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World famous English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and unrelenting critic of religion and the religious, Richard Dawkins, has turned his anger on airport security rules after he had a jar of honey confiscated.
Dawkins, who is no stranger to Twitter controversy following alleged anti-Muslim comments he made back in August, declared on the micro-blogging site that Bin Laden has won, in airports of the world every day after security took away his jar of honey.
The outspoken atheist, who came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, criticised what he called dundridges - his word for petty jobsworths - and described the confiscation of his honey as a 'STUPID waste.'
The latest outburst follows a tweet in August in which he said: "All the world's Muslims have fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College, Cambridge. They did great things in the Middle Ages, though."
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Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Whenever he flies down to Tampa, he always brings his mother a couple of sealed tubs of Lawson's French Onion Dip. She loves it, and Cleveland is the only place to get it.
He forgot to put it in his checked luggage, so he threw it in his carry-on.
I can just imagine a TSA agent, sitting at home drinking a beer during a football game, and gorging on Fritos and French Onion Dip.
jollyreaper2112
(1,941 posts)We are cowards. The TSA has terrorized me more than any jihadi ever did.
eShirl
(18,505 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I had one of those microwaveable trays of beef stew left over from a trip. Being somewhat close to a dollar , I decided to take it back with me.
Bad idea. The gravy constitutes "more than 3 ounces of liquid". Never mind that it was in its original package and sealed at the factory.
I did eventually get my stew back, but really.