'Chris Hansen took over the Boston PD Twitter feed'? Boston PD deletes embarrassing tweet asking for 'Asl#'

On the Internet, “ASL” means one of two things: it either stands for “American Sign Language” or it’s chatroom speak for what’s your “age, sex and location.”

So, which definition of ASL did the Boston Police Department think they were using in this now deleted tweet from last night?

@TwitchyTeam @GPollowitz LOL https://t.co/n5ZefXVxcz pic.twitter.com/yUBDC74Fbo

— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) October 13, 2015

Tweeters assumed the later of the two and happily provided the Boston PD with their details as well as some first-rate mocking of the error. Some examples:

Worst. AOL Chatroom sting. Ever. 🙂 https://t.co/u6tW3dk0nM

— ɐpoqoʌs ʎɐɾ (@jaysvoboda) October 13, 2015

1990s AOL chat rooms called, which is surprising considering the phone is being used to get on to 1990s AOL. https://t.co/S27G0999uz

— John Lovett (@jlove1982) October 13, 2015

https://twitter.com/AuntyCourtney/status/653743954727444480

BPD, this is a little forward of you, I think https://t.co/X8CHRVWjqi

— Good King Tweetman (@Goodtweet_man) October 13, 2015

https://twitter.com/mikeoc61/status/653738911810908161

35, M, Washington, D.C. https://t.co/vBuznrVEFQ

— Joe Ruiz (@joeruiz) October 13, 2015

23/f/anywhere u want me to be ;p https://t.co/tccgzXaKet

— Ramona (@SailorRamona) October 13, 2015

https://twitter.com/Cardinals645/status/653741685944414208

BPD tryna get it https://t.co/omnWhTXw5o

— wooloo fan accou (@nicebigdog) October 13, 2015

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