Airport StoriesBack when I was a moody teenager I took a cheap flight that involved changing planes and having to go through security again. My bags were pre-checked so, when I set off the metal detector, I honestly said to the security guy that I had no idea what had set it off.
Until, that is, he searched me and found the metal knife and fork stamped "KLM" I'd nicked off the previous flight.
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chthonic, Fri 3 Mar 2006, 10:09)
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Hilarious German Customs AgentsI was flying back from Frankfurt to the UK after a business trip. For some reason, German customs check your passport when you leave country, unlike the UK where check-in staff do that. Anyway, used to this procedure, I handed over my passport and answered the big customs chappie's questions in my piss-poor German:
Customs Chappie, looking at my passport, notices my surname and asked "Is this pronounced Murdock or Murdotch?" (my name is actually Murdoch).
I answered "Murdock".
He called over several of his colleagues to look at it and I thought "Oh crap, someone with my name is an international terrorist".
I was quite relieved when they all burst out laughing heartily saying "Ha Ha! Like the A-Team! Ha Ha Ha!".
(, Fri 3 Mar 2006, 15:46, Reply)
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