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Man Arrested At Oakland Airport For Ornate Watch
First time accepted submitter mbeckman writes "A man was arrested at Oakland airport for having bomb-making materials. The materials? An ornate watch and extra insoles in his boots. Despite the bomb squad determining that there was no bomb, The Alameda county sheriffs department claimed that he was carrying 'potentially dangerous materials and appeared to have made alterations to his boots, which were Unusually large and stuffed with layers of insoles.' The man told Transportation Security Administration officers that he's an artist and the watch is art."
Yes, well, obviously he was trying to make some sort of statement of some kind, maybe having to do with "art", and maybe not.
But seriously, I think he planned this for exactly what happened.
Moron.
Dear Moron, no need to sign your posts.
Yeah, its why I stop submitting.
I was traveling from LAX to New Orleans to shoot Bit Momma's House 2 (you remember that, don't you?) After some bad experiences checking baggage, I carried on my supplies, including my tracking kit.
Now, my tracking kit was a small Pelican case filled with watch batteries, short wires, and LEDs. After it went through the X-Ray machine, the TSA agent looked at the screen, looked at me, looked at the screen, then picked up the box. He carefully unlatched it, and held it out *as far as he could* as he opened it, turning his head away and looking through the corners of his eyes.
Needless to say, I was insulted.
I love Mondays. On a Monday, anything is possible.
faced with a budget surplus and a terrorism deficit, the Oakland Airport TSA spring into action and arrest the most suspicious thing they can come up with after 3 red bulls and a half dozen cruellers: a 50 year old white man with a nice watch and a pair of comfy shoes.
freedom has been preserved once more thanks to the watchful eye of a handful of overweight highschool drop-outs in cheap polyester slacks and clip-on ties....but for how long?
tune in for an exciting conclusion to next weeks "Security theatre." Will the man in the comfy shoes buy a new, even more dastardly ornate watch with his lawsuit payout? What devious new orthopaedics will our nemesis equip himself with next? All this and more will be revealed in, "episode 25: I elected obama twice, this shits not funny anymore"
Good people go to bed earlier.
With all the bullshit pictures on the linked site, one would think there would be an image of the fucking watch...
That would be like... gasp... distributing pictures of materials that can be potentially used to make a bomb. A lesser offense, but probably enough to get a fine
Not to mention the risks that the terrorists will learn what kind of ornate watches around suspicion and de-assemble their bombs into less suspicious ornate watches
On a serious note -- the guy is still detained, not like they could contact him for comment or pictures
But do YOU realize there's an even bigger conspiracy to load all cars, including yours, with an even more explosive fluid? And that it's also pumped through the engine where it causes explosions?Think about it, man, and ditch your booby-trapped car. I have a bike I could sell you.
I hadn't known there were so many idiots in the world until I started using the Internet -Stanislaw Lem
Yeah, everyone thinks footwear is just for comfort, fashion and warmth, until they get kicked in the nuts. Then it becomes a weapon of ass destruction.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
Oddly, I've never been arrested.
That's because you're a car.
ID: the nose did not occur naturally, how would we wear glasses otherwise? (apologies to Voltaire)
Nor will you, until the FBI "crime lab" creates something especially suspicious looking.