Kids Using Drano Bombs Again!

NBC 10 told us a week or so ago that raves still existed, and now a fad from even earlier in the 1990s is apparently still around: Drano bombs! Okay, so “kids” and “blowing shit up” is a pair that’s been around for millions of years. Whatever.

The Horsham police are calling them “works bombs,” but that’s probably just a hip new term. “Works bombs” are a combination of tin foil and toilet bowl cleaner; the two mixes produce a gas which, when capped, will eventually explode.

Apparently kids in Horsham have moved on from knocking over mailboxes with baseball bats to blowing them up with bombs. Frankly, that shows some real dedication to chemistry. Maybe it’s for extra credit?

Update: It’s a crime wave! The bomb-in-a-mailbox prank has spread from Warminster to Upper Moreland to Doylestown to Horsham, The Intelligencer writes. And, please, be careful: “Police advise anyone who finds a soda bottle in a mailbox not to touch it and to call police immediately.”

Horsham Police Warn of Mailbox Pranks That May Prove Dangerous [KYW 1060]

Wawa Not As Welcome Outside City

While residents of Center City Philadelphia protest the closing of their Wawas, those in the suburbs are fighting a Wawa from moving into their community tooth and nail.

The company wants to open a 5,800-square foot deli and 16 gas pumps in Warminster, but the city’s zoning laws for some reason prevent this from happening. Much like Philadelphia nimbys, the suburban subspecies really doesn’t want anything to change, anywhere, ever:

Longtime Street Road resident Charlotte Payne, who lives near the site, worries the project would bring more traffic to an already congested intersection. Cars have difficulties turning from Newtown Road onto Street Road and often back up 10 deep.

Wawa’s attorney, Tom Hecker, pointed out that the township’s traffic consultant approved Wawa’s traffic report and plan to keep congestion to a minimum. Hecker asked Payne if she had seen this report, to which she replied “I don’t need to look at it. I live there.”

Hey, can’t the company just put some gas pumps on the corner of 20th and Locust and re-open the Dorchester Wawa? I really don’t see any reason why not.

Wawa still a no-go [The Intelligencer]

Leftovers: Andre Waters, 1962 - 2006

• Former Eagles defensive back Andre Waters died this morning of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 44. My condolences to his friends, family and former teammates. [AP/Philly.com]

• Here’s a photo of Brian Tierney at the Inquirer’s “Chester County Launch.” And guess what? They want your photos and videos! Of course! [Buzznet]

• Warminster is suing the breeder who sold the township German shepherds. Officials say the dogs didn’t pass their physicals. No, really. [AP/Philly.com]

• News Corp. has cancelled its OJ Simpson special and book. Uhh, yay? [AP/CBS 3]