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Jul 5, 2004 | 8:53 am

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RunawayNFly

Join Date: May 2003

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Originally Posted by Dovster

I think they were more afraid of a repeat of the infamous Magoo incident.

If you will recall, a passenger flying out of JFK used his eyeglass screwdrivers to disassemble the spectacles of the very near-sighted pilot, a Mr. Melvin Magoo.

Tragedy was avoided by a quick-thinking FA, who gave Mr. Magoo a bottle of whiskey. After finishing it off, he found that the bottom was his exact prescription and he peered through it while bringing the Jumbo Jet to a safe landing at CDG.

Thanks, Dovster! I am still laughing! Thanks for "making my day"!

BTW, on my way home, the PHL TSA allowed me to take a bottle of red wine and corkscrew through security and told me not to get too drunk on the plane. Of course, I offered them some of the wine but they can't "drink and scan".

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