[janetgreen]

Rocket scientist, for sure.

[xJones]

He makes Forrest Gump look like Albert Einstein.

[Rocksalt]

That was not the right thing to say on an airliner nowadays. This would probobly merit "idiot ofthe week" award. He could have thrown in "I have a boxcutter too" in there to really liven things up a bit.

[HairOfTheDog]

"I shouldn't have said that." Yeah, dude, that's right. People have been telling you for years not to say that, and they are particularly freaky about it now.

I am gonna guess that a reasonable person could assess pretty quickly whether this was a real threat, but they have to be tough about it I suppose.

However, reasonable responses don't happen a lot any more. How many hours did we close a freeway for yesterday when someone made a joke?

He is lucky they only arrested him, they might have blown up his luggage ;~D

[Las Vegas Dave]

Another RAT voter heading home to console Janet Reno !

[JZoback]

"I shouldn't have said that."

Probably the understatement of the year.

This guy needs about a month in prison to get a clue.

[hole_n_one]

Man on cell phone: Hi, Jack

[Labyrinthos]

Of course, if he was middle eastern and made a joke about a bomb in Miami while eating at a diner in Georgia that was overheard by a white southern female, he would be released without charges and the press and the ACLU would rip the white southern lady to shreads because she's obviously a racist.

[sigSEGV]

[LibKill]

"Can you say 'stupid beyond any recognition'?"

I thought you could.

[syriacus]

Unbelievable!!!

What will happen next?

I think CNN should find a word other than "Joke" to describe what happened.

"Joke" just plain seems wrong.

[boris]

"Flight 1503 was scheduled to leave at 3:30 p.m. Saturday when a flight attendant asked the male passenger to take off some electronic equipment he was using."

She actually said, "Take off every zig," to which he replied: "Someone set us up the bomb."

--Boris

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[Area51]

The man was about 6 feet tall, heavy set, with olive skin and dark hair. She said he had no foreign accent.

Norman Mineta will do anthing for a little Press, won't he? :)

[laconic]

A candidate for the annual Reverse Darwin awards.

[cubreporter]

You know I dont' know what makes these people so stupid!!! They are either stupid or so arrogant that they think joking about a bomb on an airliner would be taken lightly. Personally, I am sick and tired of these trouble makers. Just like the three idiots making those remarks in the Shoney's.

It's NOT funny, should NOT be tolerated and everyone who takes part in these assinine pranks ought to pay the price through jail time and a fine. Then maybe next time, they will think twice before they pull their stupid little joke. Who do they think they are when they frighten people, tie up airline schedules, inconvenience the traveling public and who knows what else?

Where in the hell are the brains of these jokers? I'm sorry for the curse word. I'm JUST SOOOOOO very weary, sick and tired of hearing these kinds of idiotic acts from out and out idiots. When and where does it stop?

Let's start putting them in jail and making them pay a hefty fine. They would deserve it. I swear people have lost their common sense, dignity, moral highground and respect for others. It's absolutely disgusting anymore.

[InvisibleChurch]

a good way to stop this silliness is for the airlines to charge those numbskulls however much $ they lost on being grounded ... kind of like hikers who get lost in unauthorized areas needing helicopters to find them are charged for their mis-doings

[Misterioso]

A friend of mine lost his job at the post office for sprinkling some scouring powder around another employee's work space. He had over twenty years of service but thought that an anthrax prank would be fun. This was during the height of the scare. Good guy, bad brain.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

It is amazing that there are people out there, after all that has happened, that are still so stupid to think that this sort of thing will be just passed off as funny in that situation.

[ArcLight]

The man was about 6 feet tall, heavy set, with olive skin and dark hair. She said he had no foreign accent.

CNN must be "getting it." No hyperventilating about the horrors of "ethnic profiling" here. They tell us what the guy looked like and whether he sounded like an Arab. It's as if they've figured out what we should all be looking for. I'm almost shocked to see such candor here.