DC post office "bomb"

[TXPO710]

WASHINGTON D.C. — A foul-smelling package that led to the evacuation of a post office next to the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum contained two cans of spinach and a dirty diaper, authorities said.


"No wonder it smelled," said Deborah Yackley, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service. "I don't know why it was being mailed."

A postal worker alerted police shortly before 11 a.m. after spotting the smelly package sitting on a counter with no one around to claim it, authorities said. The package had no postage and no address.

District of Columbia police bomb technicians X-rayed the package and a hazardous materials team inspected it before determining that it contained nothing dangerous. The evacuation lasted several hours.

Nothing Dangerous?? depends on your point of view.

[rob84]

wow, nothing on the radio about it here, and I live about 10 miles from dc.

[TacticalTim]

Hell two cans of spinach and a dirty diaper is what my bathroom smells like after eating mexican and drinking all night! Well kind of

[BEB]

A sketch of a person of interest has been released

[rob84]

[iso607]

Good one BEB.

[TXPO710]

BEB, rep sent. Wish I'd thought of that.