in soviet russia, gi joe confiscates you

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahaa.
Time to move.

I wouldn't call that security too LAX. I'd say it was postitively on it's toes!

Oh, wait...

You can take my replica armalite when you pry it from my room temperature rubbery kung-fu grip!

Maybe it's a penis thing ...

Bah, thats nothing...I'm working in Ft. Lauderdale and the airport has this wonderful little sign that describes all the items you are no longer allowed to bring onboard. My favorite is

Transformer toys that shape a gun.

The TSA has seen the enemy, and he is Megatron.

GI Joe action figures of the world Unite and take over.

I want a follow up saying she made the whole thing up. Please?

How do you know the kid isn't an Al Quaida terrorist in disguise?

My younger brother had an orange, translucent plastic water gun taken (they boxed it and checked it as luggage) from his carry-on stuff twenty years ago. He was six or seven. This is nothing new.

When teeny tiny guns are outlawed, only teeny tiny outlaws will have guns.

If 2-inch toy replicas are outlawed, then only outlaws will have 2-inch toy replicas.

Of course, a two-inch G.I. Joe gun is a little different.

Lizard....

Hell yeah! The Entertech Uzi used a nine volt battery and had a GREAT continous fire rate. Damn those were fine toys....

Pitty they are no longer available....oh well, the pussification of america continues.

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Security chiefs at Los Angeles airport said: "We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica.

Judy, who bought Beanie Babies for her other grandchildren, joked: "At least THEY weren't subjected to body searches."

What?? Beanie Babies aren't terrorist items?? When did this happen?

I hide splinters in the shoes of my GI joes when i'm going through LAX...

Great! There are entirely too many GI Joe guns out there in the world! By teaching our children what guns look like, we teach them that by carrying guns they can resist the imminent overthrow of the United States of Godmerica by the legions of Illuminati Chinese Clone Warriors! Our "zero tolerance" agenda has worked well in schools for such, and we have boldly expanded it to airports! Next, we will confiscate people who even think about guns! Then, and only then will we cast off our masks and reveal ourselves as the Satanic Tyrants of Revelations!

Oh, damn, we're not supposed to read the Hidden Agenda out loud in public, are we. Next I suppose Christopher Lowell will come with his Homosexual Enforcers to chastize me.

yeah, but two inches???:

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now, six inch guns:

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whoa daddy, thats a loaded pistol, my friend

Guns don't kill people. Tiny guns kill people...

I can't believe that no one has thought of this:

LAX security guard: "Well kid, now you know...and knowing is half the battle! (G.I. Jooooooe!)"

Who's laughing now? Go check CNN - two eensy weensy El Al employees were just gunned down at LAX!

Lizard, heck I still have one! I've got the shorty m-16 looking one, that not only shoots water, but the muzzle flashes red!

Too bad the sissification of the US resulted in all these good toys going away. I guess my kids will have to play with real guns, since I can't get the toy ones!

"We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica."

'zactly

there is a protocol. like the army, security guards shouldn't deviate from that protocol unless they've been told by someone above them. Now, do you all want to be behind that person as the phone calls are made to decide what "looks like a weapon or a replica" or not should be confiscated or not? Leave the farking gun behind and get on the plane.

This is officialy THE stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life.

you could put someone's eye out with that....

I think Rick Derringer should not be allowed on airplanes because his name is that of a 2 inch gun...also, because he sucks.

ok, this is a little off topic, but this is for all the soviet russia jokes.

"Even though he's seven years old George knew the toy was missing an important part.

Was this before or after the gun was taken away?

acronym
nice instructions, but those assume, that the person checking this, can determine what "looks like a weapon".

if you think a 2 inch gun peace of plastic does, obviously you can't determine that. Orders were ok, execution rather poorly I'd say. Otherwise, They'd have to confiscate pictures of guns too I'm afraid.

"yep, definitely looks like a weapon"

Thus foiling the Toymaker's nefarious scheme to take over the world with armies of robotic toy figures.

You can take my replica armalite when you pry it from my room temperature rubbery kung-fu grip!

Farking hilarious.

That's nothing.

When I got married, my wife confescated my 7" hip-high protein blaster and it's matching set of saline spheres.

