SEATTLE -(from AP)

A suspicious package that idled a passenger ferry at the height of the Wednesday morning commute turned out to be a tube made of duct tape that smelled of marijuana, an official said.

The tube, described as about the size of a paper towel roll, was "made out of pure duct tape" and contained several thin wood sticks, State Patrol Sgt. Craig H. Johnson said.

The tube "had an odor of marijuana, according to the bomb technician," Johnson said, adding, "How or why you would smoke marijuana with duct tape, I don't know."

+++>and the rest of us wonder why entire cities are being shut down over LED signs and a toilet paper tube that smells like weed. Thank you War on Terror. You rock.

posted by lazlow at 10:10 PM  on Wednesday, August 22, 2007