Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Tokyo Trip

[A.J. Merrifield (101pdt]

OMG, I'm laughing so hard right now that I'm crying and getting REALLY
strange looks from my First Sergeant... LOL
- A.J.


On 9/25/07, JAshburne [at] aol.com <JAshburne [at] aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Pretty amazing that they allowed the camera IMO.  Usually the TSA  people
> don't exhibit much of a sense of humor, but I'm sure that this will
> make  for a
> good story for a long time.
>
> BTW, I couldn't hear the woman TSA's comments too well, but I think
> that  she
> was impressed with Big Ben and you probably could have recouped most, if
> not
> all, of your investment right there on the spot by selling it to her!
>
> John
>
>
> In a message dated 9/25/2007 8:00:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> steve [at] stevejenkins.com writes:
>
> 1.  Thanks - I thought so, too - as you can tell from my laugh track.
>
> 2.  Yeah - I wasn't in a position to haggle, but I paid for it with
> my  black
> amex (and got the points), and as it turns out, it was worth every  penny.
>
> 3. I actually made a mistake here. In my rush (I only had a few  seconds
> to
> slip it into my brother's backpack) I put it in the wrong  compartment,
> and
> not on the laptop as I had planned. It was sheer luck that  he decided to
> pull his iPod from his backpack, which happened to be in the  same
> compartment as what he now refer to as "Big Ben."
>
> 4. The dude  in front of me in the line was laughing his butt off, too. I
> wish I had a  wider shot - all the security lines stopped and looked at my
> bro when the  TSA guy said "Settle down sir" really loudly.
>
> 5. I'm surprised, too.  But the TSA guy couldn't have been more perfect.
> He
> immediately knew what  was going down, and played along perfectly.
>
> SJ
>
> _____
>
> From: Dennis Liu [mailto:bigheaddennis [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:53 PM
> To: 'Steve Jenkins'
> Cc:  'The FerrariList'
> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] NFC: Tokyo  Trip
>
>
> 1.  Very funny!
>
> 2.  $34?  I'm  amazed.  First, I never spend more than $15 for my giant
> purple ding  dongs, and two, I can't believe fellow thriftmeister SteveJ
> would outlay  that kind of cash!
>
> 3.  Who takes out all the electronics, aside  from the laptop?
>
> 4.  The guy behind you in line did not look happy  (at least until he
> figure
> out the joke).
>
> 5.  I'm surprised that  the TSA folks didn't tase you for videotaping a
> "security control area",  particularly your shot of the x-ray screen.  You
> must be a  terrorist.
>
> vty,
>
> --Dennis
>
>
> _____
>
> From: Steve Jenkins [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com]
> Sent: Tuesday,  September 25, 2007 8:52 PM
> To: Dennis Liu
> Cc: The  FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Tokyo Trip
>
>
> I wish we had  time to stay the extra week and watch the Fuji race,
> but  we
> didn't.
>
> I just got back from the Tokyo Game Show, and we had a  blast. Here's how
> the
> trip started at the SEA airport,  tho:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RZmIPm3dsQ
>
> Steve
>
> P.S.  (I'm taking the video, the guy with the backpack is my brother
> Harlyn,
> and  appearing on the left of your screen is ListMeister Steve  Cook).
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