You know they just didn't appreciate the humor in the absurdity of thoroughly searching the pilot for weapons he might use to forcefully take over and assume control of the plane.
United Airlines pilot in trouble for dropping trou at security
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You know they just didn't appreciate the humor in the absurdity of thoroughly searching the pilot for weapons he might use to forcefully take over and assume control of the plane.
ScottM
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Brazil = no humor
I guess he is lucky he was not brought to information retrieval.
I guess he is lucky he was not brought to information retrieval.
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sba55
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Yes, no humor, but the reaction in the U.S. would have been exactly the same. Maybe he wouldn't even have been let go so quickly.....
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I need to get serious.
So Flash Gordon is in Rio, and decides to have some fun with the security people, who are just doing what they are being paid to do. The security people turn around and have a little fun with Flash. If it were me doing the security, I would have figured out a reason to confiscate his pants, and made him fly back to the states in his undies. Now that would be funny. 
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Unfortunately that isn't ALWAYS true. Some tend to "exert" their authority more than others.
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I need to get serious.
Oh, I'm sure that was the case.
I was in Dubuque last weekend by the way. Nice town. I stayed at the Hotel Julien.
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sba55
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Yes, and if you work for the TSA, you're more likely to be a person who has a need to exercise "authority". Of course, not all people who work for the TSA are like that, but it stands to reason that there's a selection bias re. who applies to work there....
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I have a personal rule of thumb -- if I don't think i could handle doing time in a given locale's clink, I don't screw around. Brazil? I think I'd be walkin' the straight and narrow for sure.
Had ol' Joran Van Der Sloot followed my rule of thumb that girl might still be alive.
Had ol' Joran Van Der Sloot followed my rule of thumb that girl might still be alive.
wsuffa
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The words "Paul Blart, Mall Cop" come to mind...
astanley
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+1,000,000
I am EXCEPTIONALLY careful, courteous, and deferential when at the Brazilian border. There is no other way to roll.
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-Andrew