Comments on: TSA declares war on large breasts http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 16:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268032 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268032 <b><a href="http://www.housemd-guide.com/clinic/2007/10/cheating-episode-107-fidelity.html" rel="nofollow">House</a>:</b> No, you can just pull that down in front. Good. Lord. Are those real? <b>Mrs. Campbell:</b> Do they look real? <b>House:</b> They look… pretty damn good. <b>Mrs. Campbell:</b> They were a present for my husband’s 40th. I figured he'd enjoy them more than a sweater. <b>House:</b> That's so sweet. I’m afraid the cause of your problem could be staring us right in the face. Actually I guess I’m the one doing the staring. <i>Of course I can’t be sure, I’d like to consult a colleague.</i> He’s actually somewhat of an expert in these matters. [picks up the phone] Can I get a page on Dr. Wilson? House: No, you can just pull that down in front. Good. Lord. Are those real?

Mrs. Campbell: Do they look real?

House: They look… pretty damn good.

Mrs. Campbell: They were a present for my husband’s 40th. I figured he’d enjoy them more than a sweater.

House: That’s so sweet. I’m afraid the cause of your problem could be staring us right in the face. Actually I guess I’m the one doing the staring. Of course I can’t be sure, I’d like to consult a colleague. He’s actually somewhat of an expert in these matters. [picks up the phone] Can I get a page on Dr. Wilson?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268299 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268299 they should start making those TSA brains out of neurons or IC chips or something non-idiotic. they should start making those TSA brains out of neurons or IC chips or something non-idiotic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268050 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268050 It's not just larger underwires worn by larger women that set off the machines. I'm a B cup and my underwire bras have set off the damn machines. This was on domestic US flights. I've been wand groped enough as a result (and slowed down by the additional "security" procedures, like their going through my carry-ons or running all my tubs through the xray machine again) to stop wearing underwires when I fly. Come to think of it, the last 4 times I've flown, I didn't wear a bra at all. Unfortunately, that's not an option for business travel, or for women with larger breasts who need the additional support. The TSA has destroyed air travel in the US. I fly 1/10 as much as I used to before they ruined it. It’s not just larger underwires worn by larger women that set off the machines. I’m a B cup and my underwire bras have set off the damn machines. This was on domestic US flights.

I’ve been wand groped enough as a result (and slowed down by the additional “security” procedures, like their going through my carry-ons or running all my tubs through the xray machine again) to stop wearing underwires when I fly.

Come to think of it, the last 4 times I’ve flown, I didn’t wear a bra at all. Unfortunately, that’s not an option for business travel, or for women with larger breasts who need the additional support.

The TSA has destroyed air travel in the US. I fly 1/10 as much as I used to before they ruined it.

]]> By: CJ http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268053 CJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268053 @Lionel (#19): I don't actually think that was a reasonable alternative. Having to walk from the bathrooms, through the screening point, and then finding the nearest bathroom on the other side without a bra is still pretty embarrassing. Yes, it's better than having them grope you, but I still wouldn't call it dignified or respectful of her privacy. @Lionel (#19): I don’t actually think that was a reasonable alternative. Having to walk from the bathrooms, through the screening point, and then finding the nearest bathroom on the other side without a bra is still pretty embarrassing. Yes, it’s better than having them grope you, but I still wouldn’t call it dignified or respectful of her privacy.

]]> By: amoration http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268568 amoration Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268568 I tell my husband to wear his utilikilt thru security. He likes doing a little ballerina pirouette for the TSA and when his kilt's buttons set off the sensors he flashes them. That usually ends it quickly. I tell my husband to wear his utilikilt thru security. He likes doing a little ballerina pirouette for the TSA and when his kilt’s buttons set off the sensors he flashes them. That usually ends it quickly.

]]> By: Tirjasdyn http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268057 Tirjasdyn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268057 This isn't the first time this has happened. Generally they just look down your shirt. And normally they don't give you a private room. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Generally they just look down your shirt.

And normally they don’t give you a private room.

]]> By: steamed punk http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268059 steamed punk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268059 Finally we have a rally point for political activism in the country that will resonate with the average man. If only we could could have shown a negative impact on the ability to access porn via the Internet as a result of the recent FISA update, that bill would have been dead on arrival in Congress. Finally we have a rally point for political activism in the country that will resonate with the average man.

If only we could could have shown a negative impact on the ability to access porn via the Internet as a result of the recent FISA update, that bill would have been dead on arrival in Congress.

