The Family (Or most of them)

The Family (Or most of them)
The Family

August 11, 2006

"GLOBAL" TERRORISM


AIRPORT AUTHORITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE DOING THEIR PART TO CONSERVE WATER THIS WEEK.

BECAUSE OF THE TERRORIST PLOT UNCOVERED IN THE UK TO BOMB 10 OR MORE PLANES WITH LIQUID EXPLOSIVES, AIRPORTS HAVE TIGHTENED THEIR SECURITY MEASURES TO NEW UNBELIEVABLY RESTRICTIVE HEIGHTS.

No longer content with merely apprehending such potentially destructive WMDs as tweezers, nail clippers, nose hair scissors and zit removing thingies, airports across the planet have now banned all liquids on carry-on baggage.

This includes, says one report out of Montreal, bottles of water, any gel-like substances such as toothpaste, hair gel and presumably sexual lubricants, but -- and we are not kidding -- those staples of airport shop sales, water globes.



There was no immediate word on whether passengers would be asked to empty their bladders before all flights and whether all in-flight pee breaks would require armed escorts by security personnel.

Sales of snow globes, Canada's biggest cash export, were forecast to plummet.

20 comments:

  1. So McHale's calling me Ironbottom again, Elroy? Confiscate those souvenir snow globes now . . . what's that? A Bill Gates snowglobe, or is that David Cronenberg?

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  2. Ah yes, McHales Navy, that's the show...not one of my faves, but shoulda remembered.

    And I see you've revived his sidekick. Good on ya.

    I think it's Bill Gates. Is there anywhere he can't go?

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  3. Apparently hell, because he'd be considered competition.

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  4. OMG... the snowglobes? NO!! not the snowglobes!!!!
    right, so we must take it as a warning... wherever you come from you're going to arrive with exceptionally foul breath and very unkempt hair on top of the zits and too long nails, coz you know, no-one does those things before they leave home!!

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  5. Angel:

    Yes, but I'm sure the air travel economy won't suffer.

    Imagine all those travellers rushing to the cosmetics counter at their destination to quickly grab Tic Tacs or gum or mints or toothpaste/tootbrush, all to freshen up on their arrival.

    On the other hand, think about the unpleasantness of being at 35,000 feet on an overseas flight for eight hours and not a single packet of Listerine in sight...

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  6. ::crosses snowglobes off my list of buying items in Canada:::

    I assume we're still allowed to drive them across the border?

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  7. This will kill our local economy!
    Whateverpeg supplies 99% of all the snow in those cones. As I look out my window I can see the flakes of white gold falling gracefully from the grey sky above. Beneath my window lay a feathered bed of white angel dust. A Polar Bear and a Moose scamper around the snowman playing tag.
    Wait what's this..."GAME OFF" yells a Penquin as the Caribou take a shortcut through my yard...

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  8. oooo ...

    What's a goil gotta do ta score the Boop-oop-a-doo globe?!?!!!

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  9. Pam:

    No, they will now be equipped with remote-controlled detonation devices. They cross the 49th and...kaboom!

    HE:

    Yeah, I think the fat racoon that couldn't scale your fence was enough of Wild Country Canada.

    Lady:

    A Goil's gotta do what a Goil's gotta do.

    Hate to say it, but I doubt it's Canadian. You can probably buy one for $2.99 at your local Wal-Mart.

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  10. I still want a David Croneberg snow globe

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  11. Well, Fronty, we'll have to see what we can do to get you one then.

    That was a short appearance by Bilko, Buddy.

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  12. Just please don’t tell me they’ve banned Floaty Pens

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  13. No shorter than McHale, and it was Joe Flynn >B^D>

    I'm gonna have to hold an old TV refresher/Dale Carnegie seminar . . . . . bwahahahahaha

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  14. MJ:

    Brilliant find!!! I bet these WOULD be banned.

    Pens were probably deemed as dangerous as nuclear warheads even before this latest silliness.

    These floaty pens are a dual weapon with the liquid AND the pointy tip. And they float.

    FE:

    Fronty, you rival Homo Escapeons for your ability to retain and go on about trivia.

    You guys should go into business together: Homo and Fronty's Useless Online Trivia!

    OK, sign me up for your course.

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  15. One day you'll be in the middle of a tribe of New Guinea cannibals who worship Joe Flynn and collage art and you'll be thanking HE and me profusely.

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  16. No doubt, Fronty, no doubt...

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  17. He is absolutely right! You should be thanking us in advance...now what the hell is goin' on with your photos?... You guys crack me up.

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  18. Homo:

    What...ridicule over this avatar and that, and now we're both ourselves again, and...

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  19. This terrorism drama is going way too far...I think all the ppl in this world have just lost it.

    Keshi.

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