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Mar 17, 2008 | 7:02 am

baglady

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Funny overheard by pilot

I was sitting in an executive lounge during cocktail hour and couldn't help but overhear some pilots exchanging their thoughts on the TSA. One said he was trying to figure out how to arrange his hangers to say "I hate TSA". I couldn't help but burst out laughing and had to share.

Mar 17, 2008 | 7:31 am

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At DEN, ride the escalators right after the checkpoint in the main terminal. You can hear what people really think of the TSA there.

Mar 17, 2008 | 11:11 am

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Has anyone considered writing "Kip Hawley is an idiot" on their kippie in Arabic?

Mar 17, 2008 | 11:48 am

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Originally Posted by baglady

"hangers"?

Mar 17, 2008 | 11:58 am

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I assumed the OP meant metal hangers in luggage, since they would be easily seen in the x-ray. Who knows, though.

Mar 17, 2008 | 12:04 pm

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I thought he meant hangars so that the message could be read from orbit.

Mar 17, 2008 | 12:34 pm

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Originally Posted by oneant

Has anyone considered writing "Kip Hawley is an idiot" on their kippie in Arabic?

Here you go: Google Translator is your friend.

هاولي هو الأبله Kip

Mar 17, 2008 | 12:39 pm

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Originally Posted by LessO2

At DEN, ride the escalators right after the checkpoint in the main terminal. You can hear what people really think of the TSA there.

And I had fun telling the guy that spent (wasted) money on CLEAR...I got through security faster than he did. ^

Mar 17, 2008 | 12:48 pm

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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much

Here you go: Google Translator is your friend.

هاولي هو الأبله Kip

I know, but has anyone tried it? I'm not as ardent a crusader as some others 'round these here parts, and I enjoy flying below the radar for the most part.

Mar 17, 2008 | 5:20 pm

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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much

Here you go: Google Translator is your friend.

هاولي هو الأبله Kip

I would think, for maximum effect here in the US, you'd have to include an English translation right below it.

Sounds like a great idea to me, though.^

Mar 17, 2008 | 6:21 pm

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Edmund Hawley Is An Idiot

Sorry, folks. Google Couldn't translate "Kip" into Arabic, but it did a good job using his real first name: "Edmund":

ادموند هاولي هو الأبله

Mar 17, 2008 | 8:01 pm

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I might be starting to come around to the idea of trying this out.

Mar 17, 2008 | 8:39 pm

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Originally Posted by erictank

I would think, for maximum effect here in the US, you'd have to include an English translation right below it.

Sounds like a great idea to me, though.^

Although you'll have less than a year to enjoy it.