Listening to the Clash leads to Terrorism

robert · Post by **robert** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:01 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12164830/

Briton held as terror suspect over punk song
Lyric from Clash anthem 'London Calling' raised suspicions of taxi driver

Updated: 9:29 a.m. ET April 5, 2006
LONDON - British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.

Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport in northern England and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.

The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash’s 1979 anthem “London Calling,” which features the lyrics “Now war is declared -- and battle come down” while other lines warn of a “meltdown expected.”

Mann told British newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.

“He didn’t like Led Zeppelin or The Clash but I don’t think there was any need to tell the police,” Mann told the Daily Mirror.

A Durham police spokeswoman said Mann had been released after questioning -- but had missed his flight.

“The report was made with the best of intentions and we wouldn’t want to discourage people from contacting us with genuine concerns,” she said.

This is type of bs was one reason the Clash was formed in the first place.

jr · Post by jr » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:05 am

i saw this yesterday!!
and so
what happens if you listen to
WHAM?

LATaurus · Post by **LATaurus** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:08 am

now I've got London Calling stuck in my head

guess I gotta listen to the Clash now

Gooch · Post by **Gooch** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:08 am

You end up waking up before you go-go...

jr wrote:i saw this yesterday!!
and so
what happens if you listen to
WHAM?

July Cleaver · Post by **July Cleaver** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:24 am

Gooch wrote:You end up waking up before you go-go...

So THAT'S the key to potty training??? Gotta start playing wham for the kid.... uh, on 2nd thought, diapers aren't THAT bad...

robert · Post by **robert** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:27 am

jr wrote:i saw this yesterday!!
and so
what happens if you listen to
WHAM?

You don't get laid til your twenty-one

rotter · Post by **rotter** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:27 am

jr wrote:i saw this yesterday!!
and so
what happens if you listen to
WHAM?

George fucks you in the ass..

jr · Post by jr » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:29 am

NOT THAT THERES.....

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:33 am

Club tropicana's drinks are FREE...

RobertKP · Post by **RobertKP** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:35 am

July Cleaver wrote:
Gooch wrote:You end up waking up before you go-go...

So THAT'S the key to potty training??? Gotta start playing wham for the kid.... uh, on 2nd thought, diapers aren't THAT bad...

Potty training advice from WHAM!

LATaurus · Post by **LATaurus** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:37 am

good one, robert

java · Post by **java** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:39 am

Let's not forget about the George Michael..Etiquette For When Getting Busted In a Public Toliet...guess he could have used even more formal potty training...eh?

July Cleaver · Post by **July Cleaver** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:46 am

I think I'll keep my son out of the public restrooms that George likes -

And Robert, you made me hork diet coke out my nose! Make it big, indeed!