPenguin didn't like ANTHRAX AGAIN! (But I don't know why it bothered him; it was just two words and the caps had a purpose.)
posted by pracowity at 4:55 AM on May 22, 2002