Posted on 01/30/2012 11:40:27 AM PST by billybudd
Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.
Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours after landing in Los Angeles with pal Emily Bunting.
The Department of Homeland Security flagged him as a potential threat when he posted an excited tweet to his pals about his forthcoming trip to Hollywood which read: 'Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America?'
After making their way through passport control at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) last Monday afternoon the pair were detained by armed guards.
Despite telling officials the term 'destroy' was British slang for 'party', they were held on suspicion of planning to 'commit crimes' and had their passports confiscated.
Leigh was also quizzed about another tweet which quoted hit US comedy Family Guy which read: '3 weeks today, we're totally in LA p****** people off on Hollywood Blvd and diggin' Marilyn Monroe up!
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Sehr gut!
Ach, mein Gott in Himmel!
Ich denke du bist ein dumkopf, ja?
dig up Marilyn Monroe? “Surely Miss Monroe was cremated.” Monty Python ping.
I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work to elevate you
just enough to bring you down
Du denkst, aber du bist falsch...
Well, I’ve run out of my conversational German. It’s been fun.
Think I’m an idiot if you choose. Read my other comments or don’t. But, I think we’re done testing each other’s German.
OK. I confess. This household is fluent in German. So, continuing would have been unfair. Buena Suerte!
There was a time when I would have been able to keep up with you. When I was a kid, my dad was stationed in Germany and we lived on the German economy, not on a military base (long story!). So, learning/speaking German was kind of essential to surviving life in a foreign country.
I didn't ask, are you German? I loved it there. We were outside Frankfurt in a town called Bad Hamburg, but travelled throughout most of Germany and western Europe. It was a great time!
As you might imagine, I have spoken little German since that time and have never had an opportunity to return. I probably wouldn't today, anyway, because I would be very disappointed looking for the Germany I lived in a long time go and wouldn't recognize unified Germany today.
“...are you German?”
Nein ;-)
I think that’s what we’re supposed to believe.
Great. The authorities can arrest you, deport you, imprison you without you even actually committing a crime anymore. Progress indeed!
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