TSA Searches and Scans

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  1. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    A covey? How do you know this?
     
  2. Metalman

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    Well......
    A flock of nuns might be de-flocked during the TSA search, so that wouldn't work.

    Ha, there would sure be a lot of flocking going down with that.

    Nope, I'm sticking with covey.
     
  3. minimark

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    ....of course they could just tell the TSA that it's Nun of their business and take a bus....
     
  4. BlimeyCabrio

    BlimeyCabrio Oscar Goldman of MINIs
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    I'm gonna open a topless bar in my town and call it "The TSA"

    Greatest free marketing evah
     
  5. Angib

    Angib New Member

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    I used to fly LOT (Polish airlines) just at the tail end of the Communist era and they made El Al look like pussycats. Two guys would get on the plane with kitbags (the sort that clanked), sit in the rear two aisle seats and kick forwards the seatbacks of the empty seats in front. A colleague once asked why they did that and was shocked by the answer: better field of fire.

    For the passengers the rule was that you stayed seated. If you needed to stand up, for example to go to the toilet, you pressed the call button and when the stewardess standing next to you got the OK from the guys in the back, she would let you stand up. Forgetting to press the call button might get you shot.

    They never had an hijackings either......

    However I don't suggest they were actually all that effective, just dramatic. I put my money on El Al any day.

    However the scariest thing was the stewardesses on those LOT flights - they all looked like they were on a job share with the 'care' staff at a secure mental facility - nothing sexy about their footwear. A stewardess would come round just before take-off handing out boiled sweets (=hard candy?) with the idea that all the sucking would help your ears 'pop' - if you tried to take more than one it was likely you wouldn't walk off the plane and if you didn't take one their response was much the same - the sweets were not optional and they let you know it.

    Ah, the good old days.....
     
  6. CarlB

    CarlB Active Member

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    This mornings Washington Post had a article about a lady in LA who went to the airport in a bikini. she did not want to go through the scanners. When the TSA pat down lady saw her she said go on.
     
  7. Metalman

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    Well, that's the ticket then....
    Looks like Lotsie and Goaljinky get a free pass if you guys wear your "Special" two piece black outfits. Oh, the horror....
     
  8. lotsie

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    :lol:

    Mark
     
  9. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    Nah. You haven't seen the picture of me in a two piece bikini. I definitely look like I'm packing. The TSA would assuredly want to pat me down. At least the female agents would. :cornut:
     
  10. minimark

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    Man boobs? LOL
     
  11. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    Duh. What else would it be?
     
  12. Angib

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    They could do mankinis with airline logos on them as part of the frequent flyer programs...

    [​IMG]

    Obviously, carrying your shoes like that is a no-no.
     
  13. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    That is just wrong on so many levels.... but guess there would be little chance of a pat down......or up.
     
  14. Angib

    Angib New Member

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    Not down, not up... and probably not even sideways

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    But hey, if Borat wears it, it's cool, yeah?
     
  15. minimark

    minimark Well-Known Member

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    In a word? No.
     
  16. rkw

    rkw Well-Known Member

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    Adam Savage (Mythbusters) passes through TSA with 12" razor blades

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3yaqq9Jjb4"]YouTube - #w00tstock Seattle: Adam Savage says "WTF, TSA?"[/ame]
     
  17. Ofioliti

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    Traveling over the holidays, TSA was unusually polite and upbeat. I wonder if it's some new policy or just orders for the holidays.
     
  18. N2MINI

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    I thought men patted down men and women patted down women..
    Just go thru the body scan, who cares if someone sitting at the screen gets to see you "virtually" naked, believe me they don't want to see most of them peoples naked anyway!!!
    On the other side of the coin, as far as a hijack.. All they have to do it once the pilots get on board their door is locked from the inside and for NO reason do they open it.. Kill them all but they don't get control of the plane. .Pilots make enough money, they can pee in a cup and bring a sandwich.. They now get to skip the scan so they have more time to eat and pee anyway...
     
  19. PGT

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