Really? I didn't know you aren't a man. :)

Bruce

For those who "jump to conclusions when they hear the word "bomb" -- or even "BOB" :D -- perhaps they would also suggest that we make the word "terrorist" taboo too. Maybe whenever someone at an airport hears that word, the airport would shut down. :eek: ... but that would be everyday when the airport TV has the "news" on.

Probably not quite as good, but once when going through screening before check-in the screener asked, pointing to the x-ray screen "What's that?" I look at the screen and go "Mmmh. Well... yes. It looks like a hand grenade." Another screener takes a close look and anounces "Nah, to me it looks like a shaver." Which it was.

Banning the use of words in my opinion is leading nowhere. That's like filtering text messages for abusive language by just looking at the sequence of letters, rather then the words they make up. "I'm going to Bombay" would result in a match for "bomb"... Eqally, saying "I've never seen a bomb in my whole life" will result in a major security security incident at American airports. But only there, nowhere else.

Cheers,


HTB.

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If you're at the checkpoint and see your friend John in line ahead of
you, just make sure you NEVER shout, "Hi, Jack!" :eek:

Hmm. I didn't take my shoes off at SYD nor BNE last week. But they are nice Italian shoes that don't have any metal. Nor did I have to take any coins out of my pocket. Nor the belt. Nor the pens, credit cards or anything else except my phone. There just isn't enough metal in those items to set off the detector.

True, the sensitivity was there, but the swelling has increased. ;)

Really? You thought a guy would use "bambi"? I guess I never thought about it. But don't worry about it, I'm used to it. When your a really pretty blonde like me :D you get used to people thinking your stupid. Their not ready for beauty and brains!!!

Well, actually, I was making a little joke. Seriously, though, Bart's explanation was more understandable to me than your expression of shock and horror!

Bruce

Perhaps its because "a lady never reveals her age" .... if someone happened to take the 47 in "bambi47" to be your age. And "Bam" or "Bam Bam" from Flintsones may have come to mind. And "bi" ... well perhaps a fan of fondling both sexes rear "muscles"? :D Just kidding.

If only I could fondle mens rear "muscles", then my days would be much happier.

In the famous animated Disney movie, Bambi is a male.
But I knew that you are not.

To get things back on track, I forgot to mention that I was also surprised that I could fly domesticly in Oz without showing anyone an ID. I used my Amex to get my BP at a Quantas check-in machine at SYD for my flight to BNE. No ID check at security or the gate. Again, too cute!

That's not cute, that's NORMAL. You can fly domestic in most if not all European countries and also international within the entire Schengen zone w/o needing an ID. You only need ID for immigration purposes, nothing else. Why? I'm sure it's not because all those countries want to appear cute in the eye of some Americans, but rather because that's how it is supposed to be in a free society.

Not true. In Shengen and most domestic flights that I recall, you don't need a passport but you do need an national photo ID. This is for obvious reasons that they just don't care about in Oz. God bless em.