Phew. Boston Isn't the Only Fraidy-Cat City Out There!

After the Mooninite Menace and Star Simpson's light-up sweatshirt, we were starting to think that the entire city of Boston was afraid of its own shadow.

But Toronto just made us feel better by having its own experience of homeland security gone awry in the face of art. Torontoist has an interview up with a gentleman who just scared the holy shit out of the city. And this is Canada, people, aka America's Hat. They're so laid-back and liberal nothing scares them ...

Until the people at the Royal Ontario Museum saw the gadget that student Thorarinn Ingi Jonsson made for his advanced video class. The art object looked like a bomb and had a note attached that read "This is not a bomb" (Star Simpson could have used one of those). The Canadians were not amused. Our cousins at Torontoist talked to Jonsson on the phone, and what he has to say could be useful to our local security forces.

Merci, Canada!

Glimpse of the Jonsson's object from Torontoist. See the man behind it here.