My gran vs International law
Kind of relevant so I'll go ahead anyway, sod you all!

My gran, RIP, was a dainty wee Scottish lass who wouldn't harm a fly. We were dropping her off at the airport to see her daughter, my aunt, in Germany. Alas she had forgotten her passport and an awkward, heart-breaking silence ensued. Even the airline ticket officer looked gutted.

Moments later my gran, all 4ft 9in of her, pulled out her bus pass, "Och mi dear - I've got mi bus pass if that's Okaaaye?". You could actually see the airline officer melt and she was straight on the phone to various people - English and German - before finally announcing, with a beaming smile, that the bus pass would indeed be fine and that the German authorities would be happy to welcome her on that basis!

A nice little tale to bring on the weekend? Certainly nice to know that there are some nice people out there. Bear in mind this was about 20yrs ago, when border control was much tighter... my gran got to Germany and back.... on her bus pass
(Mean Mad Mutski, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:26, 15 replies)

That.
Is awesome.

Clicked.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:31, closed)

I'd think this was bollocks
if I didn't know a guy who took his girlfriend, her son and her daughter to Germany on a family passport that had his own children on. Not only were his own children about ten years older but they were both girls.
( Peej, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:33, closed)

LOL
The icing on the cake was getting the story published in the Scotsman and getting a £5 promissory note as payment! I don't even know what a promissory note is?!
(Mean Mad Mutski, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:08, closed)

Yeah thats nice...
... But she wouldn't have got away with it now. Especially if she'd have gone with ryanair!! :)
(Boom- Clicks on NSFW links at work., Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:42, closed)

Ryanair would have charged her
a tenner for checking the buss pass, then another 20 for telling her to piss off.
( Not Pineapple anymore, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 16:13, closed)

Great story
*clicks*
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:47, closed)

A winter warmer
*clickage*
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:50, closed)

clicked
Das ist richtig!
(Galahad is out of his gourd on yellow bentines, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 14:53, closed)

Sleepwalking across Europe
Back in 2000 - admittedly before the height of the airline security frenzy - my wife flew out to meet me in Vienna, without having her passport checked at any point from walking into Heathrow to stepping out of the door at the other end.

And she's a damn foreigner, too.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:20, closed)

Was she 4ft 9in
and Scottish?
(Mean Mad Mutski, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:35, closed)

I have travelled to 7 different countries
since September 2001 and on three occasions not had my passport checked. On one occasion all the desks were unmanned and everyone simply walked through.
( Peej, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:40, closed)

Lovely heartwarming story
Did she detonate in the end?
(Stiltzkin, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 15:55, closed)

She might have dropped one on the flight
if that's what you mean? She was pretty old by then.
(Mean Mad Mutski, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 16:08, closed)

I recently flew to Italy for a conference on an out of date passport with half the pages removed.
I've got a new passport now.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Mon 14 Feb 2011, 7:26, closed)

Awesomness.
I'm a miserable, cynical bastard so I don't often, but that made me grin. Thanks.

*Click*
( Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Mon 14 Feb 2011, 16:54, closed)