Posted on 09/27/2006 10:34:09 PM PDT by Westlander
The TSA’s changes to the complete liquid ban may require persons with augmented breasts (or other body parts) to comply with further inspections at security checkpoints.
Excerpts from the TSA bulletin effective Sept 26, 2006:
In addition to the above changes, the following guidance is provided to ensure the health and welfare of certain air travelers the following items are permitted…
Items used to augment the body for medical or cosmetic reasons such as mastectomy products, prosthetic breasts, bras or shells containing gels, saline solution, or other liquids; and items exceed 3 ounces or are not contained in a one-quart, zip-top plastic bag, you MUST declare to one of our Security Officers at the checkpoint for further inspection.
(Excerpt) Read more at travelgearblog.com ...
Volunteers needed?
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-PJ
I have an artificail testical made of silicon.
Flying for me just got ugly....
jim
Excuse me mam, but can you fit those in one of these, if not, come back here with me please.
Pinging Jsb...
Dayum! She looks like she's hiding a family of four in that bra!
Sweet smiling, tap-dancing mother of all things decent and holy -- and it took some effort to make it through that exclamation with neither profanity nor blasphemy -- if those things aren't explosives, they're still torture devices. No human spine could carry those without immense discomfort. Any "doctor" who would implant such a thing should be at Gitmo.
Holy cow, what a story. Thanks for posting the link, although it'll take me about an hour to calm back down.
Kafka, indeed. We are living it.
Now I know what this years Halloween Costume will be !
This really isn't all that funny. I don't think they are as concerned with surgical implants as they are with artifical enhancements, like gel filled push-up bras.
In the last scare there was talk about baby bottles containing explosive liquid, so it's not that far a stretch that they would put an explosive gel in a female terrorist's bra. The bra could be easily removed and the gel used once the female is in the plane.
Go down to the lingerie department and feel some of those push up bras, they hold a mighty lot of gel and it could be easily removed and replaced with whatever gel they needed for their purposes.
Expect even longer lines at LAX now.
That girl does pornos. Not that I'd know
It's no stretch at all (pun intended) for me to imagine that one could find a bent volunteer willing to have explosive implants surgically inserted. Why not? If you were already willing to die, would you care where the explosion came from?
What, we're supposed to not laugh at something so clearly risible? This is a hoot.
Of course somebody can sneak gel onto a plane. Hell, they can do it easier that fake boobs, with a gel-filled baggie shoved up their butthole -- more room, harder to detect, and if they're going to blow it up it hardly matters which part of the body explodes first, does it?
So what's next, body cavity searches on every passenger?
Since there's no constitutional right to fly as a passenger on an airplane, why don't we all just forget flying and go back to trains and buses? /sarc
Me, I prefer to laugh about it. I'm flying cross country this Saturday -- I NEED to laugh tonight.
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