Results tagged “chickenlittle”

Whew! We're so glad all those officials said that our bridges are safe. What's that? You meant safe to drive ON, not UNDER? Oh!! Silly us, our mistake. Thanks for clearing that up. The Tobin Bridge, Boston Authorities were clued in to a potential problem when Dan French of Londonderry, N.H., said last month a softball sized-chunk of concrete smashed his 25-foot boat's windshield. The debris from the Tobin Bridge has not hit anyone,...

The problem from earlier today limiting some people in the area from connecting to Google and other websites seems to have cleared up. Once severed from Google and YouTube for a number of hours this morning "random" Comcast customers in Massachusetts (and some surrounding areas) thought the sky was falling. We joined in Chicken Little's claim and put up a post about it. We've gotten a whole lot of comments and added two updates – one includes an official statement from Comcast "explaining" the problem. We're still not sure what caused this hiccup that threatened the wellbeing of Google-centric lives – but if we ever do find out we'll let you know. For now just take a look at the updated, earlier post.

Bostonist feels much safer knowing that Gov. Romney will be sleeping in his own bed tonight and not in DC. The most recent terror threat to Boston was breaking news this afternoon and evening. An anonymous tip was made to the FBI and Chicken Little, Goosey-Poosey, Cocky-Locky, and Ducky-Lucky (Boston’s Fox, CBS, NBC, and ABC affiliates) were all on their way to tell the King. The story, ahem, not fairytale, unfolded to reveal sketchy passport photo’s of four Chinese citizens who were reportedly smuggled across the U.S. border with Mexico with an intended destination of New York, or possibly Boston. There have been all sorts of 'uncorroborated' reports, including one from ABC that teams equipped with radiological sensors were patrolling Boston. Bostonist seems to think this could have just been some MIT students having fun, no? The moral to this story isn’t anything about Foxy-Loxy. Chicken Little is still camped out in Framingham at the homeland security bunker.