Local Alarmists: New Haven “Flour” Menace
Just when you thought the day’s news couldn’t get any more ridiculous, New Haven, Connecticut comes through with the whopper of the day.
A couple members of the Hash House Harriers - “A drinking club with a running problem” - were charged with first-degree breach of peace, which is a felony.
Their crime? Siblings Daniel and Dorothee Salchow used flour to mark the trail for the group’s other runners for that day’s jog and party. The flour was used because it’s noticable and biodegradable.
This in and of itself doesn’t sound so terrible, but the trouble began for the runners when their trail lead them through the parking lot of the local IKEA. Someone saw them sprinkling the flour through the lot and placed a call to the local authorities.
Later that evening, Salchow recieved a call from his wife stating that there was a problem. He rode his bike back to the IKEA to explain the situation, but the police were unimpressed. The city has also expressed desires to collect restitution for this “scare”, according to the spokeswoman for the Mayor, Jessica Mayorga.
My source, the Connecticut Post, notes a few other instances of flour-marked trails leading to legal issues as well.
The Salchows are now faced with the possibility of being convicted felons, and possibly a very large bill from the city of New Haven.
Personally, I wish them the best of luck. While one could potentially understand some degree of wary behavior towards anyone sprinkling anything in a public place, the reaction here seems rather extreme. It seems that only in New England can things like LED signs and flour-marked trails would lead to terrorist-related panic. This utterly unbelievable news blurb brought to you by the fine folks at IRC channel #subgenius.
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