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* Heh…
Well. According to several sources, the bomb threat at the Capitol on Wednesday was prompted by a man named Tom who called the tourism desk to ask about visitors. The woman thought he said “bomb,” not Tom. #twill
— Tina Sfondeles (@TinaSfon) November 15, 2018
All’s well that ends well.
* By the way, I asked the secretary of state’s spokesman why only the third and fourth floors were evacuated yesterday. I mean, couldn’t the would-be bomber (or, in this case, the Tomer) have been lying about where he placed the device?
I was told that these threats are taken on a case-by-case basis and it was “determined early on in this process that it was not a viable threat,” but that they nonetheless completed their due diligence.
I’m betting Tom asked about tours of the third and fourth floors.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:03 pm
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I would think a Tom Bowen or Tom Suffredin sighting would be sufficient cause to evacuate the building.
Comment by The Captain Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:11 pm
Good thing his name wasn’t “Adam Tom.”
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:16 pm
OK, maybe they should book these tours on-line or better train their people. Not trying to pick on what I think are maybe even volunteers, but if you confuse the name of a caller for a threat to blow up the building, maybe you’re not the best person to be answering questions.
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:16 pm
Good thing Tom didn’t mention anything about “fun.”
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:18 pm
For lots of reasons, I’m glad he’s not known as Dirty Tom.
Comment by lakeside Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:20 pm
Not sure where she got her info from, but this latest detail is not true.
Comment by anon Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:20 pm
smdh
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:21 pm
That explanation seems off. That’s hard to believe. Your question about the partial evacuation is a good one, Rich.
Comment by The Chairman Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:30 pm
Tomfoolery.
Comment by The Captain Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:41 pm
Major bomb to ground control…
Comment by Ok Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:46 pm
Once worked in a large 7 story building that had to be completely evacuated due to a fire. Turns out an employee burnt her microwave popcorn creating a whole lot of smoke.
Comment by Stones Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:49 pm
“Good Learning” as the Marines say when something goes really wrong and hard lessons learned.
When I was at Marine Expeditionary Force trading at Chaplain School, Staff Sargeant Sears made a mistake with our Land Navigation training that resulted in 42 Navy Chaplains “wondering in the wilderness” for six hours totally lost.
After they finally found us all he says to us “that was good learning today chaplains”.
This stuff happens.
It’s good to practice
Comment by Honeybear Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 12:55 pm
that resulted in 42 Navy Chaplains “wondering in the wilderness” for six hours totally lost.
Six hours? I’ve read stories from 40 days to 40 years wandering in the wilderness.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 1:02 pm
And now we understand why Sue Bommer has stopped trying to fly commercial.
Comment by AlfondoGonz Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 1:03 pm
Stones, I had a boss who repeatedly burned popcorn and we were in the bottom floor of a residence hall. She emptied the building out twice with the full fire department showing both times
Comment by Archpundit Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 1:09 pm
on the plus side + now you can take your dog with you on these state house tours….
Comment by apparently...pet friendly Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 1:11 pm
“Tomer”. I LOLed at that. Well done.
Comment by Dad Jokes for Days Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 1:35 pm
Six hours was enough to get several sermons out of it for each Chaplain. “I was lost but now I’m found” “I could only take 6 hours wondering” etc. As the sole Unitarian I of course had to go Transcendentalist about my own Massachusetts wilderness experience, ala Emerson ( we were on the military reservation on Cape Cod)
Comment by Honeybear Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 1:47 pm
if it were not disruptive, I would say hilarious. because I will now not be able to encounter anyone named Tom without thinking bomb.
Comment by Amalia Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 1:59 pm
Wordslinger, you always make me laugh or think. The former is easy and fun. The latter is neither for me, but please continue for a loooonnng time.
Comment by Matts Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 2:08 pm
I dld not know Emily Litella worked for the State of Illinois.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 2:12 pm
Maybe it was Tom BAUM….
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Nov 15, 18 @ 3:12 pm