LHR security...What the ?!%!$#!
Feb 2, 2010 | 12:09 pm
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Feb 2, 2010 | 12:18 pm
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Given DXB has one of the more active "sex tourist" markets on the planet -- more spread out than AMS and more diverse than BKK -- perhaps the security screeners at DXB were a little more than just a little familiar with those games.
Feb 2, 2010 | 12:20 pm
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I've seen FRA security do the same thing with Mach 3 Gillette cartridges.
Feb 2, 2010 | 1:12 pm
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Feb 2, 2010 | 1:59 pm
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Pencils could also be used to write incendiary articles, narratives, novellas, or poetry. Kudos for the screeners at Santo Domingo for preventing another catastrophe!
And an ethernet cable! Phew! I'm so glad they stopped that terrorist act before it got underway. The cable could connect a computer to the internet, you could log on to a web site, purchase sharp objects, and have them delivered to you.
A flight attendant carrying perfume samples? They don't have 911 in England, but I hope someone called. That flight attendant could have sickened, even incapacitated those passengers with allergies or "multiple chemical sensitivity."
Big pat on the back for screeners everywhere. It feels good to save lives!
And an ethernet cable! Phew! I'm so glad they stopped that terrorist act before it got underway. The cable could connect a computer to the internet, you could log on to a web site, purchase sharp objects, and have them delivered to you.
A flight attendant carrying perfume samples? They don't have 911 in England, but I hope someone called. That flight attendant could have sickened, even incapacitated those passengers with allergies or "multiple chemical sensitivity."
Big pat on the back for screeners everywhere. It feels good to save lives!
Feb 2, 2010 | 2:22 pm
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Gillette makes a razor called the Mach 3.
Mach 3 is a speed capable of being achieved only on military planes.
Military planes are/have weapons.
Therefore, by the transitive property, the Gillette Mach 3 Razor = Mach 3 = Military Planes = Weapon. Shorten that down, you have Mach 3 Razor = Weapon. Weapon = prohibited so therefore, the Mach 3 must be prohibited.
You now have your reason. Ta-Da!
Feb 3, 2010 | 1:55 am
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Somehow we survive.
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Some people can kill with their bare hands. From now on, no hands will be allowed on flights. This will also solve the problem of too much carry-on luggage. 
Feb 3, 2010 | 9:32 am
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Wow, now I think that CDG was actually decent compared to some of these other nightmarish scenarios.
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