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Arrest over bomb joke on plane (Idiot Alert)
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| 1-16-04
| AFP
Posted on 01/18/2004 8:28:59 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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Comment #221 Removed by Moderator
To: MarcoParis
Then, you're the american citizen I'd like to see more often in our streets! Most of your colleagues don't even think of asking me if I understand English when desperate to find the Eiffel Tower
I don't know if you'd be THAT fond of me . . . my French is, how do you say, très inférieur.
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02/04/2004 6:54:55 AM PST
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Xenalyte
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Comment #223 Removed by Moderator
To: MarcoParis
I know by experience that one big quality of American and British people is not to make fun of foreign accent or mistakes.
I grew up in Texas, so everyone I know makes fun of our own accents. :)
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02/04/2004 8:17:56 AM PST
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Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
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04/19/2004 2:52:31 PM PDT
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MeekOneGOP
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I remember a story where Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates made a similar joke, must have been the late 1960's or early 1970's when skyjackings were usually trips to Cuba. He made a joke about a bomb and he was detained at the airport until the next flight.
Another story with me in it this time was where my mother and I took her friend to the airport and as I was laying her big suitcase on the scale, she said "here's my old bomb." The ticket agents eyes grew wide and I said to her, "that's a poor choice of words to use here" and the ticket agent agreed with me. I believe it was 1999 or 2000, but sometimes I carry a police scanner and my ham radio with me so the security people did make me turn them on to prove to them that they are what they are. I just tuned in some planes and they were satisifed. I'm glad it wasn't past 9-11 though, I might have been detained along with my mother's friend, I doubt there would have been charges but there would have been a lot of questions and sorting out that could have taken hours.
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04/19/2004 3:21:33 PM PDT
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Nowhere Man
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To: Nowhere Man
You story reminds of the time in 1981 when I was flying down to Richmond with an eletric motor with the shaft drilled out and a thermocouple inserted with a couple of wires dangling out as carry on luggage. In the soft X-ray inspection system they were using it looked like a kid's cartoon of what a bomb looks like. I managed to sweet talk the nice colored ladies pulling security that is was harmless and went on my merry way.
Now in Heathrow in 1991, I remember the Army patroling with semi-automatics, like in Logan in October 2001. Only I think the Tommies actually had ammuntion. You had to bring your luggage in two hours before departure and went through two rounds of very thorough - bordering on initimate- inspections.
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