Posted on 10/14/2013 2:20:22 PM PDT by QT3.14
TSA otherwise known as “ Thousands standing around”.
Meanwhile, all men who “appear to be Arab” are waved through with their AK47s in hand.
Did the illiterate Justice Roberts eliminate the 1st Amendment along with the 10th?
I’ve been lurking here since the Clinton days. To prove it, I predict that several people will point out that I just signed up today, others will say that I’m a DU troll, and I will probably be accused of a double post as well.
Anyway, after reading this article, I had to tell of my travel experience this weekend. I was flying from Knoxville TN to Dallas TX. I realize that Knoxville is not a huge city, but there was only 1 TSA agent and 1 x-ray machine/scanner for all departing passengers. When I got there, there were about 30 people in line in front of me and it was taking at least 1 minute per person. So it took over 30 minutes for me to get to the front of the line.
I had a baseball cap on when I went through the scanning machine, and of course the hat got flagged. Believe me, by this time I was in a pretty bad mood. The TSA agent told me to take off my hat. As he was squeezing my hat he said, “You don’t have any guns or knives hidden in here do you?”, as he chuckled. I snatched the hat out of his hands and said “Hell no!” Then I said “If I had made a wisecrack like that, you would have had my face on the floor with a gun to my head! It’s a good thing we don’t all have to live by the same rules.”
He was pretty much speechless at that point and had a confused look on his face as I walked away. Anyway, I got a small amount of satisfaction from the exchange.
That’s all I have to say, but to prove that I’ve been lurking here for years, I’m sure a grammar/spelling nazi will point out my errors, and several people will complain about my formatting or lack thereof.
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This is not new. I know I have heard this message multiple times as I do a LOT of travel through IAH.
I cracked up travelling out of LAX about 10 years ago hearing the central scrutinzer on the PA insisting that the white zone is for loading and unloading only. Any Zappa fan would “get it”.
I can get some of these and I haven’t lurked for a long time.
Laz is the guy who hits everything or everyone.
Chelsea Clinton looks like Hubble (not sure if he was gov or clinton advisor). I’ve read this two-three times here in the last year.
White Water was a land deal that got Hillary started ripping off investors when she was with the law firm. Don’t need to come here to know that.
One more. Jim Thompson is the mis naming of the owner. Don’t know the origin.
Have seen a lot of zotting. All you have to do is follow the kitties and bolts.
That’s all I got.
Would like to see if the other answers get posted.
Cankle is when the calf flows into the ankle and there isn’t a distinctive appearance between the two. Hillary, but don’t think I’ve seen her in anything other than a pant suit.
Most freepers will answer questions on threads or e-mail if asking politely.
I’m not much of a train guy, but Willie Green was a good dude.
So the terrorists won? They managed to destroy Americans’ freedoms.
How many TSA agents does it take to do a cavity search?
What the heck! Is this for real?
He was nothing less than a deep-cover troll.
No, seriously, neat story. Glad you got through the checkpoint and got satisfaction. :)
There are still some unanswered questions. We'll see.
One sort-of classic dodge of a past reference did just come to mind though...that could be a " I dunno" but show they were around, too. I missed it because I was in...(?) That one got some mileage.
Not that it matters much, for the individual is answerable to their own conscience. In any of this (questions answered or not) that [conscience] could be as clean as a whistle, in relation to FR, and having lurked [periodically, I assume] for a long time.
No big deal, just trying to have some fun. pancakes.
I guess I let out to many openly held "state secrets" contained within the questions, since the reply full of questions has been yanked.
I can't even say it was fun while it "lasted". lol
Just glad not to be zotted
I guess I’ll have to find my own candle photo
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