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Woman goes down baggage chute at Swedish airport Miss read instructions)
AFP ^
| Wednesday, August 27 2008
| AFP
Posted on 08/27/2008 9:42:40 AM PDT by valkyry1
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt, media reported Wednesday.
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TOPICS: Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: offbeat; wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:42:40 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:43:17 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: valkyry1
You just can’t make this sh*t up, folks.
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:44:36 AM PDT
by
101voodoo
To: valkyry1
Beats the hell out of going through gate security!
Maybe there should be a grandpaw & grandmaw express check-in service? :)
To: Admin Moderator
I did not get the addon to the title completely in parentheses, please add on at the word Miss.
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:45:49 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: valkyry1
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:48:19 AM PDT
by
jmpmstr4u2
(43 muscles to frown, 7 to smile and 4 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and tired of smiling.)
To: valkyry1
I guess they could have used "IKEA Man" on the directions.
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:48:29 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
( This tag blank until football season.)
To: TexasCajun
Sounds good to me, just fire them on down the chute ;)
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:49:32 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: valkyry1
Now it reads like an airport Miss, as in a young lady, read the instructions.
Should've gone for small case 'misread.'
To: valkyry1; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Thanks, Valk. Two questions pop to mind:
1. So this is a product of those wonderful European educational systems I've been hearing about?
2. I wonder if the airline charged her extra for the additional checked bag?
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:53:02 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
To: valkyry1
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:54:29 AM PDT
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: Young Werther
Mak sa tykiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttt!
To: valkyry1; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:57:52 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Old Baggage Claim)
To: valkyry1
Maybe it was an Educated Eggdicator and decided she was a bad egg.
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posted on
08/27/2008 9:59:55 AM PDT
by
Walmartian
(DoesnÂ’t sound very Hopenchangey to me.)
To: Slings and Arrows
//I wonder if the airline charged her extra for the additional checked bag?//
Only if she got tagged or stamped with a barcode :)
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posted on
08/27/2008 10:00:27 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/27/2008 10:01:53 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: valkyry1
Miss read instructionsActually, it sounds like Miss *didn't* read the instructions.
I'm just sayin'.
To: valkyry1
Just like an old bag............
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posted on
08/27/2008 10:03:50 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(Choosing between McInsane and Obamapalooza is like choosing to ingest a slow or fast-acting poison.)
To: valkyry1
The most fun she had since before electricity.
To: TexasCajun
Good thing they dont use an enlarged version of the drive up bank teller cannisters!
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posted on
08/27/2008 10:06:21 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
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