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    Intentional chlorine gas leak at FurFest

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/...tel/ar-BBgswJR
    Thousands of people were evacuated and 19 people were hospitalized when a convention was disrupted during an intentional chlorine gas leak at the Hyatt hotel in suburban Rosemont early Sunday morning, authorities said.

    The incident happened around 12:40 a.m. at the Hyatt, at 9300 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Rosemont, according to a statement from the Rosemont Public Safety Department.

    First responders were called to investigate a noxious odor that was spreading across the ninth floor of the hotel, where a high level of chlorine gas was discovered in the air, the statement said.

    Nineteen people were transported to nearby hospitals after complaining of nausea, dizziness and other medical problems, according to the statement.

    All people inside the building were temporarily evacuated and sheltered at nearby facilities, including the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

    Investigators located the source of the odor on a stairwell of the ninth floor, the statement said.

    The manner by which the substance, which was consistent with powdered chlorine, was released "suggests an intentional act," according to the statement.

    Police are investigating the incident as a criminal matter.

    Technicians decontaminated the area and after conducting several tests deemed the area safe within about two hours. People were allowed back into the building around 3:30 a.m.

    Some convention goers, some of whom were dressed up as animal characters, stood outside of the building. Hundreds more were escaping the chilly weather inside several large buildings next to the hotel.

    The annual weekend-long convention, which celebrates art, literature and performance based around anthropomorphic animals, draws thousands of people every year, according to the Midwest FurFest website.

    Thomas Zell, 27, of Arlington Heights, said he was outside with a group of people near the hotel entrance when he saw people being evacuated.

    Zell said he has been attending FurFest and other conventions in the Hyatt hotel for several years.

    "A lot of people thought this was just someone pulling the fire alarm," Zell said, adding that it is not uncommon for someone to trigger the alarm at such events.

    "But it was serious this time," Zell said.

    Zell and others said many convention goers were dancing and partying in groups in different parts of the hotel when the incident happened.

    Iowa residents Morgan Smejkal and Chris Delaney said they did not hear the alarms in the part of the building they were in and found out they needed to evacuate through hotel staff and after receiving texts from their friends.

    "It was shocking," said Smejkal while standing outside the hotel dressed in a red panda animal suit.

    The couple said they smelled chlorine as they walked out the building.

    "It was like when you walk into a pool. It was pungent," said Delaney.
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    i don't want to laugh, but i can't help it.

    imagine, a bunch of furries standing around outside, trying to figure out what happened. i wish i could have driven by at that moment.
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    I would think their masks/costumes would protect them from some of the gas.

    Everything I know about "FurFest" I learned from CSI

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    Wow.

    I just don't understand why anyone would ever feel threatened enough by this benign behavior to make a move on a bunch of folks dressed as ponies and bears.

    Hell, at my age, I think faux fur from head to toe could only enhance my appeal.


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    Quote Originally Posted by animosity View Post
    i don't want to laugh, but i can't help it.

    imagine, a bunch of furries standing around outside, trying to figure out what happened. i wish i could have driven by at that moment.
    Oh to have been a fly on the wall.

    Chlorine gas is nothing to mess with, shit is deadly. I cannot remember the exact year, 2003 maybe, I would have to look up and DH is out atm.
    There was horrible train derailment in Graniteville, SC where DH lived. !0 miles from me and many lost their lives and for miles around were evacuated
    and or could not even go outside to flee. It was very scary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeaceBeWithMe View Post
    Wow.

    I just don't understand why anyone would ever feel threatened enough by this benign behavior to make a move on a bunch of folks dressed as ponies and bears.

    Hell, at my age, I think faux fur from head to toe could only enhance my appeal.
    Because they are most obviously FAGGOTS!

    Totally kidding! My 15 year old son is die-hard Brony and even went to Brony-Kon this past year
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    I was about to be annoyed that this thread was still active, but I see now it's morphed into offers of sex for chilli confectionary, so carry on guys :)

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    OMG, girl! My son went through the Brony phase, too, and he was so embarrassed when he told me.

    I just told him, "Hey, as long as I don't come home from work to find you prancing about the front yard in full Brony gear, I don't care."

    And I don't. As long as my kids are happy and healthy, I don't care who they date, what they choose to be, or how they decide to dress. Fuck it. I was damned my entire life for marching to my own drum, and I'll beat that drum for every single one of my kids to march to. They're awesome, wonderful, kind people. They're, for sure, my one, true success.


