On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:35:33 GMT, Jose wrote:

and don't say "pump" as a foreigner (with a bad accent) when asked at the
security check.
What kind of accent? Spell it phonetically?

I'm imagining Inspecter Cluseau (sp?) from the Pink Panther. It would
sound a bit like "bomb", with harder than normal "b"s.


well, this is the US version /faux news) of the story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210039,00.html

another one:
http://www.nbc5.com/travelgetaways/9722064/detail.html

The story as it was told in Europe was that the security officer parsed his
"pump" as "bomb":
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08...iscalculation/


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