Re: [MBZ] [Fwd: IDIOTS I]

[TimothyPilgrim]

Bwahhhaaahahahaha!

Tim

On 7/15/05, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> An acquaintance of mine who lives in Ketchikan, Alaska, says that tourists
> will often travel thousands of miles on a cruise ship to get there, step off
> onto the dock, then immediately ask how far above sea level they are.

Re: [MBZ] [Fwd: IDIOTS I]

[David Brodbeck]

An acquaintance of mine who lives in Ketchikan, Alaska, says that tourists
will often travel thousands of miles on a cruise ship to get there, step off
onto the dock, then immediately ask how far above sea level they are.

RE: OT Re: [MBZ] [Fwd: IDIOTS I]

[Royce Engler]

ROTFLMAO

I was doing a lot of weekly traveling to New Orleans a couple of years ago,
and figured out REAL quick that the random person that would be chosen at
Southwest was always the first person in each of the three queues.  When
Southwest did away with the plastic strips and started issuing paper
boarding passes, they started bar coding the boarding passes of people who
were "randomly chosen"  As soon as you got your boarding pass, you knew you
were in for it.

Royce
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  Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:02 AM
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  At Houston Hobby airport a few months after 9/11, I was at the head of the
line for a short flt to Dallas, Southwest Airlines (cattle line).  The gate
attendant announces, "Anyone who would like to volunteer for a random
security check will get on the plane first."  Aside from the fact that if
you had to go through that process you would be about #30 on the plane, I
stupidly could not resist asking him, , "How can it be random if you
volunteer?"  He said, "Well, then you just volunteered" and the woman behind
me (#2 in line) got seriously upset that she couldn't volunteer to be
randomly searched to be first in line.  I got to do the stupid human tricks,
was about #30 on the plane.

  I learned from that experience never to question empirical reality.

  Then I see this in today's paper:
Houston Chronicle, by Mike Glenn   Original Article


A Houston-based rapper said his decision to call himself the "Arabic
Assassin" was meant to stir up a bit of controversy in the music business.
The stage persona — along with some incendiary lyrics in one of his songs —
also helped get Bassam Khalaf fired this month from his job as a baggage
screener at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

  There is more to the story, but it just makes one wonder, or maybe not...

  --R

OT Re: [MBZ] [Fwd: IDIOTS I]

[Rich Thomas]

At Houston Hobby airport a few months after 9/11, I was at the head of 
the line for a short flt to Dallas, Southwest Airlines (cattle line).  
The gate attendant announces, "Anyone who would like to volunteer for a 
random security check will get on the plane first."  Aside from the fact 
that if you had to go through that process you would be about #30 on the 
plane, I stupidly could not resist asking him, , "How can it be random 
if you volunteer?"  He said, "Well, then you just volunteered" and the 
woman behind me (#2 in line) got /seriously /upset that she couldn't 
volunteer to be randomly searched to be first in line.  I got to do the 
stupid human tricks, was about #30 on the plane.


I learned from that experience never to question empirical reality.

Then I see this in today's paper:
*Houston Chronicle, by Mike Glenn*   Original Article 


**
A Houston-based rapper said his decision to call himself the "Arabic 
Assassin" was meant to stir up a bit of controversy in the music 
business. The stage persona -- along with some incendiary lyrics in one 
of his songs -- also helped get Bassam Khalaf fired this month from his 
job as a baggage screener at Bush Intercontinental Airport.



There is more to the story, but it just makes one wonder, or maybe not...

--R


Royce Engler wrote:


You should probably know that all those folks are now working as security
screeners at the airport since the gummint took over that function.

Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 265K



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Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:57 AM
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Subject: [MBZ] [Fwd: IDIOTS I]





 > They walk among us!
 >
 > IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
 > I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the
 > local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer
 > Crossing sign on our road.
 > The reason: "too many deer were being hit by cars" and he didn't want
 > them to cross there anymore. This one was from Kingman, KS.
 > __
 > IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and
 > ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal
 > lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg. And he was a
 > Kansas City chef!
 > __
 > IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an
 > airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage
 > without your nowledge? To which I replied, "If it was without my
 > knowledge, how would I know? He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's
 > why we ask." Happened in Birmingham, Ala.
 > ___
 > IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to
 > cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged
 > coworker of mine when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I
 > explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
 > Appalled,she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing
 > driving?!" She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS
 > ___
 > IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who
 > was leaving the company due to "downsizing," our manager commented
 > cheerfully, "this is fun. We should do this more often." Not a word was
 > spoken. We all just looked at each other with that
 > deer-in-the-headlights stare. This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.
 > 
 > IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip
 > back into itself and for the life of her couldn't understand why her
 > system would not turn on. A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's
 > office no less.
 > 
 > IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile
 > dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in
 > it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working
 > feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the
 > passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered
 > that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it's
 > open!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that side."
 > This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >


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[Royce Engler]

You should probably know that all those folks are now working as security
screeners at the airport since the gummint took over that function.

Royce Engler
1985 300TD Turbo 265K



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darrell W. Sigmon
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:57 AM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: [MBZ] [Fwd: IDIOTS I]





  > They walk among us!
  >
  > IDIOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD:
  > I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbor call the
  > local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer
  > Crossing sign on our road.
  > The reason: "too many deer were being hit by cars" and he didn't want
  > them to cross there anymore. This one was from Kingman, KS.
  > __
  > IDIOTS IN FOOD SERVICE: My daughter went to a local Taco Bell and
  > ordered a taco. She asked the person behind the counter for "minimal
  > lettuce." He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg. And he was a
  > Kansas City chef!
  > __
  > IDIOT SIGHTING: I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an
  > airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage
  > without your nowledge? To which I replied, "If it was without my
  > knowledge, how would I know? He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's
  > why we ask." Happened in Birmingham, Ala.
  > ___
  > IDIOT SIGHTING: The stoplight on the corner buzzes when it's safe to
  > cross the street. I was crossing with an intellectually challenged
  > coworker of mine when she asked if I knew what the buzzer was for. I
  > explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
  > Appalled,she responded, "What on earth are blind people doing
  > driving?!" She was a probation officer in Wichita, KS
  > ___
  > IDIOT SIGHTING: At a good-bye luncheon for an old and dear coworker who
  > was leaving the company due to "downsizing," our manager commented
  > cheerfully, "this is fun. We should do this more often." Not a word was
  > spoken. We all just looked at each other with that
  > deer-in-the-headlights stare. This was a bunch at Texas Instruments.
  > 
  > IDIOT SIGHTING: I work with an individual who plugged her power strip
  > back into itself and for the life of her couldn't understand why her
  > system would not turn on. A deputy with the Dallas County Sheriff's
  > office no less.
  > 
  > IDIOT SIGHTING: When my husband and I arrived at an automobile
  > dealership to pick up our car, we were told the keys had been locked in
  > it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic working
  > feverishly to unlock the driver's side door. As I watched from the
  > passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered
  > that it was unlocked. "Hey," I announced to the technician, "it's
  > open!" To which he replied, "I know - I already got that side."
  > This was at the Ford dealership in Canton, Mississippi!
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >


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