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Steve Jobs Tries To Sneak Shurikens On a Plane

An anonymous reader writes "Steve Jobs, while on a family vacation to Japan in July, picked himself up some Shuriken, otherwise known as Ninja throwing stars, as a souvenir. In his wisdom he decided to put them in his carry on luggage for the return journey. As it was a private plane he probably thought there would be no issue, but he was wrong. Even private plane passengers have to have all their baggage scanned, and the throwing stars were detected and deemed a hazard. It's alleged that Jobs argued that he could take them on the plane as no one could steal them on his private jet and use them. Security at the airport disagreed and demanded he remove the stars. Jobs, clearly angry at losing his throwing weapons, stated he would not be returning to the country." Undoubtedly this is part of the iNinja project.

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  1. Jobs v Stallman by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    He needs the shuriken for his upcoming bout with Richard Stallman, who's ninja skills are well-known.

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  2. In other news... by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 5, Funny

    Steve Ballmer was recently forbidden from trying to sneak chairs onto a plane.

  3. Re:and... by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    While they were paying attention to the throwing stars in his backpack, he stole the electronics industry of Japan and sold it to China.

  4. Re:and... by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone will post that bringing shurikens onto a plane is a brilliant innovation of the plane user experience, and someone else will post complaining that airport security is a walled garden.

    You forgot the guy who will claim that GNU/Star is better because it is open source.

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  5. Prototype iPhone 5 by Shimbo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously these are prototype case designs for the iPhone 5. Grip it the wrong way and you lose a finger.

  6. Re:and... by dcollins · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Its not because he's rich, its because its his own fucking plane"

    So it's because he's rich.

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