Now you too can bother Midwesterners and airport security, just like Raed Jaer, with your very own “I am not a terrorist” tshirt.
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JetBlue Makes Passenger Change “Offensive” Arabic Tshirt
By 8.24.06
Haha, them reactionary mobs, worried that increased security measures will infringe constitutional rights. Ha ha ha, read this, motherfuckers.
NWA Scores Awesome Dumpster Dive Find: Shame
By 8.23.06
NPR covered the list of 101 money saving tips Northwest Airlines sent out to its 60 fired employees last week. You know, the one that advised the recently unemployed, “Don’t be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash.”
Gel Bras OK’d For Takeoff
By 8.23.06
Flat chested travelers, rejoice! Gel bras are now allowed on flights! Squish, squish, hooray! Keep those tips up, etc!
Farecast Adds 50 Cities!
By 8.21.06
Bowing to the pressure of there being more to life than Frasier and Cheers, Our favorite predictive airfare search engine has expanded past only servicing Seattle and Boston. As of this morning, Farecast supports over 50 cities, including New York City, LA, Washington, Chicago and many more.
Travelers, Please Leave Your Tits At Home
By 8.18.06
And traveling just got a hell of a lot drearier: U.S. authorities are advising women not to wear gel bras when traveling, lest they be mistaken for a bosom-emphasizing terrorist.
Northwest Airlines Dumpster Diving Booklet Revealed!
By 8.17.06
You don’t have to be a laid-off Northwest employee to appreciate these money-saving tips. We’ve uploaded the same booklet they gave their recently fired employees and they offer savvy savings for all of us.
UK Lightens Security Measures… Still Fears Liquids
By 8.15.06
Well, at the very least, the UK seems to have come to their senses, ratcheting down their terror level: British travelers can now carry-on one piece of luggage, including laptops and iPods, with the only stipulation that it can’t be a liquid or a case full of dynamite.
The Ubiquity of Broken Electronics Pilfering by the TSA
By 8.15.06
An anonymous reader sent us a curious little email yesterday evening. She claims that she has found an easy and environmentally safe way to discard of broken electronics, doo-dads and gizmos: pack them in her check-in luggage and wait for TSA monkeys to steal them.
Insurers to Travelers: “Lost Laptop? Not Our Problem.”
By 8.14.06
If you’re flying out of Britain to the United States, you’ve got an 8 hour in-flight of dreary ennui ahead of you. Your laptops, your PDAs, your cellphones, your shiny PSP must all be left in check-in, to be flung about, searched and rooted through by an armada of anonymous baggage check monkeys.
Sierra Mist Ad Develops New Meaning Post 8/10
By 8.11.06
Jonathan Cowperthwait points us to a Sierra Mist commercial set in an airport security line. Our wild guesstimate is that it won’t be seen on TV anymore, strange prescience aside.
Silver Lining In JuiceyJuice Patdowns And Airport Delays
By 8.11.06
• But that’s a good thing because with the ban on onboard personal care products and cleansers, “The Great Unwashed” becomes a metaphor made flesh.
The Best Time To Buy Tickets, Explained By Smarty Man
By 8.11.06
Yesterday, our pallid flesh dripping off our bones, melted from the burn we had received at the hands of Upgrade Travel when they expertly flamed our Buy Flight Tickets at Midnight post, we petulantly retorted: “Okay, smart guy, when is the best time to buy a ticket?”
Terrorists! Apply Directly to the Forehead!
By 8.11.06
Sometimes an issue is too big for words, so then if a picture is worth a thousand of ’em, this image by reader Matt is worth like a million bucks.
Terrorist JuicyJuices, a Photo Essay
By 8.10.06
Unattended Juicy-Juice boxes will be confiscated. This one was shortly detonated on the tarmac inside a special containment box made out of graham crackers.
