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mings wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

mings wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

comemonday wrote:

ToplessRideFL wrote:I was SURE this was about losing lighters..... which I do on a regular basis....

I thought it was about the lighters they confiscate at airports! But the cell phone hold-up thing sounds cool.

yeah, that whole, "we need to confiscate your lighter from your checked bag because the odds of a Zippo springing open; the spark wheel turning, and the wick igniting, in a closed bag are damn near 200% likely" makes so much sense..

Ahh. nothing makes much sense anymore. I was traveling with my brother in Feb 2002. He had a pair of scissors in his backpack, separate from the lock-blase pocket knife that he left in the backpack from a recent camping trip. So wouldn't you know that the screeners found the scissors, but left the knife? Now, if you were going to do something on a plane, is scissors really your first choice over a lock-blade pocket knife????

Then you have the fool who called the DJ about having gotten the buckle-blade past TSA screeners accidentally; and then getting arrested for smuggling a weapon onto the plane.

Yeah, we realized as soon as the screener opened the backpack that he never cleaned it out. We also realized that saying a single thing was going to cause more than just a missed plane. Who the hell calls a DJ & brags? It sounds like he got what was coming to him.

he wasn't bragging. He got on the plane in ATL, gets off in PGH and is panicking because they missed it. He calls the DJ of some national talkshow to ask what he should do, and sounded genuinely concerned. The DJ calls the authorities, and the idiot gets arrested when the plane touches down in CMH.

then you have the people who show up at the airport with a loaded handgun in their carry-on bag; talk about a good argument for licensure... If you don't remember where your pistol is, you probably shouldn't have one in the first place.

RinglingRingling wrote:

mings wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

mings wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

comemonday wrote: I thought it was about the lighters they confiscate at airports! But the cell phone hold-up thing sounds cool.

yeah, that whole, "we need to confiscate your lighter from your checked bag because the odds of a Zippo springing open; the spark wheel turning, and the wick igniting, in a closed bag are damn near 200% likely" makes so much sense..

Ahh. nothing makes much sense anymore. I was traveling with my brother in Feb 2002. He had a pair of scissors in his backpack, separate from the lock-blase pocket knife that he left in the backpack from a recent camping trip. So wouldn't you know that the screeners found the scissors, but left the knife? Now, if you were going to do something on a plane, is scissors really your first choice over a lock-blade pocket knife????

Then you have the fool who called the DJ about having gotten the buckle-blade past TSA screeners accidentally; and then getting arrested for smuggling a weapon onto the plane.

Yeah, we realized as soon as the screener opened the backpack that he never cleaned it out. We also realized that saying a single thing was going to cause more than just a missed plane. Who the hell calls a DJ & brags? It sounds like he got what was coming to him.

he wasn't bragging. He got on the plane in ATL, gets off in PGH and is panicking because they missed it. He calls the DJ of some national talkshow to ask what he should do, and sounded genuinely concerned. The DJ calls the authorities, and the idiot gets arrested when the plane touches down in CMH.

then you have the people who show up at the airport with a loaded handgun in their carry-on bag; talk about a good argument for licensure... If you don't remember where your pistol is, you probably shouldn't have one in the first place.

I'm speachless. The dude couldn't figure out that he should just not worry about it and either ditch the belt (pittsburgh has plenty of stores to buy another one) or just get to where-ever he's going and then put it in his checked luggage on the way home?

mings wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

mings wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

mings wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote: yeah, that whole, "we need to confiscate your lighter from your checked bag because the odds of a Zippo springing open; the spark wheel turning, and the wick igniting, in a closed bag are damn near 200% likely" makes so much sense..

Ahh. nothing makes much sense anymore. I was traveling with my brother in Feb 2002. He had a pair of scissors in his backpack, separate from the lock-blase pocket knife that he left in the backpack from a recent camping trip. So wouldn't you know that the screeners found the scissors, but left the knife? Now, if you were going to do something on a plane, is scissors really your first choice over a lock-blade pocket knife????

Then you have the fool who called the DJ about having gotten the buckle-blade past TSA screeners accidentally; and then getting arrested for smuggling a weapon onto the plane.

Yeah, we realized as soon as the screener opened the backpack that he never cleaned it out. We also realized that saying a single thing was going to cause more than just a missed plane. Who the hell calls a DJ & brags? It sounds like he got what was coming to him.

he wasn't bragging. He got on the plane in ATL, gets off in PGH and is panicking because they missed it. He calls the DJ of some national talkshow to ask what he should do, and sounded genuinely concerned. The DJ calls the authorities, and the idiot gets arrested when the plane touches down in CMH.

then you have the people who show up at the airport with a loaded handgun in their carry-on bag; talk about a good argument for licensure... If you don't remember where your pistol is, you probably shouldn't have one in the first place.

I'm speachless. The dude couldn't figure out that he should just not worry about it and either ditch the belt (pittsburgh has plenty of stores to buy another one) or just get to where-ever he's going and then put it in his checked luggage on the way home?

I think he should have just shut up and ridden it out. There was no security check in Pittsburgh for the last leg of the trip; so by saying something, he jammed himself up. Obviously, since he had the thing on him, and did not hijack the plane, he wasn't a danger.. (to anyone other than himself it seems).

Tiki Bar wrote:

Jahfin wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:They did the cell phone thing for Neil Diamond earlier this year... is he a yuppie band?

No, he's a yuppie artist. They're also doing it for Green Day and they're not exactly a yuppie band but they're most definitely "yuppie friendly".

Oh. Thank you for the insight.

No problem. It's just an opinion afterall. I just think Green Day is watered down punk that every yuppie would find safe enough to play in their home. Neil Diamond is also considered cool to like by the "in" crowd (not to mention the Saving Silverman movie). Me, I still think he sucks.

They're playing Hotel California on the radio right now. I wonder if the partner's secretary outside my office would think I was nuts if I held up my cell phone?

LIPH wrote:They're playing Hotel California on the radio right now. I wonder if the partner's secretary outside my office would think I was nuts if I held up my cell phone?

She is prolly used to your antics by now....