CNN.com - Security door blocks portly police - Mar 3, 2005
A friend here at the office (well—he’s actually at a remote office) forwarded me this article as an example of probably the best CNN.com article he’s ever seen. Not sure about that, but it is entertaining…
I’m not sure which is funnier: what the door says to the Portly Policeman, or the police department spokewoman’s response explaining why they have to get it fixed (”we’ve got some big strong men around here”).
Thursday | March 3, 2005 at 4:51 pm
“Stop! One at a time!” That looks like something from the Garfield cartoon. For me, it would make a lot of difference whether the weight limit was 230 or 350 #. There *are* some “big strong men” over 230, which is apparently where the door was stuck. I thought at first that “fixing the door” meant widening it, and even in my condition (not exactly law-enforcement ready) I might have disapproved of that. But if it’s supposed to be adjustable to half again as heavy, then yes, it needs fixing.
Nothing in a weight-based security door can allow for the possibility that *normal*, working adult weights might well differ by a factor of two. I think maybe the concept is flawed.
The humor opportunities are tempting, though; I have seen a bumper sticker that said, “BAD COP! NO DOUGHNUT!”
Thursday | March 3, 2005 at 4:52 pm
Yikes… I am not going to Sweden anytime soon. I’ll stick to SuperSize USA.