]]> By: anthropomorphictoast http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268316 anthropomorphictoast Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268316 I am SO tempted to go through airport security in a chain-mail bra now. "Yeah, I'm wearing a C-cup metal bra. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT?" I am SO tempted to go through airport security in a chain-mail bra now.

“Yeah, I’m wearing a C-cup metal bra. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT?”

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268324 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268324 looks cold http://www.zolmanmines.com/images/21-bra-ss-big.jpg looks cold
http://www.zolmanmines.com/images/21-bra-ss-big.jpg

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268069 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268069 I accidentally left a pocket knife in a bag that I used as a carryon a week or two ago. Totally left it in unknowingly and they didn't even catch it. I should've stabbed someone out of principle. I accidentally left a pocket knife in a bag that I used as a carryon a week or two ago. Totally left it in unknowingly and they didn’t even catch it. I should’ve stabbed someone out of principle.

]]> By: Obsidianbean http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-269861 Obsidianbean Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269861 Sounds irritating and like someone is following the letter of the law to the point of not making sense. But being delayed is not a punishment. And she was not delayed because of having big boobs. Why spin it like that? Sounds irritating and like someone is following the letter of the law to the point of not making sense.

But being delayed is not a punishment. And she was not delayed because of having big boobs. Why spin it like that?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-269863 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-269863 "being delayed is not a punishment" FALSE! delay costs you,embarrasses you,makes you miss your mother's funeral, leeps you from your children and makes you live in fear of unaccountable little Hitlers. They know it. That is why they do it. “being delayed is not a punishment”

FALSE!

delay costs you,embarrasses you,makes you miss your mother’s funeral, leeps you from your children and makes you live in fear of unaccountable little Hitlers.

They know it. That is why they do it.

]]> By: mdhatter http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268074 mdhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268074 Finally, a story about a reasonable and assertive passenger who wins. Thank you TSA Bob, wherever you are. Finally, a story about a reasonable and assertive passenger who wins.

Thank you TSA Bob, wherever you are.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268331 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268331 Cory, what gave you the quaint notion that the US is a free society? Cory, what gave you the quaint notion that the US is a free society?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268076 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268076 bullies have always preferred sexual humiliation as a weapon. Give the TSA a little less supervision and I am sure they will work their way up to back-room rape. bullies have always preferred sexual humiliation as a weapon. Give the TSA a little less supervision and I am sure they will work their way up to back-room rape.

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268084 Glenn Fleishman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268084 Just great. I had a port-a-cath (an IV drug shunt) in my chest for a few years following chemo a decade ago. It was made of titanium and did not set off metal detectors (this was pre-2001, though). I am glad in retrospect I had it removed before 9/11, or I would have had to go through surgery every time I wanted to fly. "We just had to open you up and make sure it was real." @32: As far as I'm aware, there have been no successful charges or even complaints filed against TSA workers or others at airports since TSA came into being. Penn Gillette had a great account a few years ago of being felt up, trying to file a complaint, and being rebuffed. Many, many cases against baggage handlers for theft from suitcases were simply dismissed because the gummint decided prosecution was less important than security theater and they didn't want their "secrets" revealed in court. Just great. I had a port-a-cath (an IV drug shunt) in my chest for a few years following chemo a decade ago. It was made of titanium and did not set off metal detectors (this was pre-2001, though). I am glad in retrospect I had it removed before 9/11, or I would have had to go through surgery every time I wanted to fly. “We just had to open you up and make sure it was real.”

@32: As far as I’m aware, there have been no successful charges or even complaints filed against TSA workers or others at airports since TSA came into being. Penn Gillette had a great account a few years ago of being felt up, trying to file a complaint, and being rebuffed. Many, many cases against baggage handlers for theft from suitcases were simply dismissed because the gummint decided prosecution was less important than security theater and they didn’t want their “secrets” revealed in court.

]]> By: jh360 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268086 jh360 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268086 I'm sorry to say, this phenomena isn't new. I've been stopped one too many times for my underwire. I've taken to wearing a sports bra when I travel. And while that doesn't sound like an inconvenience, try traveling for 12 hours in a jock. The frustration is that it's all so arbitrary. LGA and White Plains have the most sensitive that I've been through. And yet.... my knitting needles and embroidery scissors are perfectly fine. Doesn't matter that a size two kitting needle could do some serious damage. Or my hollow size 30 needles are big enough to hold all sorts of crazy things. As long as l don't try to put anything in my bra we'll all be safe. I’m sorry to say, this phenomena isn’t new. I’ve been stopped one too many times for my underwire. I’ve taken to wearing a sports bra when I travel. And while that doesn’t sound like an inconvenience, try traveling for 12 hours in a jock.

