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That's one way to have one's ashes scattered all over the world.
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | July 16, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Wait -- he wanted to have a carrion bag
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | July 16, 2007 at 11:10 AM
Carry on cremated loved ones don't need their own ticket? WOW! Guess that's better than trying to sneek a casket on. (easier on the x-ray machine too)
Posted by: kibby F5™ | July 16, 2007 at 11:11 AM
so i didn't need to chop up grandma into all those quart size pieces?
Posted by: crossgirl | July 16, 2007 at 11:14 AM
What a doofus. We got the video of hundreds of people standing outside the terminal this morning. That must have played havoc with morning rush hour!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 16, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Dead man waiting....
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | July 16, 2007 at 11:21 AM
To expand on Jeff's "What a doofus." comment - must have been a doofus TSA agent not to know the rules.
Posted by: kibby F5™ | July 16, 2007 at 11:23 AM
People, we're talking about MIAMI here???
that. is. all.
Posted by: Siouxie | July 16, 2007 at 11:25 AM
TSA Screener: Sir, I need you to step over here, please. What is in this container?
Traveller: These are the ashes of my late spouse.
TSA Screener: Do you have proof of that, sir?
Traveller: No, I don't have a certificate with me.
TSA Screener: I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to open it up.
Traveller: Here?
TSA Screener: Yes, I can't allow it on the plane without verification.
Traveller: OK ..... [unseals lid]
TSA Screener: AHHHHCHOOOO!!!!
Traveller: [blinks silently]
TSA Screener: Thank you, sir. Please proceed.
TSA Screener (into phone): Cleanup crew to Gate 4, please.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | July 16, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Midget Musicians. Check.
Dead people boarding a plane. Check.
Yep, the weirdness magnet is definitely in working order.
Posted by: Meditrina | July 16, 2007 at 11:28 AM
*SNORK* @ Meanie. :-)
Posted by: DeskDiva | July 16, 2007 at 11:36 AM
When I heard about it on the radio, the first thing I thought of was that Siouxue was trying to go through security with her machete.
Posted by: ArcticAl | July 16, 2007 at 11:44 AM
LMAO Al
wasn't me ;-P
Posted by: Siouxie | July 16, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Supposing he had checked in his baggage. You can easily imagine some baggage handler throwing the
thing down the shute and onto the carousel. The people would be seeing the spouse go round and round,literally spinning in her grave. Eventually,the carousel would stop and the fun would begin.
Posted by: bill cormeny | July 16, 2007 at 02:32 PM
"Wait -- he wanted to have a carrion bag
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias"
Well played, sir.
A few years back, the woman who was the model for the Creamettes logo (a midwestern pasta company) died. I did not know the family, but if I had, I could have asked, "Will she be embalmed or creametted?"
Posted by: PeterM | July 16, 2007 at 02:50 PM
Someone let the remains out on the plane.
Posted by: SW | July 16, 2007 at 10:59 PM
Reminds me of an Arrogant Worms song:
"When I'm dead, put my head in the freezer,
right beside the corn and the peas,
I may be dead, but I am not deceased, dear
Someday science will reanimate me."
http://artists.letssingit.com/arrogant-worms-lyrics-head-in-the-freezer-6hjsrtx
Posted by: Susan McNamara | July 17, 2007 at 01:07 PM