Packed Airports Bring in Ponies and Clowns to Ease Traveler Fury

NYPost ^ | May 17, 2016 | Yaron Steinbuch

[Eroteme]

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San Diego International Airport is sending in clowns from the Fern Street Circus to tickle the passengers’ funny bones, NBC reported.

“They are creating content inspired by the traveler experience, so they will constantly be visible, trying out new ideas and interacting with passengers,” said airport spokesman Jonathan Heller. “We certainly think they will be at the checkpoints often, as people waiting in line are a great audience for them!”

[KeyLargo]

[KeyLargo]

[rdcbn]

They seem to delight in pissing us off.

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Yeah.

Air travel is way down from peak load years when the TSA had no problem keeping pace.

This is a deliberate slow down by the Obama Admin

[Mears]

I wasn’t one of the people afraid of clowns———until your clown picture.

Now I am terrified. :-)

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[SpaceBar]

bring in ponies and clowns...

It worked for the White House.

[PROCON]

"OK, so I don't know who Bozo is, so what?"

[SaveFerris]

When I was a kid, I hated anyone who had a pony.

(disclaimer: I had a pony. He was great btw)

[Flick Lives]

Some people HATE clowns.

Clowns *and* TSA! The horror. The horror.

[SaveFerris]

Eric the clown?

[KeyLargo]

[Larry Lucido]

No bread. Bread is $3.00 extra.

[Bratch]

What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

[golux]

Mahmoud!

Put it back it your pants.

That animal is a pony, designed by the Jews to trick you.

[rawcatslyentist]

And they had orchestras at Auschwitz.

[KeyLargo]

[ColdOne]

Same thing I said! Also how did this come to pass? All of the TSA union wage types sitting around the office and someone says.....hey how about a clown and pony show????

[golux]

Ahh, Mahmoud, you fool!

Now you are married.

Get back in line and tell them he is your "comfort animal."

[NEMDF]

I agree with you.

[hal ogen]

How dumb are these criminal government morons? At BWI several years ago the TSA brought in mimes to “soothe and entertain” irritated citizens. What idiocy. If anything,just about everyone hates mimes. However, when it comes to wasting taxpayer’s dollars, you can’t beat the government.

[Sirius Lee]