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TSA Opt-Out Day, Now with a Superfantastic New Twist! (Men, wear a kilt, no underwear)
The Atlantic ^ | November 14th, 2010 | Jeffrey Goldberg

Posted on 11/16/2010 11:51:17 AM PST by ironwill

But come November 24th, here's an idea you might try to make the day extra-special. It's a one-word idea: Kilts. Think about it -- if you're a male, and you want to bollix-up the nonsensical airport security-industrial complex, one way to do so would be to wear a kilt. If nothing else, this will cause TSA employees to throw up their hands in disgust. If you want to go the extra extra mile, I suggest commando-style kilt-wearing. While it is probably illegal to fly without pants, I can't imagine that it's illegal to fly without underpants.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: bewareofointment; bodyscanners; junk; patdowns; protest; tsa; tsapervs
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Brilliant idea! How soon will it be before the TSA bans kilts?
1 posted on 11/16/2010 11:51:19 AM PST by ironwill
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To: ironwill

I’m going to wear a bikini and bathrobe.

That should send everyone screaming for the exits. I look like an older Maxine.

On a brighter note, the LA radiation doser went on the fritz as I got up to it and they sent me through the regular metal detector, no pat down.


2 posted on 11/16/2010 11:54:47 AM PST by OpusatFR
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To: ironwill
TSA agent: Step into the scanner.

Traveler: I opt out.

TSA agent: OK, we'll have to give you a full pat down, including both thighs up to the groin.

Traveler: sigh if you must. But in the interests of full disclosure, you need to know that due to some unpleasant events in my past, which I neither want to discuss nor even think about, I'm told that the I beat the last guy who touched my crotch into a bloody pulp. Mind you, I have no recollection of actually doing this, and I think I can control it if I can brace myself for the unwanted contact. Still, I want you to know that I have the highest respect for you and admire the difficult job you do, so if I have a full psychotic break and injure you, it's nothing personal, and I have no conscious control over it.

(pause)

Traveler: Your move.

3 posted on 11/16/2010 11:55:20 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 665 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: ironwill

No Thanks! Last time I tried that, Barney Frank was my screener.


4 posted on 11/16/2010 11:56:21 AM PST by MNDude (And we were SO close to acheiving utopia)
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To: ironwill

>> If nothing else, this will cause TSA employees to throw up their hands in disgust.

And if it doesn’t... well, don’t tell the TSA screener your phone number when he asks, let’s put it that way.


5 posted on 11/16/2010 11:58:35 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Nervous Tick

“Boy I don’t know where you’ve been but I see you won 1st Prize!”


6 posted on 11/16/2010 12:02:56 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: ironwill

I can’t/won’t sit with me knees together


7 posted on 11/16/2010 12:03:02 PM PST by SF_Redux
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To: OpusatFR

SPANDEX!...IT's GOTTA BE SPANDEX!!!...........

8 posted on 11/16/2010 12:04:05 PM PST by Red Badger (The House finally fell on Nancy Pelosi..........)
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To: ironwill
I would love to see anyone to search this one!


9 posted on 11/16/2010 12:04:25 PM PST by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
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To: SF_Redux

Wanna piss ‘em off....just as they’re bent down patting your junk...FART


10 posted on 11/16/2010 12:04:33 PM PST by BubbaJunebug
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To: ironwill

Just curious. Are there any laws against traveling with no underwear, a kilt and a full erection?

I opt in!


11 posted on 11/16/2010 12:04:40 PM PST by HEM
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To: ironwill

No, No, No! Wear a hijab and claim Muslim status! (you can claim a temporary conversion) This will prove the double standard.


12 posted on 11/16/2010 12:04:40 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est)
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To: ironwill

13 posted on 11/16/2010 12:04:44 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: null and void

Much better is to tell the TSA agent that it’s OK, the doctor says the disease is dormant and not communicable today. Or was that yesterday?


14 posted on 11/16/2010 12:06:02 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: ironwill
I suggest commando-style kilt-wearing.

It's called "Regimental", and it is the only way to wear a kilt.

15 posted on 11/16/2010 12:06:40 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: grumpygresh

Tell them you’re a Muslim transvestite.


16 posted on 11/16/2010 12:06:54 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: ironwill

In addition, I would prep for the trip by not bathing for, oh, about a week. :D


17 posted on 11/16/2010 12:08:37 PM PST by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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To: Red Badger

ROTFL!

I have to wear socks though. Does anyone ever clean the floors around the security areas? They are so FILTHY and you have to walk through that dirt to find a chair to put your shoes back on.

If you have flipflops, your barefeet are on that filth.

I mean FILTH, DIRT, nastiness. ICK!


18 posted on 11/16/2010 12:08:50 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: ironwill

wrap head and privates in aluminum foil, tell them the CIA is beaming microwaves at you


19 posted on 11/16/2010 12:09:26 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
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To: ironwill

That’s funny - a guy I knew in the UK, would wear his kilt when hitch-hiking from London to Edinburgh and wear his pants on the way back!!!

Never question a man wearing a kilt.


20 posted on 11/16/2010 12:10:21 PM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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