April 22, 2005

Potential terrorists? Penguins go through airport security.

Confused by their surroundings, befuddled by the requirements, and touched by random children... no wonder I can empathize.

posted by patita 19 years ago
  • very cute. But you can tell that one is made of plastic explosive. Never forget! The . . . free willy movie.
  • The beer giant owns Seaworld. I enjoy reading this sentence.
  • These tiny webfooted little bastards cannot be trusted.
  • so.... CUTE! MUCH CUTER THAN KITTENS!! *grabs insulin*
  • Just as well everyone knows that penguins can't fly. [Unless they've been training in crop dusters all this time! How could we have been so stupid?!]
  • I am a penguin and I stump about sometimes I go out and sometimes in again such is the life of a showbiz penguin I don't carry guns and I don't carry box cutters and them as thinks otherwise are thoroughgoing nutters
  • Someone pointed out on a friend's journal that the alternative to walking them through the metal detector was probably to send them through the X-ray machine in their carrier. That probably wouldn't have been any better for them. The penguins are harmless, and it's highly unlikely that anyone would put a bomb in their carrier, but I'm not sorry that security wanted to inspect the carrier. I thought about flying one or more of my cats to New Jersey when I moved up here last year. Seeing this story makes me glad I didn't; in addition to the expense and hassle with the airline, I bet the screeners would have put me through all kinds of hell. Three days in the car with three cats was probably easier. On preview: bees wins again!
  • It's just like a penguin in bondage, boing.
  • It's definitely better than going through the x-ray. At least they didn't have to empty their pockets or remove their shoes!
  • I'm sorry, but a terrorist that has access to two baby penguins is well connected enough that he could get a bomb on a plane without penguins.
  • A friend of mine sent me this link just last night and I featured it prominently on my blog. Penguins are the new cuteness.
  • somewhere the terrorists are canceling "Operation Penguin"
  • Might this be why they were searched???
  • This might be the reason too...
  • off topic but related... my friend linda and i were just discussing what the cutest animal in the world is and she offered this: the fennec fox. i must admit, that is PRETTY damn cute.
  • Tell linda I think SHE'S the cutest animal in the world. But only if she's single.
  • SideDish, it's not right to make the kitten look bad by putting it next to this!
  • Penguins are the thinking Monkey's kittens. Better than kittens because, although they both eat fish, kittens can not survive for more than 30 seconds underwater at -025m
  • I've taken my cat on flights, and was always required to carry the cat through the walk-thru and put the carrier through the x-ray. Presumably the penguins could have been carried. :)
  • Penguins are the thinking Monkey's kittens i had to read that like 4 times. Confuzzing.
  • These tiny webfooted little bastards cannot be trusted. So true.
  • I dunno, the fennec fox looks *scary*. Those big ears. Picture you're alone on a dark night. Suddenly a bolt of lightning and the face of the fennec fox is suddenly there, pressed against your window. See?
  • Wait, spoke too soon. that baby bird that Huron Bob put up, that waaaaaay scarier.
  • This Baby Bat is sort of cute! So is this one. But, it is terrible that nobody has posted This
  • Mr. K., those pudus look like they were genetically engineered by the Disney Corporation.
  • pal linda also nominates baby pygmy goat for cutest animal in the universe interesting linda factoid: she lives with 21 dogs, give or take a few
  • and linda says to tell quid she's "married and ugly," i agree with the former but not the latter.
  • Tell her if she ever needs to "move on" that I know a good divorce lawyer and a great pub ;)
  • You never know what a penguin may do.
  • yes olganism some penguins are indeed evil
  • This Baby Bat is sort of cute! So is this one. But, it is terrible that nobody has posted This Yaaaagh! where the hell are you gettin' these from?
  • ooh, I used to have a fennec fox mask. I should track it down and loom in StoryBored's windows on a stormy night!
  • olganism... GREAT penquin movie... still laughing.. and, StoryBored... I have as many ugly animal images as sidedish does kitten images.... I feel they reflect my true self and my childhood... but...that first bat baby was really cute!
  • So Patita you have a fennec fox mask eh? This justifies an invasion of your country.
  • blame Archie McPhee--it arrived as part of one of their surprise packages!
  • yay Archie McPhee! I still have a box full of stuff I got from them, including the famous porcelain hand. Surely one of my most prized possessions.
  • Not to be too pragmatic, but... couldn't they just carry them through? What's with the whole force them to walk through jazz? What if they were wheelchair-bound pinguinos?

    Then there's this.
  • I, for one, am glad that the TSA is guarding against these vicious predators. I'm surprised they weren't forced to pack their razor sharp beaks in their checked baggage.
  • What would they have done if the alarm had gone off?
  • penguins with frickin' laser beams on their heads?
  • You people can be so naive about terrorism. Penguin Terrorist