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"Look me in the eye and unzip your pants"

Old Oct 30, 2001, 6:16 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by belle3388:
first, they want to unhook your underwire bra, now, unzip your pants, what is going on here?</font>
belle, I believe this is all part of a plan to make security jobs appeal to more than those people who are only capable of getting a minumum wage job

I'll have to make sure to put on my velcro break-away pants before my next business trip!
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Old Oct 30, 2001, 6:34 pm
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&gt; "Oh well, I guess it's just your zipper,
&gt; go ahead"

a good example of misdirection working to
a bad guys advantage. give'm something
and innocuous to find ... so they'll miss
the handgun in your belt/crotch.

the faa's own red-teams successfully
penetrated security 99.11% with guns
[pistols and machine guns]. the sample
size was 450 tests.

when using a component bomb, their success
rate was 100%. the sample size was 18
tests.

it ain't about security - it *is* a frigg'n
JOBS PROGRAM for society's underachievers.

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Old Oct 30, 2001, 7:51 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by flowerchild:
... "Look me in the eye and unzip your pants." </font>
What were they looking for? A loaded weapon? Or maybe the security guy just wanted to compare wands!

Hey, someone had to say it!

More seriously though, I hope your brother was wearing underwear.

Personally, I would have refused. I would definitely make a formal complaint.

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Old Oct 30, 2001, 9:15 pm
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Dranz:
A little suggestion when posting. You do not have hit the enter key at the end of each ()visible) line. This super duper program will automatically do a word wrap for you so that you do not get
funny stuff
like this
going on
with your
posts. Sound like a good idea? By the way, I agree with your comments. Silly. Dumb... etc (feds)

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dranz:
&gt; "Oh well, I guess it's just your zipper,
&gt; go ahead"

a good example of misdirection working to
a bad guys advantage. give'm something
and innocuous to find ... so they'll miss
the handgun in your belt/crotch.
-doug
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Old Oct 30, 2001, 11:40 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by missydarlin:
I got felt up by TUS security on Sunday coming home from the STIFFS dinner.
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Oh, that was no security my friend.
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Old Oct 31, 2001, 8:45 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Moriarty:
Or maybe the security guy just wanted to compare wands!

Hey, someone had to say it!
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Now, we were all trying to be nice and steer clear of the wand joke!

Of course, no one has run with the "long fuse" one, so there is still hope!...
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Old Oct 31, 2001, 9:08 am
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Trying to avoid the "packing a big weapon" joke too...


whut???
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Old Nov 1, 2001, 10:14 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by belle3388:
first, they want to unhook your underwire bra, now, unzip your pants, what is going on here?</font>
Sounds like a third date to me.

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Old Nov 1, 2001, 10:43 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Comicwoman:
Sounds like a third date to me.

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Or a first date with Belle ....
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Old Nov 1, 2001, 2:35 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by phoenixitc:
Trying to avoid the "packing a big weapon" joke too...</font>
Well this is Atlanta...maybe the security screener is from the Midtown area??
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Old Nov 1, 2001, 3:52 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Moriarty:
What were they looking for? A loaded weapon? Or maybe the security guy just wanted to compare wands!

Hey, someone had to say it!

More seriously though, I hope your brother was wearing underwear.

Personally, I would have refused. I would definitely make a formal complaint.

[This message has been edited by Moriarty (edited 10-30-2001).]
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Has anyone ever heard of the fact that intelligence field operatives are taught how to sneak weapons past security screening checks and how to deal with metal detectors and wands???? Well, a few smart, educated people know how to do this... after all, we trained some people to do this and do it well. Sadly, we educated some people in Central America and in Central Asia on how to do exactly this (and more) only to eventually be haunted by our own techniques and training. [Oh, by the way, the CIA and Pakistani intelligence (ISI), had some great "courses" and taught exactly this.]


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Old Nov 1, 2001, 4:59 pm
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If so many people have been trained how to smuggle weapons past the detectors, then why does it almost never happen? When's the last time someone pulled a gun out of his pants on a plane? This is just preposterous.

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Old Nov 2, 2001, 9:25 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bdschobel:
If so many people have been trained how to smuggle weapons past the detectors, then why does it almost never happen? When's the last time someone pulled a gun out of his pants on a plane? This is just preposterous.

Bruce
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I believe that you could find a gun in most airports in this country if you looked hard enough, and lots of knives and maybe a few nail clippers. Just because none have tried to use them to hijack a plane does not mean they are not there.

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Old Nov 2, 2001, 12:39 pm
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Just checked amazon.com video section and the DVD "Look Me In The Eye And Unzip Your Pants" is now a top 10 seller. ;D

Hey it is Friday and everyone needs some humor!!
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Old Nov 4, 2001, 1:20 am
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The appropriate response to "Look me in the eye and unzip your pants" would be: "I'm sorry, I'd really enjoy a ####### right now, but I'm in a hurry to catch my flight. Maybe next time..."


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