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defrogSpeaking of irrational fears...
ITEM [via BoingBoing]: A large-breasted woman flying from Oakland to Boston is accosted by the TSA when the underwire in her bra sets off the metal detector.
She is given a choice: allow her breasts to be fondled or give up on flying. Instead, she took off the bra and passed, but missed her flight anyway.
Business as usual for the TSA, of course. The last paragraph is the most revealing, though:
TRAVEL TIP: Underwire bras ARE the “leading item that set off the metal detectors”, according to the TSA supervisor.
The same applies to federal courthouses, apparently.
The people who did the Airplane! movies solved this problem 25 years ago, of course. [Starting around 23 seconds into the clip, and probably NSFW.]
PRODUCTION NOTE: Airplane clip joke artlessly stolen fromgarbagecanmusic.
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ITEM [via BoingBoing]: A large-breasted woman flying from Oakland to Boston is accosted by the TSA when the underwire in her bra sets off the metal detector.
She is given a choice: allow her breasts to be fondled or give up on flying. Instead, she took off the bra and passed, but missed her flight anyway.
Business as usual for the TSA, of course. The last paragraph is the most revealing, though:
Kates said that although she flies about once a month, the only other time her bra has set off alarms in an airport was while she was being "wanded" in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When she explained to the security agent that the wand was picking up the metal in her bra, she said, that was the end of the matter and she was allowed to go on her way.
TRAVEL TIP: Underwire bras ARE the “leading item that set off the metal detectors”, according to the TSA supervisor.
The same applies to federal courthouses, apparently.
The people who did the Airplane! movies solved this problem 25 years ago, of course. [Starting around 23 seconds into the clip, and probably NSFW.]
PRODUCTION NOTE: Airplane clip joke artlessly stolen from
garbagecanmusic. Turn me loose,
This is dF
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Wand me baby...
on 2008-08-28 04:11 am (UTC)I'm interested to see if there is any hard data on whether or not people have stopped flying altogether because they don't want to be fondled...