l, not -l wrote:

> I worked for a large, mid-west regional bank for 30 years; sometime
> in the 80s the bomb checklist and annual bomb-threat training became
> mandatory. The bomb checklist was a printed card, that had the
> checklist on one side and and attention getting graphic on the other;
> you were supposed to hold it up so others could see it while you
> tried to keep a threatening caller on the line as long as possible.
> While you could see the checklist, office mates would see the graphic
> and call security - that was the theory, anyway; fortunately, we
> never had to use it.

You reminded me of a funny thing that happened to me long ago.
I was just 18, working at a Japanese bank in Manhattan. The
emperor of Japan was visiting the city and the red army was
threatening to blow up a bank. This had the Japanese men in a
panic.

They came up front with a wooden box. In it was a gun. It was
explained to me that I should use it to hold off the terrorists while
all the men escaped out the back door.

Still makes me laugh, all these years later. What dolts.

nancy