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Originally Posted by Lurker1999
I'm not sure if I can call this ridiculous or absurd or something worse. Maybe I should just quit before I violate the TOS here. But come on, gel insoles? I guess that means I'll have to find new shoes to wear since mine aren't comfortable without the insoles.
On some level I can almost envision this as an evil attempt by "businesses" to encourage us to buy more things when we fly as we can no longer bring them from home. I, too, had thoughts similar to those in your second paragraph. Certainly, Dr. Scholl's is not going to complain to anyone. Claim that your shoes are orthopedic shoes and that you can't take them off because walking in barefeet as well as taking your shoes off and putting them back on causes pain. Believe me it does. I have a condition in both feet for which I use simple Dr. Scholl's inserts or orthotics - but it's very painful walking in barefeet and putting shoes on and taking them off. |
I intend to tell the screeners that I can't bend over to remove my shoes. I need a chair.
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I don't know what gel insoles look like, but if they are the right shape, perhaps they could be hidden in a bra?
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Originally Posted by iluv2fly
As I reported in another thread here - but bears repeating - I went through security at ORD on Thursday night. They confiscated three bags of Gummie Bears that went through the X-ray from the family in front of me. They stated it was gel-like and wouldn't be allowed to go.
If I hadn't seen it myself I would never have believed it. Thankfully, the family asked for a supervisor. The sup overruled the X-ray agents. |
Originally Posted by Sydneysider
That is priceless. Gummy bears will now be standard in my carry-on.
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No, the cute ones are OK. The ones working for al Qaeda have little gummy beards. :)
Bruce |
Originally Posted by bdschobel
No, the cute ones are OK. The ones working for al Qaeda have little gummy beards. :
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Originally Posted by iluv2fly
As I reported in another thread here - but bears repeating - I went through security at ORD on Thursday night. They confiscated three bags of Gummie Bears that went through the X-ray from the family in front of me. They stated it was gel-like and wouldn't be allowed to go.
If I hadn't seen it myself I would never have believed it. Thankfully, the family asked for a supervisor. The sup overruled the X-ray agents. |
Why shouldn't gummy bears be prohibited under the rules? Don't get me wrong, I think it's ridiculous; but, it is a gel-like substance. I wonder what the supervisor's justification was for allowing them? Where is the consistency?
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Originally Posted by Dromomaniac
Where is the consistency?
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Originally Posted by drat19
Sounds like the consistency was gel-like. :D
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Gel bras are now on the ban list according to Fox news earlier today. How do they know? And what exactly are they? Are they talking about the water-bra? I thought that went the way of the disco ball.
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Originally Posted by Marylou
Gel bras are now on the ban list according to Fox news earlier today. How do they know? And what exactly are they? Are they talking about the water-bra? I thought that went the way of the disco ball.
* Oh, i…ohhh i…ilove the nightlife, I got to boogie on the disco 'round, oh yea Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie on the disco 'round, oh yea |
Originally Posted by mcrt
I think mandatory checks for padded bras and implants should be next. Only natural breasts will be allowed next.
I guess a sufficiently determined and well-financed organization could have implants filled with something other than saline, which a dedicated suicidal woman could empty in a restroom on the plane. Maybe we'll see it reported on Fox News. |
Gel bra
Here's a gel bra. I guess this means that we're going back to the days of the grope, huh?
http://www.womanspersonalhealth.com/...e/NMGelBra.jpg |
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