Drabble by Kevin Fagan for August 15, 2012
Transcript:
Ralph: Sir, we'll need to do a pat-down inspection before you board the plane. We realize this is not a popular procedure... So we offer you a choice of 3 different pat-down styles! Would you prefer the "patty-cake," the "alley-oop," or the "shake-n'-bake"? Passenger: Surprise me.
TayoEXE over 12 years ago
It’s a shame this kind of thing can’t been taken seriously nowadays without a dirty joke being cracked about it. I guess Ralph’s got to make due with that in mind.
The Nihilist over 12 years ago
The joke is that the searches are anything more than street (well airport) theater.
All the screenings, restrictions and searches do is condition people to accept this kind of treatment as normal
Marko56 over 12 years ago
That’s why I will never travel by airplane again. Just another thing we let the terrorists make us do to ourselves.
2252895 over 12 years ago
From mall cop to airport security, sounds about right.
lutherg1 over 12 years ago
All this complaining—yet we all feel “safe.” YET, if there is ONE incident of a successful terrorist sabotage, and the media and citizens will wail and speculate about “what went wrong!”
krbuza over 12 years ago
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Ben Franklin
Chewiek9 over 12 years ago
Ooooo . . . I want the Shake-N’-Bake!
REDROCKER51 over 12 years ago
my pappy says that those are 3 sexual manuvers…..what ever that means…..