And now, something from the Department of Eh?...Stop mailing fake grenades, Canadians told
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Tired of having its offices evacuated due to false alarms, Canada's postal system said on Monday it will no longer transport replica and inert military explosives.
Canada Post said that fake and inoperative grenades and artillery shells have caused "numerous" evacuations of post offices in recent years, which have disrupted the flow of mail and scared employees.
"Continued exposure to these replica or inert munitions poses a real danger and desensitizes Canada Post and Canada Border Services Agency employees to instances where there may be a genuine explosive device," it said in a statement.
The statement did not say how many inert grenades and shells the post office has been handling.
Everybody knows how hard it is to make stamps stick to grenades anyway.
And the coup de grace of this news story?
Canada Post already prohibits the mailing of live grenades and other explosives, according to its Web site.
I.did.not.know.that.
I'd better make a note of it.
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