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Matthew Skala • September 4, 2006 10:09 AM

Most of these comments are full of URLs. You probably mean they should be tidied into links, but I don’t think the comment system lets us post clickable links except the ones on our names, because of the danger that spammers would post links to online poker and similar sites.

This minor restriction is, of course, necessary and justified in order to protect us from spammers.

greg • September 4, 2006 10:15 AM

I like this way. I see where i’m going and theres a smaller crumb trail in the new window.

If i can’t see the URL with a hover, i don’t follow the link….

Matthew Skala • September 4, 2006 11:37 AM

There aren’t many liquids dangerous enough to be useful in blowing up a plane, and safe enough to hold in your bladder for a couple hours, even if you’re planning to kill yourself at the end of that time anyway.

Cellocgw • September 4, 2006 3:42 PM

Just wait until the TSA watches “12 Monkees” We won’t be allowed to breathe on a plane.
PS: go see “La Jetee,” the fantastic short on which 12Monkees is based.

Cellocgw • September 4, 2006 3:44 PM

Just wait until the TSA happens to watch “12 Monkeys.” Then we won’t be allowed to breathe.
PS: go see the great “La Jetee,” on which “12 Monkeys” is based

Davi Ottenheimer • September 4, 2006 4:16 PM

When I need a compilation of all the latest news-related comics, I often grab a copy of The Comic News:

Ann Coulter fights the TSA:
http://santacruzcomicnews.com/cartoons/-weekly/2006/0816/other/03.shtml

And here are some more naked travellers:
http://santacruzcomicnews.com/cartoons/-weekly/2006/0816/other/01.shtml

Between this, the Onion, the Daily Show and the Colbert Report, I find a good majority of world news without so much fear and despair laced into the broadcast. Sometimes, they even parody the fear mongers:

http://santacruzcomicnews.com/cartoons/-weekly/2006/0816/plot/02.shtml

Davi Ottenheimer • September 4, 2006 8:15 PM

@ dargaud

Thanks for your translation. The “carrying a rocket launcher” line is hilarious. It could be a cartoon all by itself.

Reminds me of the time when the Spinal Tap bassist was forced to pull a foil-wrapped item out of his pants:

http://www.earcandymag.com/stap.htm

“I had recently read that the cucumber confiscated from you by airport security…”

Alan • September 5, 2006 1:20 PM

Even Mentos need to be checked. I was at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris, on August 18 connecting from a US flight to another destination and had to go through security. The agent found a box of mentos in my carry on bag and asked me to take one out and try to crush it with my fingers, if I could I would not have been able to take them on board since they could have contained gel, if they were hard that was OK. Well I could not crush it, and I offered him to select one and I’ll eat it. He declined and let me keep the Mentos.

Realist • September 6, 2006 10:32 PM

The Sept. 7, 2006 episode of “The Swamp” (a wonderful cartoon from Australia) is quite a good airport security cartoon. The link is at http://www.swamp.com.au — be forewarned that this site defaulkts to the current day’s comic strip, and you will need to look in the “Past Strips” section if you wait too long before looking at today’s edition…

Delysid • September 7, 2006 7:33 PM

I don’t get the one Bruce Schneier named his favourite in the original post for this thread.

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/wpnan/2006/wpnan060813.gif

It’s the one with the teenaged geek approaching the walk-through metal detector and carrying a 2-litre bottle of Diet Coke and a huge box of Mentos. A security officer holding a metal detector wand is looking at the kid and thinks to himself “Uh oh…”

Maybe I’m dense or missed some element of the news reporting that this cartoon is playing on, but I don’t get the gag. Can anyone elucidate?

Thx…

Ananymous Moi? • September 8, 2006 3:49 AM

I don’t get the one Bruce Schneier named his favourite in the original post for this thread.

There’s a dramatic reaction between the two – Just google “coke mentos” and you’ll find more references and video demonstrations than you’ll ever need.

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