Have Bikini, Will Travel

[Kennah]

Source: NBC L.A.

Thousands of passengers are expected Wednesday at LAX, and one came prepared by leaving little to the imagination and TSA agents with even less to pat down.

"I'm wearing my bikini," Corinne said as she unbuttoned her overcoat outside the terminal to reveal a black two-piece. "It's not that I'm concerned, it's that I feel like the TSA is making travelers feel uncomfortable, and I feel like we can have security measures that don't make people feel uncomfortable.

"Every time I go through security I always say, 'I don't even know why I got dressed this morning.' I end up taking off belts, jewelry and everthing else off anyway."

"I don't want to do a body scan, and I'm hoping by wearing a bikini they will see everything they need to see and we can avoid a pat-down, as well."


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TSA = Tatas Shown? Alright!

[phasma ex machina]

1. "Fascism can be fun" is a dominant social meme. nt

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. +1 I love it. n/t

[JDPriestly]

3. A uniquely American way of protesting.

The French rush into the streets to protest excessive force, the corruption of authority. We laugh. Good for us!

Maybe more of us should do this. We could carry our clothes onto the plane and change as we take our seats. I'm sure the TSA people would be delighted my older woman's body in a bikini. What fun!

Of course, I would have to find an appropriate bikini in my size. I haven't worn one in many, many years.

[Kennah]

4. I'm considering a thong ...

... but I just hope it won't bunch up my testicles.

[blackspade]

27. Nice.

I actually laughed out loud on that one!

:spray:

[LisaL]

6. Hey, I will put on my swim suite.

TSA really should allow actual stripping as a less invasive method if they are so determined to scan us and pat us down.

[jberryhill]

8. Would you find that a suitable third alternative?

I mean that as a serious question.

I think a lot of people would just as soon go through in bike shorts etc than be touched, and permit visual inspection of, shall we say, the dromedary foot area:

[truedelphi]

9. And they are asking for it. There have already been these smarmy TSA spokespeople saying how

Baggy seats and baggy tee shirts make them suspicious of a traveler.

So it sounds like for the first time in my adult life, I will buy myself a bikini.

[Downwinder]

11. Do I need pasties or a bikini top with my Speedo? Or would that be suspicious?

[mnhtnbb]

5. Too funny! She's right, though.

[jberryhill]

7. Put in a locker room - give everyone a spandex "flight suit"

Would that be preferable to the body scan or pat down?

[LibDemAlways]

10. My favorite explanation of what the initials "TSA" stand for (thanks to

a fellow DUer): Tits, Scrotum, Ass.

Unbelievable that it's come to this.

However, wearing a bikini probably makes it more, rather than less, likely that she'll get a thorough groping.

[PfcHammer]

12. I plan on farting liberally at the scanner.

[Kennah]

17. Fart liberally? Whoa!

So what do your farts sound like?

[HopeHoops]

13. Old joke from MAD's spoof of Charlie's Angels - "Where do you hide a gun in a bikini?"

That was a spoof of the TV show with Farrah Fawcett, etc. She's clearly thinking along the same lines.

[JackInGreen]

14. I'm probably going to get flamed...

for this, but has anyone considered that maybe the TSA inspectors don't like running their hands over our underbits anymore than we like getting them run over?
I can understand anger at the policy, supervisory staff, administrators, etc, but for Joe-Jackass in the uniform making 8.50 an hour, it can't be a fucking picnic, do we need to vent this spleen all over them?

[Kennah]

19. It's so miserable for TSA ...

... they have to single out women with nice breasts, expose them, and laugh about it.

[LibDemAlways]

20. I'm not flaming you, and I admit it sucks, but the first

tsa worker who quits and publicly announces he or she has quit on moral grounds will have no trouble finding a better job. I am confident there are employers out there who would be very sympathetic to a worker who just couldn't bring him or herself to grope other peoples' genitals for a living.

[phasma ex machina]

22. +1 Amen! nt

[customerserviceguy]

23. They have a choice

They can use common sense in deciding who to gropedown. They choose not to, so they deserve my scorn.

[progressoid]

15. Screen capture...

[guitar man]

21. Damn

I think I'm going to go hang around the airport :evilgrin:

[Poboy]

25. Niiiiiiiiice.

[Ter]

16. Pics?

[progressoid]

18. Look up.

:)

[Merlot]

24. That's what I was thinking of doing too

Or workout/yoga gear.

[Poboy]

26. KO about to 'cover' this story...

[Haole Girl]

28. Found an updated link to this story:

http://abcnews.go.com/travel/video/saturday-night-live-takes-tsa-12217124&tab=9482931§ion=8865284

(edit, since I found my own answer)

[Jeffersons Ghost]

29. Is this black bikini ops?

[marzipanni]

30. I was thinking of Borat a few days ago...

flight wear for men...?



Warning: do not carry rattlesnake eggs in your carry-on bag, or in your 'pocket'.

[PfcHammer]

31. She looks pretty good ;)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MK19FQP2 Have Bikini Will Travel.avi
http://hotfile.com/dl/84782502/eb79986/Have_Bikini_Will_Travel.avi.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NW8P3UMZ Have Bikini Will Travel.flv

[Poboy]

32. TSA Breast Milk Screening

New Mother Harassed and Threatened by TSA because she requests alternate screening for her breast milk.
She is detained for 2 hours and misses her plane after harassment and abuse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh1h5Mvc3MM&feature=player_embedded

[treestar]

33. That kind of detracts from the horror of it all

At the same time, people are willing to be seen on the beach with next to nothing on, so what's so terrible about it at the airport?

[Poboy]

34. Male version-TSA Speedo Protester

TSA Speedo Protester

My friend Jimmy successfully navigated a TSA security checkpoint in a speedo swimsuit at the Salt Lake City International Airport on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 with the words, 'SCREW BIG SIS' written on his back.

Why the speedo? With the way TSA screening is going it only seems like the next logical requirement for getting on an airplane. Soon TSA will be having us strip down to make the screening process more efficient, but not if we take a stand. In this sense Jimmy was merely obliging the TSA, but he was also exposing the ridiculousness of their policies. With the full-body scanners and TSA agents putting their hands down our pants, let's be honest, a speedo is pretty modest.

If you're traveling this holiday season, join the protest and let 'Big Sis' know she's being watched too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sL3uMWujmw&feature=player_embedded