Briton Held In US Jail As 'Bomb" Joke Backfires

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-20-2004 | Nick Britten

[Naspino]

I think you meant her bomb joke blew up in her face.

[I_Love_My_Husband]

The problem is Brits have this sense of humor, it's dry, and they make fun of everything. I'm sure she didn't mean it. Her boyfriend is in the US Navy!

[Azzurri]

The problem is Brits have this sense of humor, it's dry, and they make fun of everything. I'm sure she didn't mean it. Her boyfriend is in the US Navy!

Yes, probably. But, you'd think after they asked her to repeat it for the third time she might've got the hint to say "kidding!".

[Stentor]

The problem is Brits have this sense of humor, it's dry, and they make fun of everything.

Is it uniquely British to be utterly without self control?

[Will_Zurmacht]

Nothing changes one's perspective on humorous behavior than spending a night in the pokey/drunk tank....

[Kirkwood]

She's once...
twice...
three times an idiot.

[Motherhood IS a career]

and I don't think she'll actually do any hard time.

Hmmm...pity.

Bomb jokes in airports were not considered "funny" long before 9/11. Did she seriously think that someone was going to find her amusing? I wonder if she goes to hospitals and makes cancer jokes.

[quidnunc]

Many Brtish kids and young adults are utterly contemptuous of authority.

Public drunkenness and anti-social behavior are rampant in the UK.

[Poohbah]

A British student was being held in an American jail last night after joking to airport security on three occasions that she was carrying a bomb.

Samantha Marson, 21, was charged with a second degree felony - which in theory carries a 15-year jail term - after laughing and telling staff at a checkpoint that her hand luggage contained explosives.

Young lady, that s**t quit being funny when Richard Reid tried to detonate his f***ing shoes.

[lepton]

Doesn't the airport in Miami have those postings all over the place noting that it's a felony to do what she did? Every airport I've been in since the mid 90s has had them everywhere, including special stands along the screener line.

[Ronin]

That squidly needs to find a more intelligent girlfriend.

[jigsaw]

She phoned at about 3am on Sunday and was hysterical - screaming and upset and in a terrible state.

Al Gore once behaved the same way when he was in Florida.

Personally, I don't think Florida is a terrible state.

[socal_parrot]

Clearly the Americans did not see the joke.

Yeah, we're like that. Jokes about bombs on airplanes post 9/11 aren't very funny. I never got the whole Benny Hill thing either.

Here's a funny American joke she should get used to-

A big female prisoner looks at her young blonde cellmate and says, "You want to be the husband or the wife...."

[bootyist-monk]

Even before 9-11, you had to be careful about this. I have a Haliburton briefcase, and I accidentally left it behind at an airport check-in counter. The attendant called me back to say I had forgotten my case as I was just walking away. I reached back to get it, thanked her and made an aside that "I wouldn't want to forget the launch codes." Her smile immediately went away, and she said "Excuse me" with such a tone that I knew I had stepped in it. I muttered an "I'm sorry, just kidding" and bolted for the gate.

[Motherhood IS a career]

Al Gore once behaved the same way when he was in Florida.

LOL!!! ROFLOL!!!! Now THAT is funny!

[piasa]

Doesn't the airport in Miami have those postings all over the place noting that it's a felony to do what she did?

Yep, but they are in American English not UK English... the sign should have read "Do not make jokes about bombs in the aerodrome, and definitely do not tell parking attendants that you have bombs in your bonnet."

[July 4th]

"Off to jail!"

[CindyDawg]

She reminds me of Natalie (Dixie Chick) for some reason.

[PAR35]

She will be released on bail if she can come up with a £2,700 bond

Whereupon she will be picked up and detained by whatever the INS is calling itself these days because she has now overstayed her visa.