A Gas Mask and Armor-Wearing Jogger Scared a Bomb Squad into Blowing Up His Mail - Polidicks

[release] [IMG]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/12/5b69135f0e4f90af72da54fafcc4f7f7.jpg[/IMG] Word to the wise: Maybe it's not the smartest thing to jog in what looks like a gas mask and body armor, and then jam a package in a post office box. It could touch off what happened Tuesday at the busy San Jose post office on Lundy Avenue: a full-scale police response, complete with the bomb squad and a robot. But San Jose police said the suspicious-looking jogger seen fidgeting with a package at a drop-off box was only working out in hard-core, albeit odd-looking, exercise gear. "The guy said he was wearing a cardio mask," said Sgt. Jason Dwyer. "It was his cardio day, and he was trying to lose weight." That's not what a post office customer thought when the man in the weird mask and vest was stuffing a package in a blue mail box about 12:30 p.m. The customer called police, and in a flash, the post office was on lockdown until 4:30 p.m., with 150 employees and customers tucked away in the back. The San Jose police bomb squad, the Fire Department's hazardous materials unit and the postal inspector descended on a normally quiet strip of North San Jose. A robot detonated the package, which turned out, police said, to be a bunch of calendars. "My friends kept messaging me, Is this you? Is this you?" recounted Long Hoang, who lives near the post office and is a student at Cal State East Bay in Hayward. It was. About 12 weeks ago, Hoang became an avid follower of the CrossFit exercise regimen, which he said, exuberantly, combines "this really creative combination of weight lifting, gymnastics and rowing." He wears the mask to simulate high-altitude training. Hoang, who is 5 feet 4 inches, said he's lost at least 20 pounds, and is now 142 pounds.[/release] [URL]http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19440928[/URL]

Good jog.

What's the body armour do?

Its a vest filled with weights.

[img]http://i54.tinypic.com/6sc6qu.png[/img] what am I looking at

[QUOTE=Bletotum;33532952][img]http://i54.tinypic.com/6sc6qu.png[/img] what am I looking at[/QUOTE] Dragon dildo. Cardiovascular and flexibility.

This is fucking cool. I wish i could see someone like that jogging on the streets here.

[QUOTE=Bletotum;33532952][img]http://i54.tinypic.com/6sc6qu.png[/img] what am I looking at[/QUOTE] ......make us whole Isaac.......Make us whole.

What is the purpose of a cardio mask?

[QUOTE=Hidole555;33533008]What is the purpose of a cardio mask?[/QUOTE] According to the article it simulates high-altitude training.

[QUOTE=Hidole555;33533008]What is the purpose of a cardio mask?[/QUOTE] Did you even bother to read? "He wears the mask to simulate high-altitude training."

[QUOTE=Hidole555;33533008]What is the purpose of a cardio mask?[/QUOTE] Simulate high altitude running. [editline]2nd December 2011[/editline] I'm late. D:

[QUOTE=Hidole555;33533008]What is the purpose of a cardio mask?[/QUOTE] Probably makes breathing harder / reduces oxygen so his lungs are worked out more Sounds like a great way to pass out if you ask me :v:

[QUOTE=kaze4159;33533046]Sounds like a great way to pass out if you ask me :v:[/QUOTE] Air flow probably can be adjusted, as to simulate growing altitude.

[QUOTE=Bletotum;33532952][img]http://i54.tinypic.com/6sc6qu.png[/img] what am I looking at[/QUOTE] For some strange reason, I get hte impression its the tentacle from The Mist.

so where do I sign up for hardcore jogging

Oh look, another fear instilled person. I'm not surprised they would mistake a guy for a terrorist by the way he looks and acts. Someone wearing military gear and shoving a box into a mailbox in front of everyone in public? That's a terrorist alright. If they were really shoving a bomb in a mailbox, I assume they'd be disguised as a normal person. I understand people being "better safe than sorry" but so many times I've seen news stories where it's just someone calling someone a terrorist based on what they look like and what they do.

So much for the freedom to express yourself by wearing whatever you want. Its not like anyone cared about that right anyway... right?

I can't really blame the post-office workers for being unsettled by some guy in a gas mask putting a package into the public mail box. At least he wasn't tased or shot, then it would be an overreaction.

yeah well don"t you think wearing a mask like that isn"t a little suspicious?

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;33533168]Oh look, another fear instilled person. I'm not surprised they would mistake a guy for a terrorist by the way he looks and acts. Someone wearing military gear and shoving a box into a mailbox in front of everyone in public? That's a terrorist alright. If they were really shoving a bomb in a mailbox, I assume they'd be disguised as a normal person. I understand people being "better safe than sorry" but so many times I've seen news stories where it's just someone calling someone a terrorist based on what they look like and what they do.[/QUOTE] Wonder what would happen if it was a Sikh having trouble stuffing a box in there. Or even just a Muslim in traditional Clothing. Or any other person that idiots commonly describe as "terrorists."

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;33533181]So much for the freedom to express yourself by wearing whatever you want. Its not like anyone cared about that right anyway... right?[/QUOTE] ehh no one was questioning his rights? and he isn't exactly wearing all that to be expressive.

Why did he think that this was a good idea I mean really

[QUOTE=Selek;33533213]I can't really blame the post-office workers for being unsettled by some guy in a gas mask putting a package into the public mail box. At least he wasn't tased or shot, then it would be an overreaction.[/QUOTE] He was wearing what looked a bit like body armor and a gas mask. Neither would protect from explosives, so why bomb squad? Someone smart enough to build an explosive is going to run around in both attention-drawing, and useless, equipment? This was an overreaction.

[QUOTE=Thy Reaper;33533397]He was wearing what looked a bit like body armor and a gas mask. Neither would protect from explosives, so why bomb squad? Someone smart enough to build an explosive is going to run around in both attention-drawing, and useless, equipment?[/quote] It WAS an over reaction, but it could have been seen as a flak jacket + a gas mask for a gas bomb.

So... does this mean its not a good idea to walk around in middle-eastern styled clothes and then throw your backpack away and keep walking?

That guy looks like a real dork

[QUOTE=En-Guage V2;33533494]That guy looks like a real dork[/QUOTE] lol i kno he's wearing exerisze gear what a fag ~scrub~

You want to jog? FUCK YOU. Your idea of jogging is for [I]PUSSIES.[/I] Yes, that idea you had [I]JUST NOW.[/I] Try [I]EXTREME JOGGING.[/I] For men with [I]EXTREME TESTICULAR DENSITY.[/I] Want a sweat band? What's wrong, don't like sweat, [I]PUSSY?[/I] How about you put on a fucking [I]GAS MASK.[/I] You'll sweat so hard you'll swear you lived in ATLANTIS. [I]ATLANTIS, MEXICO.[/I] What's wrong, you getting tired? Tell that to the [I]TEN ARMED GUNMEN[/I] that may or may not be following you [I]RIGHT NOW.[/I] Put on a [I]VEST FULL OF IRON[/I]. That way you're protected [I]TWENTY FOUR SEVEN,[/I] even when you're unconscious due to [I]EXTREME HEAT STROKE.[/I] Remember, if you're working out and you aren't losing weight, the solution is [I]GAS MASKS AND WEIGHTED VESTS.[/I] Cause nobody's going to call your ass fat when you're undergoing interrogation in [I]AN UNLISTED FBI PRISON.[/I]

This reminds me of the part in the show Generation Kill when the guys running with all his gear and I think a gas mask. Same basic concept, if you can do it that way you can do it on foot just fine.