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Air Security: Passenger Small Knives Ban Stays


If the situation weren’t so deadly serious, we could have headlined this article with: Pistole Shoots Down Knives On Planes. Previously, Transportation Security Agency boss John Pistole had suggested that passengers who carried small knives should now be allowed to board aircraft with them.

Along with other potential weapons, they had been banned since the 2001 terrorist attacks. However, due to heavy objections from airline unions and government officials, Pistole has changed his mind about allowing small knives aboard.

To sum it up as one airline pilot expressed his anger: On that terrible September 11 day, terrorists needed only small knives to destroy two New York skyscrapers, crash into the Pentagon and murder more than 3,000 people!
Humor? Don’t Mix Up Words When World Wandering PDF Print E-mail


In your travels this year, be sure to use proper and polite language when visiting world destinations. Be aware that people are always sensitive and quick to anger against blabby American tourists.

For example:
San Diego: During WW2, we Navy guys called it Dago. A no, no word today.
New York: Don’t call the ladies of the evening there Broadway broads.
London: While you dally, pick a dilly at the famed city square.
Rome: Learn to dance the latest Spanish Steps there.
Las Vegas: You’d be perfectly correct in calling it Lost Wages.
Paris: Altho Parisian girls are lovely, it’s not called the Eyeful Tower.
Jerusalem: You won’t find Noah’s big fish at the Whaling Wall.
Hollywood: Do not remove your clothing when doing the Sunset Strip.
South Korea: All the restaurants there serve Seoul food.
Thailand: Don’t even think of making lewd jokes about Bangkok.
 
 
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