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    did you make her into a wallet Bill? cuz if you did I'm off team Bill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeaceBeWithMe View Post
    OMG, girl! My son went through the Brony phase, too, and he was so embarrassed when he told me.

    I just told him, "Hey, as long as I don't come home from work to find you prancing about the front yard in full Brony gear, I don't care."

    And I don't. As long as my kids are happy and healthy, I don't care who they date, what they choose to be, or how they decide to dress. Fuck it. I was damned my entire life for marching to my own drum, and I'll beat that drum for every single one of my kids to march to. They're awesome, wonderful, kind people. They're, for sure, my one, true success.

    Fibro Fog has taken over. I am in a constant state of dyscognition so please excuse my retardation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeaceBeWithMe View Post
    OMG, girl! My son went through the Brony phase, too, and he was so embarrassed when he told me.

    I just told him, "Hey, as long as I don't come home from work to find you prancing about the front yard in full Brony gear, I don't care."

    And I don't. As long as my kids are happy and healthy, I don't care who they date, what they choose to be, or how they decide to dress. Fuck it. I was damned my entire life for marching to my own drum, and I'll beat that drum for every single one of my kids to march to. They're awesome, wonderful, kind people. They're, for sure, my one, true success.
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    Quote Originally Posted by animosity View Post
    i don't want to laugh, but i can't help it.

    imagine, a bunch of furries standing around outside, trying to figure out what happened. i wish i could have driven by at that moment.
    This is what you would have seen

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...7978202604.jpg




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    oh why wasn't i there???
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    Someone tried to euthanize the furries.

    I wonder if the perpetrator will be charged with attempted murder, or animal cruelty.
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    I want that fucking meat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PunkerDuckie View Post
    Someone tried to euthanize the furries.


    Quote Originally Posted by marshmallow View Post
    did you make her into a wallet Bill? cuz if you did I'm off team Bill.

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    Not sure I'd want to stay at a hotel that had week-long furry conventions. God knows what goes on in those rooms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shins View Post
    Not sure I'd want to stay at a hotel that had week-long furry conventions. God knows what goes on in those rooms.
    I worked in hospitality in my youth. We never did host FurFest, but we sure got a lot of those "space" conventions.

    People would walk around dressed as aliens. I remember a mad rush to the outside patio one day because someone "saw" a space ship. And I will never, ever forget the lady who had me send Security to her room because the people in the room next door were "listening to her mind" via the heating vent.


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    did you make her into a wallet Bill? cuz if you did I'm off team Bill.

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    That fur shit is as bad as a Star Trek convention. Chlorine gas, not a good idea, machine guns......would have been more dramatic and cost effective.

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    Am I wrong when I think of this furry convention as a way to fuck other furries? I thought the whole 'furry fuzzy'' thing was fetish?

    I know i can't be confused about this...


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    Quote Originally Posted by g r ee n ey e s View Post
    Am I wrong when I think of this furry convention as a way to fuck other furries? I thought the whole 'furry fuzzy'' thing was fetish?

    I know i can't be confused about this...
    this is exactly what i thought they were. humpers. humpers who like to do it in animal costumes. i didn't think there was anything cute and innocent about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by g r ee n ey e s View Post
    Am I wrong when I think of this furry convention as a way to fuck other furries? I thought the whole 'furry fuzzy'' thing was fetish?

    I know i can't be confused about this...
    Yeah, that's why I wouldn't want to stay at that hotel.
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    That song was on the radio this past weekend. Prior to that I don't think I've heard it in at least 10yrs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shins View Post
    That song was on the radio this past weekend. Prior to that I don't think I've heard it in at least 10yrs.
    My family had a Thanksgiving drunken lip sync contest, and my brother definitely came out in a full monkey suit and did this song. It was quite hilarious. I have video.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bermstalker View Post
    TARGET PRACTICE.

    Fibro Fog has taken over. I am in a constant state of dyscognition so please excuse my retardation.
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    Quote Originally Posted by debk589 View Post
    My family had a Thanksgiving drunken lip sync contest, and my brother definitely came out in a full monkey suit and did this song. It was quite hilarious. I have video.
    I want to spend thanksgiving with you guys!
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    Listen, if no one cares when a crazy noodle walks in and executes children with a gun, no one cares about anything.

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