'Armful' box a big attraction

'Armful' box a big attraction

JAKARTA (JP): A safe that security officers provided for
General Assembly participants to leave their firearms in proved a
huge attraction yesterday.

The safe, set on a small table at the entrance to the main
assembly hall, might not have invoked curiosity had it not been
conspicuously labeled "consignment of arms" with a black marker.

Two smiling security officers in neat batik sitting behind the
box were overwhelmed by curious passersby asking trivialities
about the object which had not been seen before.

They might even become famous today as herds of local
photographers took shots of the "rare" attraction.

The officers were annoyed when countless passersby asked the
same questions like: "How many guns are inside?" or: "Who has
dropped their guns here".

When Assembly members left the hall for lunch, one of the
officers rose and exclaimed, "Watch out, snakes inside" and moved
the box under the table to the amusement of onlookers. (pan)