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Snoring Airline Passenger Stabbed with Pen at Midway Airport
patch.com ^ | April 16, 2015 | Lauren Traut

Posted on 04/17/2015 6:19:16 AM PDT by KeyLargo

Snoring Airline Passenger Stabbed with Pen at Midway Airport

A woman lost her temper, grabbed a pen, and took the noisy matter into her own hands aboard a Southwest Airlines plane.

By Lauren Traut (Patch Staff) April 16, 2015

A woman aboard a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday afternoon couldn’t stand the snoring of a man sitting nearby, so she stabbed him with a pen.

Passengers aboard the already delayed Flight 577 out of Midway Airport were perturbed when the pilot was forced to circle back to the gate where Chicago Police escorted the woman off the plane. Other passengers tweeted their experience, noting the woman was “just smirking” as the flight was stalled.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: midwayairport; pen; snoring; southwestairlines
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1 posted on 04/17/2015 6:19:16 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo
Southwest gave Lenny free gin-and-tonics for his troubles.

Well stab me with a pen and bring another round!

2 posted on 04/17/2015 6:22:07 AM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: KeyLargo

I’m curious whether the term fro this is “stabbed” or just “poked”. Some reports in the media are overstated.


3 posted on 04/17/2015 6:23:14 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: WayneS

I think that “Lenny” is a little light in the loafers.

Video:

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/04/16/woman-stabs-man-with-pen-for-snoring-too-loud-on-plane/


4 posted on 04/17/2015 6:23:54 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Pollster1

‘My dogs are barking’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd5dYQHoZS0


5 posted on 04/17/2015 6:24:47 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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OK, I'm confused. Another version of this story says the woman "poked" the snorer with her pen, not "stabbed". WTH, did she draw blood?

And who writes this stuff? The flight was "stalled"? What, did the pilot let the clutch out too fast? Delayed, diverted, not "stalled".
6 posted on 04/17/2015 6:26:07 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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7 posted on 04/17/2015 6:28:20 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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The snoring passenger who suffered the hard poke, named Lenny...

Not Lenny!

8 posted on 04/17/2015 6:28:58 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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I was on a flight a few weeks ago, where a guy was snoring so loud that every around him was laughing. He was completely oblivious until we landed and he woke up.

As we were waiting to exit the plane, the woman sitting immediately in front of him turned around and told him: "You need to see a doctor!". He just smiled sheepishly, and she kept dishing it out. That had everyone laughing or cringing, but she wouldn't let up.

9 posted on 04/17/2015 6:29:16 AM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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The plane landed at Manchester, NH. The guy was interviewed by FoxNews25 Boston and seemed to be in a good humor (all those gin and tonics) and was not going to press charges. His sleeve was only “bloodied” with blue ink, in about three places. He may have leaned over into her “space”, still her reaction was uncalled for.


10 posted on 04/17/2015 6:33:20 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (This is known as "bad luck". - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: KeyLargo

People are getting way too violent these days ... and for the stupidest of things!


11 posted on 04/17/2015 6:35:28 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Pollster1
I'm curious as to the "woman". Overworked mother? "Transgender"? Hillary supporter? Professor of Peace & Conflict Resolution? Illegal alien? Teacher?

In the book, "Silence of the Lambs", Lechter's listening to a patient with the same-old same-old "issues" for the umpteenth time, gets fed up, and plunges his pen into the chest of the patient, silencing the whining - forever.

12 posted on 04/17/2015 6:43:26 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Future Snake Eater
'Lenny' is Chuck McGill now in the TV series 'Better Call Saul'

Chuck McGill (Character) from "Better Call Saul" (2015)

13 posted on 04/17/2015 6:48:41 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: WayneS

No arrest was made???? What the heck?!!


14 posted on 04/17/2015 6:53:37 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Never in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason.)
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Hey, in our “outrage is OK” culture, you are allowed to react violently to anything you don’t like or that offends you. Someone is snoring? Stab or poke them with a pen. Someone says they are against gay marriage? Threaten to kill their family. Someone shoots a black kid? Riot and vandalize and loot neighborhood shops. Its all good.


15 posted on 04/17/2015 6:54:36 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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16 posted on 04/17/2015 7:05:31 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Pollster1

Uzi Tactical Pen and Defense Tool Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOdFyThlpK4


17 posted on 04/17/2015 7:09:54 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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He is lucky that John Wesley Harding was not sitting in the next seat.


18 posted on 04/17/2015 7:16:05 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: KeyLargo

My decision a few years go to not ever fly again remains a good decision.


19 posted on 04/17/2015 7:39:32 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: KeyLargo

lol


20 posted on 04/17/2015 7:41:41 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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