"We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica.

I'd hope that their instructions state to confiscate anything that looks like it might be a weapon (or a replica that's undistinguishable from the real thing).

With that directive, I could draw a picture of a gun on a piece of paper and they'd confiscate that.

Haha! I had an Entertech water gun that looked like a Tec-9. Damn, that thing was fun. The water reservior was where the magazine on the real gun would be, and you could remove it and refill it with water. Quite realistic. I grew out of toy guns just as they started making them orange and crap. I hated those -- so I switched to real guns. They are much more fun. :-)

Does this mean if I am reading a Guns&Ammo mag it will be taken because it has pictures of guns?

And what about the fact that I design paintball markers and I happen to keep a very nice model as my laptop wallpaper?

Guess I better just plan on driving from now on.

Ok, now I wonder what Cobra Commanders take on all this is... He must be pssssssssssssssssssssssed...


Even Sgt. Slaughter wouldn't take this crap...

The airlines have to be careful. A drunk pilot might mistake a two inch toy gun for the real thing.

The terrorists have won.

Jeebus...Make sure it's drawn with the correct instument on apprpriate paper ( I prefer Scott brand)

They disarmed a G. I. Joe? A real American hero!?



Actually, I hate G. I. Joe. It's a propaganda machine designed to make children hate people who have love for snakes, masks made out of black handkerchiefs, and to convince them to buy village people records (come on, a sailor, a basketball player, and a weird guy in a tank top who likes to "wrestle"?)

I for one do not like snakes or handkerchief masks, but I am sure there are many people who do. Stereotyping them all as terrorists sends a wrong message! The next time a child sees a man in military uniform with a snake symbol walking down the street, the kid may pretend to make the G. I. Joe shoot at him, or worst yet, point a finger and yell that he has a bazooka. G. I. Joe is not PC!! It has too many guns! The guns should be replaced with flowers, golf clubs. The cartoon should have the G. I. Joes challenging Cobra to golf matches.

OMFG!!!! This is sooo farking stupid. When will this shiat end???

"Leave the farking gun behind and get on the plane."

-that advice would apply IF IT WAS A FARKING GUN!
It's not. Neither is a picture of a gun on the cover of a book but yes, they'd probably confiscate that too. Dumbasses...

Archer: He took your what?
Major Chip Hazard: He took my damn gun! can you belive it?

I remember once going through airport security my Dad got stopped and they told him to open his bag. And he pulled out one of those pin things that you can put on your face that makes your face appear in the pins. They thought it was a fragmentation bomb on the scanners.

Anyhow, I can safely say that the only way those GI Joe guns can kill someone is if they are lodged in someone's throat. Sadly, I would like to see nothing more than the teeny tiny two inch gun lodged in the throat of the man who confiscated it.

Protocol shmotocol, this is officially the part where we've transferred from overwhelming caution to overwhelming stupidity.

You have to watch out for midget terrorists carrying minituerized weapons!

Common sense surrenders

It's assinine. But check it as baggage and put it in the cargo hold. And if they haven't figured it out by now, the extra security isn't what has really changed things. It is the awareness of the passengers on board the aircraft about what the other passengers are doing. No one on board is ever going to let a person with a minor weapon, such as a box cutter, take over an aircraft again. Ever. And they still allow me to take one of my favorite weapons, my belt, right on board.

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Hey, you can't be too careful. Little sucker might have been fully loaded with .00000022 cal CC Stingers.

"You better stop that! You won't be happy until you put somebody's eye out!"

Well, sure enough, I never put anyone's eye out, and I've never been completely happy. She was right.

08-05-02 10:00:13 AM Acronym
"We have instructions to confiscate anything that looks like a weapon or a replica."

'zactly

there is a protocol. like the army, security guards shouldn't deviate from that protocol unless they've been told by someone above them. Now, do you all want to be behind that person as the phone calls are made to decide what "looks like a weapon or a replica" or not should be confiscated or not? Leave the farking gun behind and get on the plane.

I understand your point, but come on, a little common sense goes a long way.

That is the same logic a particular bus driver uses on my route when someone who misses the bus and knocks on the door at the traffic lights 10 yards down the road, and is refused entry.