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MollyM/CA
August 16th, 2005, 06:10 PM
Great link from my sister in law!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4743357.stm
Judy G. Russell
August 16th, 2005, 06:25 PM
The one about the order directed to the unborn child reminds me of a time when my father had to bring two of my younger brothers in to register for the draft, as a note he'd received insisted he must. The fact that the older of the two was four and the younger three did make it just a bit odd... (a mix-up of birth and census records).
Lindsey
August 16th, 2005, 09:37 PM
The fact that the older of the two was four and the younger three did make it just a bit odd... (a mix-up of birth and census records).
The TSA has the Selective Service beat: http://www.modbee.com/24hour/opinions/story/2639879p-11128934c.html

--Lindsey
Judy G. Russell
August 16th, 2005, 10:35 PM
I read about that. Oh yeah... that one year old is DEFINITELY a high security risk who should never be allowed on an airplane, all right.

Dear lord... what a screwup...
Lindsey
August 16th, 2005, 11:02 PM
The sad thing is that there is apparently no allowance for overriding the alert when there has so obviously been a mistake. No, even for a 1-year-old, you have to go through the full identification drill.

--Lindsey
Judy G. Russell
August 17th, 2005, 12:14 AM
One article I read said that the airlines have been told by TSA headquarters not to enforce this when the name on the list matches an infant or toddler, but the airlines say the TSA folks on the scene tell them differently.
Lindsey
August 17th, 2005, 06:26 PM
One article I read said that the airlines have been told by TSA headquarters not to enforce this when the name on the list matches an infant or toddler, but the airlines say the TSA folks on the scene tell them differently.
Ah, geez. Why am I not surprised?

--Lindsey
Judy G. Russell
August 17th, 2005, 06:58 PM
Can we say "bureaucracy," boys and girls? I knew we could...
PeteHall
August 17th, 2005, 07:14 PM
Great link from my sister in law!

Try an earlier one...
ASBOwatch V (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4319653.stm) with the man banned from gas stations across NE England and the woman banned from jumping into rivers or jumping off bridges

Or ASBOwatch IV (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4212859.stm) with the face mask fetishist and the man banned from his own street

And finally, where the guy up in court for breeching his ASBO (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/18/asbo_teen/) but in his defence he pointed out that he was merely complying with the order... to appear in the town square drunk and to abuse the general public (someone had used 'without' instead of 'with' in the order, so he was technically in breech of the order if he was ever to appear sober in public)
Judy G. Russell
August 17th, 2005, 08:18 PM
And finally, where the guy up in court for breeching his ASBO (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/18/asbo_teen/) but in his defence he pointed out that he was merely complying with the order... to appear in the town square drunk and to abuse the general public (someone had used 'without' instead of 'with' in the order, so he was technically in breech of the order if he was ever to appear sober in public)
ROFL!!! I like that one! I wonder how I can get an order to be drunk and disorderly!
Mike
August 24th, 2005, 12:33 AM
Yo, Judy--get drunk and disorderly!
RayB (France)
August 24th, 2005, 02:32 AM
**I wonder how I can get an order to be drunk and disorderly!**

Has the lack of one ever stopped you in the past?
Judy G. Russell
August 24th, 2005, 09:21 AM
**I wonder how I can get an order to be drunk and disorderly!**
Has the lack of one ever stopped you in the past?
Good point.