Posted on 05/28/2005 3:21:27 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
A woman claiming to be a Franciscan nun has twice been barred from boarding a flight from Shetland to Aberdeen.
Sister Ruth Augustus said that British Airways would not allow her to fly because she was carrying a two foot statue of the Virgin Mary.
But BA said the nun, 64, was grounded because she was abusive to staff.
Sister Augustus has been travelling around Shetland for five days. The isles are the latest stop in her world tour to spread the Christian Faith.
The nun now faces a choppy 12-hour journey by sea to Aberdeen.
Speaking about the incident, Sister Augustus told BBC Scotland: "When they said I couldn't take the statue on the plane I said I'm reporting you and it's disgraceful behaviour.
"I don't call that rude, I call it self-defence against a tremendous, unjust and cruel treatment which is disgraceful."
Maybe she could compromise and carry a 2-ft. doll of the Virgin Mary. It could double as a neck pillow.
I guess the Virgin Mary in the baggage compartment just wouldn't do.
2ft statue....thats still sounds smaller than some of the carryon baggage I've seen.
So just confiscate her ruler at the gate. What's the big deal?
However, you have to be quick, else it's all over for you!
(BTW, although I never attended a parochial school many of my childhood friends did. They had a never ending supply of stories about nuns with rulers. They related their tales with fear in their eyes. Years later I found that when preparing a crowd of postal workers for any sort of training session you could "joke around" about nuns with rulers ~ usually by carrying a yardstick yourself ~ and get them laughing, and crying, and relating to the situation. I've never doubted the truth in the stories.)
Keep her on bread of penitence and water of sorrow... Wait, this is what the airlines normally serve.
You got bread? My last flight all I got was a lifesaver jammed between the seat cushions.
They confiscated my medication the last time I flew.
They took the Welbutrin, but I was able to keep the Highfalutin.
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I'm trying to find the tempur pedic (flight?) pillow that is small.
Just add the "Sacred Bleeding heart of Bobby Kennedy"
throw rug and you have a nice travel set.
LOL!
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