AS LONG AS HE HAD EVERYTHING IN A CLEAR, ONE-QUART, RESEALABLE PLASTIC BAG

A United Airlines pilot was briefly detained at the international airport in Rio de Janeiro after lowering his pants during a security screening...

(Thanks to Janice Gelb)

Comments

[Cheesewiz]

Viva o capitão!

[Jeff Meyerson]

Maybe he's single, Siouxie.

[Steve]

When I worked for the guv'ment, I rarely visited the Cabinet I worked for, partly due to the half-hour it took to get through security. I can see his point.
(My boss knew how I felt. He finally took to letting me in through a side door and not telling anyone). (Don't tell the terrorists that it's that easy).

[Jeff Meyerson]

"Is that a joystick in your pants or do we need to go in the bedroom back room and discuss this further?"

[Braniff]

It's Brazil, Birthplace of the thong. What are they so uptight about?

[bonmot]

"Hersh agreed to a prosecutor's offer to pay a fine in exchange for no charges being filed against him."

Isn't that also called a bribe?

[queensbee]

um, couldnt he have just lied and said, whoopsie, pants fell down...... bwaahhha... guess they have no sense of humor - didnt he have underwear?

[Graz]

I think he was just trying to save time on his pre-flight by checking his joystick.

[oneblankspace]

If they don't want the pants to fall, they shouldn't have required him to undo his belt.

One thing I did not understand about the fall of 2001: When I went away for the weekend without nail clippers, by the time I got back, my nails were so long I didn't need box cutters.