DO YOU THINK THIS WOMAN DESERVED A PAT DOWN?

If you can make sense of what that airhead answers please post.

I've told this story before, but....

Once upon a time, I was standing in the security line in Newark, and started chatting with the man either in front or behind me, who was British. At 1st seemed nice enough. Told me this trip to the States was the first time he'd flown, now he was going back home. Said he'd had a good time, etc. He wasn't exactly soft voiced, but that was ok. Then, somehow it came up how Brits and Americans use different words for the same thing. He said "Yeah, what Americans call cigarettes we call FAGS! Harahr Harahr Harahr! (his laughter). From what I can tell, you wouldn't want to tell an American that you'd like to have A FAG!
HARAHR HARAHR HARAHR!
A FAG!!!

Me: oh.....I....have to look over in this other direction for a while.....

Getting closer, every has their shoes off, except him. He didn't seem to notice. Finally I suggested he get his off, so the line could keep moving when he got up front. This confused him, especially the part about emptying his pockets, contents of which included a disposible lighter.
The lighter got tossed in a bin of course.
When he got through and he was getting his stuff, he asked for his lighter back.

I was walking away as he was told "no" and I could hear him starting to raise a ruckus.

I thought "How the f... did this guy make it over here, take a couple more flights within the country, and not get this?"

I have no idea

That's all right. Good luck to your hubby, you join the rest of us

This is absolutely priceless! Thanks for sharing.

spendius said:


Because then I would have to live across the ocean from my kids...heck of a choice aint it? Especially when you're still tied to your mother's apron strings like I am.
She's my favorite person in the whole world. So I go see her three times a year, and will continue to as long as we're both alive- scanner or no scanner.
But this is my daughter's last year of school and she may choose university in America - so who knows - maybe next year I'll fly back and won't have to fly again for a while.

But I've been asked to leave the thread - even though I followed all the rules. I wonder if I'll be given an escort off if I desist, and I wouldn't want to cause a scene, so unless someone else says something interesting or asks a question I can't resist answering - I'll comply.

Ohmygosh Chai, you've met spendius!!!

Out of curiosity Aidan who asked you to leave my thread? Not I.

Dern it girl, if you want to air your opinions which you are entitled to do under the 4th ammendment. This isn't Nazi Germany.

Now spread your cheeks and give back the A2k COOKIES.

No one has asked her, Seaglass - she plays the drama queen again (and again).

she doesn't

You can have the cookies, but not the crack

(that's a joke - this isn't facebook is it - we won't have people swooping in and reading posts and firing people- seriously - I'm not a crack addict.
My mom wouldn't like it.

Even drama queens (and there is more than one on A2K) need love and attention.

That was a joke - it was nothing more than politely suggested- no drama here.

Whew!

It's all I have besides you lot and all the stuff I've read and seen on screens and heard off records. You lot are pretty revealing I must say. You make the rest look like bullshit.

Latest terrorist efforts are in the area of surgically implanted bombs and as if that weren't bad enough:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RATGe-GENI

IF those youtube takes are real, there is basically no way anybody could protect an airplane from something like that.

In the near future some sort of a security clearance and quick bioscans of some sort are probably going to be needed to fly so that flying on an aircraft is going to involve something like a passport and I would suspect that the days of stored luggage on aircraft are also numbered. Most likely you'll fly with just the clothes on your back and anything you need where you're going ship ahead ups so that if an airplane ever blows up it's just the pilot.

I think I'd quite like that - especially as it would prevent those people who think a small motorhome is hand luggage. I could definitely support a campaign against carry-on bags.

One thing sure to make all Americans feel better about this whole deal...

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/wonderful-homeland-security-considering-exempting-muslim-women-from-tsa-groping/

http://www.chandlerswatch.com/2010/11/13/muslim-women-soon-to-be-exempt-from-tsa-invasive-screenings-look-for-muslim-men-to-follow/

http://nation.foxnews.com/tsa/2010/11/14/cair-tsa-cant-pat-down-muslim-women

That's right: Bork Obunga, Big Sis, TSA and Homeland Security are considering an exemption for muslim women, presumably so they won't be "humiliated(TM)", as usual...

O, of course, there 's NO REASON to suspect THE MOSLEMS that wanna fly!!!

Amen!!!