TIN SOLDIERS AND QAEDA'S COMIN'



In this episode of "Whistling Past the Graveyard", we look at the recent FBI warning that Al Qaeda is planning some "spectacular" terrorist attacks on such things as, um, OIL REFINERIES. For those of you who may not be aware, I work at an ... OIL REFINERY. To allay my anxiety, I've come up with a few ways to recognize Al Qaeda members should they be lurking about.



- Vendor with a Dunkin Donuts box in the shape of a hand-held grenade launcher.



- Dinghy filled with Middle Eastern guys pulls up to the ship dock looking to have their gas tank "topped off".



- 18-wheeled Ryder rental truck making emergency delivery of ammonia fertilizer and fuel oil.



- American Airlines flight 2785, close enough that I can read the in-flight magazine.



- The new IT guy from Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim .