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Liquid
3 April 2008. New York. 09:08
“Sir, you can’t take that jar of pickles on board.”
"What?"
"Pickles are prohibited."
3 April 2008. London. 14:08
“The prosecution will now outline their case. Mr. Wright.”
“Thank you Your Honor. The eight men on trial today are accused of being involved in the 2006 plot aimed at inflicting heavy casualties upon an unwitting civilian population in the name of Islam. These men were indifferent to the carnage that was likely to ensue if their plan was successful. To them, the identity of their victims was completely irrelevant. They intended to cause a series of explosions aboard a selected number of transatlantic aircraft. The component parts of these devices were designed to resemble soft drink bottles and their liquid contents...”
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Comment by: karjon - 2008-05-18 14:04
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I had to hand over (and listen to the sound of them smashing) two bottles of Ron Miel in Lanzarote last year. They had clearly never heard of me - I could have drunk the two litres before I got on the plane if they'd let me.
Anyway, yes, good stuff - enjoyed the contrasting takes.
Cheers
Karen |
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I do too much flying for this not to hit home. I don't exactly fit the profile, nevertheless I've had a machine gun pointed in my general direction, run through an airport without shoes cause there literally wasn't time to put them back on, had my belonging flung about when chosen for a random search, had the butane canister to my 'approved for air travel' curling iron confiscated, stood in endlessly long lines, watched a desperate man's leather briefcase taken onto the tarmac at Orly airport and blown up cause he left it alone for a minute -ok, I'll stop now. Happy travels.
Oh, great story, well written, love the pickles! :) |
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| top marks for originality. it does seem silly that you can't take pickles on a plane...but american customs are the WORST! |
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Oh thanks Toni and Janet...I was waiting for someone to laugh at:
"Pickles are prohibited"
Still gives me a bit of a chuckle too... |
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| LOL... pickles? ewwwwwwww my bro loves them... I on the other hand... lol... I liked this story alot mainly because of the format, its a nice break from the monotony of the average story with all the paragraphs... it is also well written... good job... thnx for the laugh... |
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