Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/09/06/police-terrified-by-red-ba.html
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They only want to make sure that Trump doesn’t launch nukes by mistake.
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Seems like they’re willing to play along up until a point. At least they haven’t shot any of them.
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Jeder war ein großer Krieger
Hielten sich für Captain Kirk
Those lines become even more ominous in the context of a president whose only leadership experience is playing one on TV.
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If party decorations frighten cops then maybe they shouldn’t have guns.
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I bet they would just shoot black balloons.
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I assume the cops were just being silly or sarcastic here, and they’re not literally terrified by the balloons.
Of course, I haven’t seen the movie so what do I know.
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@some_guy and @ninjustin
No no…they should be terrified. Just in case somehow, Pennywise is real…yeah, terror is the right emotional response.
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To me this video always looked like they shot it in sequence in a single day. It goes from early morning overcast at the beginning to night by the end.
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Let’s spin this thing differently. Red ballooons are GOOD things:
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Confusing for Trumpistas: the original song is anti- NATO missile deployments. NATO bad! Missiles good!
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Yeah, read the book sometime. It’s terrifying. My fear of clowns is directly traceable to that book.
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Or… are they?
And for good measure:
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C’mon, any place named Lititz has got to be pretty nice. That’s french, isn’t it?
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Aren’t they trembling with an-ti-c-pation? Those cops should give themselves over to absolute pleasure, and swim the warm waters of sins of flesh.
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Red balloons are meant to be followed.
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Is the police comment a joke by them? If they were truly afraid, that would be pathetic.
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Yeah, it sure would be a shame if a cop shot an innocent balloon. Better stick to people, just to be safe.
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German.
Also, Rolex has its US watchmaking school there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lititz_Watch_Technicum
Deep in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country.