The frustration is that it’s all so arbitrary. LGA and White Plains have the most sensitive that I’ve been through. And yet…. my knitting needles and embroidery scissors are perfectly fine. Doesn’t matter that a size two kitting needle could do some serious damage. Or my hollow size 30 needles are big enough to hold all sorts of crazy things. As long as l don’t try to put anything in my bra we’ll all be safe.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268096 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268096 This is just unAmerican! We should do our best to encourage all forms of self-expression, ESPECIALLY big boobies! This is just unAmerican! We should do our best to encourage all forms of self-expression, ESPECIALLY big boobies!

]]> By: Tits McGee http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268097 Tits McGee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268097 This makes me want to punch and maim. This makes me want to punch and maim.

]]> By: OsoMan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268122 OsoMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268122 and would it kill ya to provide a picture of something? Maybe a sketch on a napkin? I'll submit that you cannot lead with the headline 'Ware on Large Breasts' and not provide a picture. Where is your journalistic integrity? and would it kill ya to provide a picture of something? Maybe a sketch on a napkin? I’ll submit that you cannot lead with the headline ‘Ware on Large Breasts’ and not provide a picture. Where is your journalistic integrity?

]]> By: Purly http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268634 Purly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268634 I have traveled every week for the past two years for work and am a size D and have under-wire in my bras and have never had to have my breasts fondled to get through security. I have traveled every week for the past two years for work and am a size D and have under-wire in my bras and have never had to have my breasts fondled to get through security.

]]> By: OsoMan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268123 OsoMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268123 Like this picture: http://www.bravomic.com/images/blogs/219/biggest%20bra.jpg Like this picture: http://www.bravomic.com/images/blogs/219/biggest%20bra.jpg

]]> By: angryhippo http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268139 angryhippo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268139 It sounds like there is a potential market for "Travel Bras" with a non-metallic underwire. It sounds like there is a potential market for “Travel Bras” with a non-metallic underwire.

]]> By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268144 The Lizardman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268144 Perhaps this will be the tipping point - there is no way americans will stand for a war on breasts, especially large ones. Perhaps this will be the tipping point – there is no way americans will stand for a war on breasts, especially large ones.

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268146 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268146 ...Give me your tired, your huge, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my "lamp" beside the golden door! …Give me your tired, your huge,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my “lamp” beside the golden door!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268154 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268154 here's a chance for American men to stand up for their women-folk; in solidarity, travel with an underwire bra: "Excuse me sir, you set off the metal detector, is there something under your shirt?" "Yeah!, my underwire bra! Ya gotta problem wid day buddy?! Maybes ya wanna cop a feel or sumthing, ya dirt-bag?" here’s a chance for American men to stand up for their women-folk; in solidarity, travel with an underwire bra: “Excuse me sir, you set off the metal detector, is there something under your shirt?” “Yeah!, my underwire bra! Ya gotta problem wid day buddy?! Maybes ya wanna cop a feel or sumthing, ya dirt-bag?”

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268156 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268156 they deserve it http://img122.exs.cx/img122/2576/prae.jpg they deserve it
http://img122.exs.cx/img122/2576/prae.jpg

]]> By: dpcosta http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268160 dpcosta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268160 in soviet america your bra wears you ...hehe sorry, I couldn't resist in soviet america your bra wears you

…hehe sorry, I couldn’t resist

]]> By: jenjen http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268168 jenjen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268168 I've set the detectors off with bras a few times. Maybe one in six screenings or so, so this is definitely not news to me. In my experience, they don't exactly "fondle" you - they get a female attendant over and tell you exactly what they're going to do each step and they use the back of their (gloved) hands. I've never experienced cupping, copping, or any other, er, titillating activity. I usually just make a joke of it, saying it takes a lot of reinforcements to hold these puppies up. I feel more discriminated against by the fashion industry, to tell you the truth. I’ve set the detectors off with bras a few times. Maybe one in six screenings or so, so this is definitely not news to me. In my experience, they don’t exactly “fondle” you – they get a female attendant over and tell you exactly what they’re going to do each step and they use the back of their (gloved) hands. I’ve never experienced cupping, copping, or any other, er, titillating activity. I usually just make a joke of it, saying it takes a lot of reinforcements to hold these puppies up. I feel more discriminated against by the fashion industry, to tell you the truth.

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2008/08/26/tsa-declares-war-on.html#comment-268169 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-268169 Note to self-- remove "Prince Albert" before flying next time. Note to self– remove “Prince Albert” before flying next time.

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