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Gun-Shaped Accessories Do Not Travel Well
Jihan Forbes
March 1, 2016
The shoes that caused one woman to stay at BWI airport longer than she expected. Lara Croft, next time maybe pack some L.K. Bennetts and be done with it. (Photo: @TSAmedia_LisaF)
If theres anything Americans love, its firearms, but try taking your piece or something that looks like it to the airport. Yeah good luck getting through a TSA checkpoint with that. A woman going through the Baltimore-Washington International airport learned this the hard way when she had to sacrifice fashion in order to get to her final destination on time.
The woman in question was traveling with a pair of very heavy, metallic-finish platform pumps in her carry-on that boasted a replica of a gun barrel as the heel, with bullet-shaped flourishes decorating the platform.
TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein called such accessories less than ideal to wear or bring to a TSA checkpoint, noting that the traveler was delayed because she wanted to bring this pair of platforms along. Realistic replica firearms and ammunition are not permitted past TSA checkpoints, she added. Time magazine says its unclear how long the woman was actually delayed, but if we know anything about traveling, waiting even five extra minutes at an airport seems like an eternity. Instead of transferring the shoes to her checked bag, she just left them in order to get to her flight on time. Priorities, man.
https://www.yahoo.com/travel/gun-shaped-accessories-do-not-travel-well-183819737.html
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Gun-Shaped Accessories Do Not Travel Well (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
Mar 2016
OP
The Tarantino and Rodriguez tribute to double-feature, drive-in fare of the lowest sort?
Solly Mack
Mar 2016
#4
next they'll be telling me i shouldn't sing "back to tennessee" in airports
struggle4progress
Mar 2016
#6
Third or fourth time this has been posted? Anyway, it's obvious that...
TreasonousBastard
Mar 2016
#7
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)1. The word tacky comes to mind.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)2. yeah
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)5. Those are actually slightly better.
But slightly better than just plain awful isn't really saying much.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)3. or whatever "Grindhouse" was
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)4. The Tarantino and Rodriguez tribute to double-feature, drive-in fare of the lowest sort?
Those shoes would go well in either of those two movies.
I saw both. Loved them! A celebration of tasteless offerings. A smorgasbord of the low-brow.
Actually wearing those shoes in real life? That's tacky without the benefit of being a homage.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)10. awflsome?
struggle4progress
(118,214 posts)6. next they'll be telling me i shouldn't sing "back to tennessee" in airports
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)7. Third or fourth time this has been posted? Anyway, it's obvious that...
these are not for street wear, but for "certain" parties and pole dancing.
Maybe both.
maxrandb
(15,294 posts)8. Sarah Palin flies commercial?
Who knew?
TipTok
(2,474 posts)9. Based on TSA success rates...
Odds are pretty good you'll be fine no matter what you bring.