"The last time that I checked a nipple was not a dangerous weapon."

[rpm]

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A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.

"I wouldn't wish this experience upon anyone," Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. "My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way."

Hamlin, 37, said she was trying to board a flight from Lubbock to Dallas on Feb. 24 when she was scanned by a Transportation Security Administration agent after passing through a larger metal detector without problems.

The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin's chest, the Dallas-area resident said.

Hamlin said she told the woman she was wearing nipple piercings. The agent then called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the jewelry, Hamlin said.

She said she heard male TSA agents snickering as she took out the ring with a pair of pliers. She was scanned again and was allowed to board even though she still was wearing a belly button ring.

On its Web site, the TSA warns that passengers "may be additionally screened because of hidden items such as body piercings, which alarmed the metal detector."

"If you are selected for additional screening, you may ask to remove your body piercing in private as an alternative to a pat-down search," the site says.

Hamlin would have accepted a "pat-down" had it been offered.

Ya know, I don't want terrorists on aircraft anymore than you do. But this was completely uncalled for and just a power play by some TSA jerks. It's about time they review TSA policies and procedures. I hope all those involved lose their job and go back to "Ding, fires are done".

[DiabloTX]

Well, maybe not a dangerous weapon but they sure can leave men spineless and weak in the knees.  Some women, too.

[Gowan]

hell, i've delt with a TSA power trip recently as well

[long winded story]when i was dealing with a 3 hour layover in Salt Lake City airport, i went to find a quiet place to read a book (because i dont know why, but the people that have the LOUDEST babies always seem to go on planes). then i had a GREAT idea i thought to myself, "why don't i go read in the glass walled elevator near the restaraunt! its really quiet, keeps me from being claustrophobic, and sincec it's near a restaraunt, i get a free fun little ride as well! (aren't i right, eh?) Well, i enjoyed it for about 30 minutes, meeting really nice people, and then some mean old lady that goes on the elevator and then tells me to get up and move, because obviously i had "something beter to do".  about 7-10 minutes after that, the car gets called down to the bottom floorand nobody steps in, then i hear a loud pissed off voice saying "sir, i need you to come with me" and then i notice this TSA guy was the one saying it and then i got scared, because they basically seem like they can do anything in an airport. then he tells me im not aloud to step back into an elevator because i'm "making alot of people nervous". i ask him why it's so important that i stay off an elevator and then he says some stuff about him arresting me if i get back on, and then quoted some part of the Patriot Act, but by the time he was done i was already back on the elevator, and the doors were closed   [/long winded story]

silly TSA man, can't you learn that even though im 16 i could probably get a better job than you have right now?

[JB88]

   

just laughin at the title of this one.

 

  

(lcd wipe necessary)

[DiabloTX]

Nipples make you laugh?  Are you a 5 year old?   

[JB88]

oh screw you.

you know it's a great title.

 

[DiabloTX]

Oh, you probably thought he was talking about man boobs.

(RPM probably has 'em!)

[AWMac]

You didn't report or post the entire article!!!!

8 Male passengers tried to open 4 smuggled on Lone Star beers on her nipple ring and 17 Ex Wives got pissed.

 

Mac


Do the math....

[JB88]

take your drugs mac.

take your drugs.

 

[rpm]

I'm closer to having a man-fupah(sp?) than man-boobs.

[nirvana]

  Too much, rpm.

[Thruster]

"The last time that I checked a nipple was not a dangerous weapon." 

You'd think so huh?

Well, there was this one dancer I knew in Texarcana..........

Never mind.

[Ripsnort]

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[Heater]

I was assulted by a nipple once.....I asked her to stop but she would not...

[Toad]

That's because you guys didn't get the TSA message warning about plutonium nipple rings. Sure, they're safe enough when they're 6" apart but crash them together in just the exact right way and BOOM! 1 Kiloton explosion... wipes out everything with in a mile.

It's true... TSA knows it but is not broadcasting it to avoid starting a panic.