I read stories like this fairly regularly. Here in town, they shut down and investigated a federal building after somebody discovered an 'unidentified white powder' on a doorknob, which turned out to be drywall dust from the construction workers who were renovating something.

A school here was also temporarily shut down so the bomb squad could investigate a suspicious water bottle (I can't recall if the water bottle was detonated, or released on its own recognizance).

Some guy tried to bomb a parade here several years back, and another mailed a series of envelopes filled with a very naughty substance to various officials, so although most of these stories are good for a few jokes, I guess people haven't gotten used to the best way to handle unattended burritos.

I really mangled the last paragraph. Gist: I wonder what compels people to see an item, decide it should be investigated by the authorities because it might be a bomb, , and then hand deliver it to the police station?

The amount of stuff that ends up by the side of the road by my place is so varied I don't sweat it at all. Basically until it gets to wheels and tires I don't sweat it.

So this guy should have just picked it up and thrown it in the trash.

I've eaten burritos that were bombs, of a sort...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100109210638AAYlmcJ

A candy bar has about 4 times the energy of the same weight of dynamite. A burrito is also full of energy. Of course, it is harder to detonate a burrito.

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