UK Cops Scared of T-Shirts

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Is that a gun on your T-shirt, or are you just alarming us?

May 27 2005

Gareth Morgan, Western Mail


STEREOPHONICS frontman Kelly Jones has spoken of his confusion after being stopped from boarding a flight at Heathrow Airport - because the gun print on his T-shirt sparked a security alert.

The Cwmaman-born singer was celebrating yesterday after the band won 10th best album of all time for Performance & Cocktails in a UK-wide poll.

But it also emerged Jones was taken aside by over-vigilant officials after his clothes set off a metal detector.

"It was a strange one. I walked through the metal detectors and took off my belt and phone, but my boots were left beeping," he said.

And Jones was left amazed when told his T-shirt, which showed a pistol, was unsuitable for flying in.

"My T-shirt distracted the guy and he told me that I wasn't supposed to wear it. It had a painting of a gun on it and he started claiming that if the T-shirt was embossed it could be used as something.

"But surely it was more of a concern that my boots were beeping and he hadn't even asked me to take my shoes off!"

Jones said that despite several world tours to promote the band's five albums, he had never come across such a bizarre situation.

"I travel all the time and I've never seen a notice that says you can't wear something on your T-shirt," he added.

But it wasn't the first time, as band-mate Richard Jones has spoken about his friend's tendency to get stopped by security on several occasions.

"Something always happens," said the bassist. "When we arrived in New Zealand a year and a half ago we got stopped and Kelly got strip-searched. We have to keep our eye on him so he doesn't get into trouble."

Other Spinal Tap moments that the band have experienced include leaving one of their roadies in the middle of the desert.

"We went out to Mount Rushmore in the middle of a US tour and stopped to look at the presidents' heads carved out of the rocks," said the singer. "We had a cup of coffee, got back on the bus, drove four hours through the desert and realised we'd left our bass technician there."

Jones told this week's edition of Zoo magazine that he cared deeply about Wales winning the Grand Slam this year.

"It was the same weekend that our album went in at number one, so it was a good, drunken weekend."

He also offered an insight into the new band dynamics since original drummer Stuart Cable was ousted. Argentine replacement Javier Weyler started touring with the group full-time earlier this year.

"It's like changing girlfriends or something, or having a second wife," said Jones. "Changing any member of a band creates a different dynamic. And not just musical, it's personality and attitude.

"Javier is a very positive, happy-go-lucky kind of guy, and the way he plays is pretty magnificent too, so it's all good at the moment."

Kelly talks more about Wales winning the Six Nations, Cable, U2, and one of his best rock 'n' roll moments in ZOO, out now and every Tuesda
 
1 2 3 4....."Here we go down that slippery-slope, slippery-slope, slippery-slope, here we go down that slippery-slope, with morons leadin' the way!! :mad: I am buying stock in the company that make those paper gowns and slippers.
Josh
 
I wonder what would happen if some wore a shirt with a box cutter depected on it, or as reffered to in another thread pepper spray? Nothing ceases to amaze me anymore.
 
"We went out to Mount Rushmore in the middle of a US tour and stopped to look at the presidents' heads carved out of the rocks," said the singer. "We had a cup of coffee, got back on the bus, drove four hours through the desert and realised we'd left our bass technician there."
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Desert in South Dakota? Maybe I need to take geography again.


England's view of freedom of speech reminds me of that Monty Python episode where they made fun of having to smuggle nudie pictures into England from Spain. :(

Maybe if he had a picture of Bush on his shirt, they would say he was trying to incite a terrorist into hijacking a plane :rolleyes: . Many of our TSA agents aren't much different IMO.
 
Someone's going to realize that England can be invaded and conquered by an army whose only weapons are pictures of guns on T-shirts !! Churchill must be turning over in his grave wondering what has happened to his country. :eek:
 
I believe that the area of south dakota is usually very arid. and some call it desert. I believe that it's also known as "The Badlands".

I could be wrong
 
Get a t-shirt with "I am not a Terrorist" in big bold letters on the front , where it underneath a sweatshirt, then take off the sweatshirt when on the plane.... Also, have the words "I am not carrying any weapons" on the back of the shirt. Then if somebody on the plane says something, ask them "Where is yours? Didnt you get handed one of these by the security guards?"

I wonder what would have happened if he offered to put his coat on and zip/button it up.... Would it have been a concealed weapon at that point?
 
I wonder what would have happened if he offered to put his coat on and zip/button it up.... Would it have been a concealed weapon at that point?

*Snort* AAAAAAAAAA, Pepsi up my nose!!!! Ow Ow Ow! :eek:

Thanks alot jburtonpdx. ;)
 
Badlands is the right answer . Why do they call it that ??? Glad you asked . The dirt is charged with positive AND negative force . The bits of dirt actually oppose each other so it never settles in the water soooooo the water stays muddy at all times . None is drinkable . Now back to our regularly scheduled gun discussion .
 
They had a show on tv that covered british airports

And in one show a man coming back from Isral with a dieing friends old violin was stoped at check in and was asked what he was caring on board. His answer was, and I quote "What do you think, it's a machine gun". And no he did not make his flight that day.
Not all STUPID people are the ones working at airports, I have traveled a great deal around the world, and in the 25 years and several million miles I have flown, I have been amazed countless times how stupid people can be.
 
I stole this from another site.
Paul B.

Good ones! And you thought those tight Brits gun laws didn't do nothin' good...

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They Actually Wrote this

Following questions and answers were collated from one of the past year's British GCSE exams (16 year olds)!

Geography

Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: What is a planet?
A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.

Sociology

Q: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A: If you are buying a house, they will insist you are well endowed.

Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A: Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election.

Biology

Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.

Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.

Q: What is artificial insemination?
A: When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.

Q: What is the most common form of birth control?
A: Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium.

Q: Give the meaning of the term *Caesarean Section.-
A: The caesarean section is a district in Rome.

Q: What is a terminal illness?
A: When you are sick at the airport

Technology

Q: What is a turbine?
A: Something an Arab wears on his head.

Religious Education

Q: What is a Hindu?
A: It lays eggs.



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And 'zero tolerance' begins migrating from schools into the adult world....
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Zero tolerance means zero brain. Once you are dumb enough to support it in schools, you are dumb enough to support it elsewhere. It was expectable, really.
 
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