Originally published at: Paranoid Trump staffers find a plastic toy — call police thinking they are "bugged" - Boing Boing
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well of course, being a silly lad, i wanted the Amazon link and i think this is it maybe. (some of these sorts of things are light sensitive so they can be set to beep only in the dark - super extra annoying to locate that way. this one doesn’t seem to have that capacity)
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Not that Trump would tolerate any kind of cheap plastic toy that spouts noise.
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Sure, because when I’m planting a secret listening device in the offices of my enemies I make sure it beeps regularly. These idiots have been watching too much TV; they probably also think that the trick to defusing a bomb is to cut only the red wire, never the white wire.
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Ha, yes.
Like @theophrastus I’d guess it’s one of those “annoyatron” devices.
I pranked a co-worker with one of those yeas ago, and he ended up calling the IT department for an emergency, thinking his computer was malfunctioning. For some models you can make it sound like a beep, a cricket, or someone whispering.
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And based on the response, nobody ever will
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the terrified Trumpers
Terrified of what they thought were listening devices. Hmm. Ashamed and embarrassed about what might have been overheard, more like. Or are they really just snowflakes scared of a bug?
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Found: misfit toys on the island of misfit toys.
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Blue! You always cut the blue wire!
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What Trump is saying behind closed doors can’t be much dumber or spiteful than what he chooses to say in public.
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Sounds like some ThinkGeek Annoy-A-Trons.
My favorite thing to annoy people with. The only person that was ever able to find it quickly was my daughter.
And she wasn’t even surprised who hid it because…
My daughter.
They are available on Amazon.
Here’s an old article about them. I highly recommend this genius device.
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And that every bomb has a handy LCD display with bright numbers telling them exactly how many seconds they have to disarm it.
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Because of course, genuine covert surveillance items have blinking lights and beeping noises. Because what’s covert surveillance without something to risk giving it away? A totally silent and inert-looking item just wouldn’t be fair.
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… It’s not the licorice scented wire? 
/silly
Heh. I have both the V1 and V2 instances of that infamous device, and I did, in fact, prank my co-workers one fine day with the V1 version many years ago. Definitely a ‘funny once’ prank.
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I have to wonder if this was a “prank” by someone who worked there, or political sabotage, because these devices could be really disruptive. Self-sabotage (especially in the guise of “a joke”) feels very much in keeping with MAGAts, though.
Hilarious that they’re so paranoid that their assumption upon hearing a beep was “secret listening device.” My assumption would be, “Some gadget somewhere has a low battery. Check the smoke detectors.”
Of course! Listening devices always beep, just like hidden cameras have little blinking lights to let you know they’re working and bombs always have little screens providing information and/or audible count-downs. It just makes sense!
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What if all the wires are black? (As is all the other components because someone found a can of black spray paint, the fiend!)
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My first guess was that it was an Annoyatron clone as well. My co-workers used to have fun with these back in the days an office prank. Do a good enough job hiding it, and you end up watching someone recreate The Conversation.
It would be too much competition for him.
Makes me wonder what Trump would do if he came across one of these:
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