Comments on: Will you be taking those grenades all the way to Belgium?

By: CrowGirl

CrowGirl — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:15:54 +0000

You would have hoped that the TSA would have asked her, wouldn’t you..?

By: iflydaplanes

iflydaplanes — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:52:06 +0000

@Jazz, that is what being a good wingman is all about!

By: AllThatJazz

AllThatJazz — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:40:37 +0000

@Bandage – She can’t be hot. Haven’t you ever heard of “jumping the grenade” so your buddy can tap the hottie?

By: 69Spinster

69Spinster — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:18:54 +0000

Maybe the woman was a mystery shopper. She works for the TSA and was posing as a regular passenger to ensure that her TSA colleagues are doing their jobs properly. When they found the grenades, the woman congratulated her colleagues on a job well done, and then she went off to Belgium for some ice-skating and chocolate.

By: Bandage

Bandage — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:17:29 +0000

Ok, here are my answers to your questions:

Q1. Isn’t carrying more than two hand grenades already by definition an incident?
A1. Not if no one survives to tell the tale.

Q2. If the grenades didn’t pose a threat, why did she have to surrender them?
A2. Because handling more than 2 explosive round things at a time annoys the other females around you, whether they’re on a flight or not.

Q3. Would you want to sit next to somebody who tried packing five grenades in her suitcase?
A3. That depends. Is she hot?

Q4. Why would a person go to Belgium?
A4. F&#@ if I know.

By: 69Spinster

69Spinster — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:15:54 +0000

I humbly offer a haiku:

Grenades in suitcase
Carry-on or checked item?
Makes a difference

By: slick9

slick9 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:52:09 +0000

Story sounds like a Belgian waffle, only in Newark. And the TSA takes away nail clippers from old ladies?

Do you suppose the grenades were Christmas presents?

By: Dave_not_dave

Dave_not_dave — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:34:16 +0000

Those all look like practice grenades to me (blue spoon, hole in bottom). Some people like to put them on their desk with a “Pull Pin for Service” tag in them. Others like to try to pack them with explosives and make them live grenades. Not that I have ever done that. At least, there are no records that I have ever done that.

Anyway, I have to agree with you BG, why would anyone go to Belgium?

By: Jibberish

Jibberish — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:31:36 +0000

The only song I can come up with is a cover of the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic, “That Smell.” But really, it’s only the chorus I can make applicable to fries. :-/

Ooh, ooh that smell
Can’t you smell that smell?
Ooh, ooh that smell
The smell of fries surrounds you.

By: Shra

Shra — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:22:44 +0000

Oooooh! The fries! The Fries with Samurai sauce…
Oh, those fries…

Can someone come up with a song about Belgian fries?