TSA questions passenger who has fake head in his bag
Aug 15, 2011, 11:20 am
#31
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Freaky technology. They put the dead person (or animal) into a laser scanner, collect a thousand dollars from the family, and some factory someplace and get the resin head back.
Not something I would want on my gravestone, and think they would have a way more profitable business if they did other body parts for less money, but that's another story.
Not something I would want on my gravestone, and think they would have a way more profitable business if they did other body parts for less money, but that's another story.
Back OT, I can think of a number of things I'd like to say to the TSO in this case, all highly inappropriate.
Aug 15, 2011, 6:09 pm
#33
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Ugh, will the TSA never learn? Repeat after me:
Just because something is unusual does not mean it's a security threat.
Just because something is unusual does not mean it's a security threat.
Just because something is unusual does not mean it's a security threat.
The TSA is increasingly becoming a conformity machine, harassing and threatening anything that looks unusual. It's a waste of time and money and often a blatant infringement of passenger rights and dignity.
Just because something is unusual does not mean it's a security threat.
Just because something is unusual does not mean it's a security threat.
Just because something is unusual does not mean it's a security threat.
The TSA is increasingly becoming a conformity machine, harassing and threatening anything that looks unusual. It's a waste of time and money and often a blatant infringement of passenger rights and dignity.
Aug 15, 2011, 9:45 pm
#35
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... 'cause hey, how often do you get to meet Joe Pesci.
Aug 15, 2011, 11:10 pm
#36
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Or maybe they're finally coming to grips with the fact that a fake head is the only chance of them being on the receiving end of fellatio in the future and therefore were looking for a way to confiscate it.
Aug 16, 2011, 7:03 am
#37
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Isn't manure combustible? I'm sure they can ban it based on that.
Aug 16, 2011, 7:36 am
#38
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If that was the case, then passengers with ostomy bags and soiled diapers wouldn't be allowed to pass the checkpoint, either.
And as much as we've seen reports of passengers in those situations who've experienced difficulties in screening, I don't think we've heard of any of them actually being denied access to the concourse.
If such a passenger were to encounter problems, I think a more likely scenario would be accusations of "interfering with the screening process", based on the assumption that the passenger in question was deliberately trying to provoke the screener rather than actually transport a bag full of manure aboard an aircraft. Or, there might be some airport regulation that airport security and/or LEOs might be summoned to handle.
And as much as we've seen reports of passengers in those situations who've experienced difficulties in screening, I don't think we've heard of any of them actually being denied access to the concourse.
If such a passenger were to encounter problems, I think a more likely scenario would be accusations of "interfering with the screening process", based on the assumption that the passenger in question was deliberately trying to provoke the screener rather than actually transport a bag full of manure aboard an aircraft. Or, there might be some airport regulation that airport security and/or LEOs might be summoned to handle.
Aug 17, 2011, 3:02 pm
#39
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So is clothing. Aftershave. If the truly wanted to ban combustibles from carryons, that'd really lighten them up. Besides, people who burn manure do so after it has dehydrated. Fresh from the cow, it'd be hard to light.
Aug 17, 2011, 9:39 pm
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I think the way to do this (to make the ensuing conversation as hilarious as possible) is to have many different kinds of manure all in different, labeled plastic baggies. Your story is that you are a manure salesman and these are your samples. The variety and quality of your product is what sets it apart, and so far you are on track this year to win the brown Cadillac for your sales: you've build a lifestyle around this stuff and your company is the Mary Kay of sh!+.
Aug 17, 2011, 9:41 pm
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Aug 18, 2011, 3:39 pm
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I think the way to do this (to make the ensuing conversation as hilarious as possible) is to have many different kinds of manure all in different, labeled plastic baggies. Your story is that you are a manure salesman and these are your samples. The variety and quality of your product is what sets it apart, and so far you are on track this year to win the brown Cadillac for your sales: you've build a lifestyle around this stuff and your company is the Mary Kay of sh!+.