Posted on 10/04/2015 9:22:19 AM PDT by DFG
As leader of the SNP, Alex Salmond tried to boldly go where none of his predecessors had gone before and win independence for Scotland. But the former First Minister overreached himself when he booked on to a British Airways flight as Star Trek’s James T. Kirk, captain of the starship Enterprise. Mr Salmond faced embarrassment when BA flatly refused to let him on the plane at Heathrow because the name on his ticket – belonging to the character played by William Shatner in the seminal science-fiction series – didn’t match that in his passport. Only a series of frantic calls by the politician persuaded the airline that Mr Salmond was not a deranged impostor and could be allowed on board. Last night Mr Salmond, who won the Westminster seat of Gordon for the SNP at the last Election, explained that the mix-up occurred because he often travelled under a false name for security reasons – and as a keen ‘Trekkie’ he liked to use the pseudonym. He told The Mail on Sunday: ‘It was all sorted out. I just wanted BA to “Beam me up, Scotty.”
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He should’ve booked as Lieutenant Sulu.
Is that an alien implant behind his left eye?
That’s a coincidence, because Hillary’s Secret Service code name is “Scotty” (due to her ‘warped drives’ and all).
Inquiring minds would like to know.
He looks like Jim Trafficant - former dem house member known for his outburst of common sense and Star Trek iines
That is Traficant
I’ve noticed that the airlines have been insisting that the name on the ticket must exactly match the passport, the middle name(s) included, for several years. Anyone but Salmond or another “Do you know who I am?!” passenger would have been put through Hell for trying a stunt like this.
Salmond is easily spotted by the giant p*nis sticking out of his forehead.
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