Another spill, another West Virginia joke, another day

We’ve seen all kinds of things spill out on the roads over the years. Chickens, monkeys, sausages, beer, cheese, heck, I’m pretty sure I’ve even heard of back-ups being created due to the overflow of pirated movies across an interstate in at least one country.

Legos is a new one for us, though. Especially in West Virginia.

Not so much because they’re a creative toy and West Virginia is full of stupid people that inexplicably burn couches, but because … no, that’s probably why.

It’s like the plastic gun in ‘In the Line of Fire’

Most of us know that it is a bad idea to bring a firearm to work, unless we’re really mad at them and want to be taken seriously for once. As it turns out, it might be wise to leave a Lego gun at home, too. Oh, and don’t play Modern Warfare 2, either.

A Canadian man found that out the hard way. A “neighbour” whose apartment is near the man’s office saw the fake fun being waved around and heard gun shots, then called police. The SWAT team yelled at the man to come down the hallway with his hands behind his head.

“I was surrounded by about six SWAT guys armed with shotguns and assault rifles,” he said. “Once they confirmed I wasn’t packing any Lego heat, I walked backwards towards them, was then cuffed, pulled into the stairwell and thrown against the wall.”