# Homeland security deports British twenty-somethings based on "joke" tweets **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 30, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223 "2012-01-30T20:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/321 "2012-02-11T00:24:03Z")
I’m watching the evening news and they say a woman was denied travel to DEN because they sent home all the female TSA screeners for the day at an airport. Well I guess that’s one way to stop half the potential terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/322 "2012-02-11T00:35:59Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I’m watching the evening news and they say a woman was denied travel to DEN because they sent home all the female TSA screeners for the day at an airport. Well I guess that’s one way to stop half the potential terrorists. What’s a Den? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/323 "2012-02-11T00:40:00Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > What’s a Den? Denver. sorry. just assume everybody knows airport codes.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/324 "2012-02-11T00:42:55Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I’m watching the evening news and they say a woman was denied travel to DEN because they sent home all the female TSA screeners for the day at an airport. Well I guess that’s one way to stop half the potential terrorists. The TSA [has countered](http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/10/10373981-woman-claims-she-missed-flight-due-to-her-gender), saying that the passenger was late and that the checkpoint had been closed completely. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/325 "2012-02-11T00:48:30Z")
If she was there 27 minutes prior to boarding and TSA says the airlines told them they were closing the door then it would be interesting to hear from the airlines. Seems a bit early to me. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/326 "2012-02-11T11:46:32Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > What’s a Den? [Den (room) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_(room)) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/327 "2012-02-11T20:51:37Z")
> [@Norse](#): > > [Den (room) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_(room)) 😉 You have a winky smiley, but that’s a new use of the word to me. What does it have to do with airlines, though? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/328 "2012-02-12T00:52:03Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > You have a winky smiley, but that’s a new use of the word to me. What does it have to do with airlines, though? the TSA said the airline had told them they were essentially not going to wait until departure time to accept passengers 30 minutes before departure. They may have wanted to leave early to beat DEN weather. Easily verifiable information from the airline that they were leaving early and didn’t need the TSA which changes the take on the story completely. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/329 "2012-02-12T01:05:32Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > the TSA said the airline had told them they were essentially not going to wait until departure time to accept passengers 30 minutes before departure. They may have wanted to leave early to beat DEN weather. Easily verifiable information from the airline that they were leaving early and didn’t need the TSA which changes the take on the story completely. I think you misunderstood my question. It was to do with the use if the word “den”. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/330 "2012-02-12T02:03:40Z")
It always annoys me when people use airport abbreviations. It’s industry jargon. It isn’t appropriate for a general audience. And it’s also intensely regional, which is inappropriate for an international audience. The same is true of postal abbreviations for U.S. states. There’s really no good reason to use them on these boards. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223/331 "2012-02-12T02:22:01Z")
> [@Candyman74](#): > > You have a winky smiley, but that’s a new use of the word to me. What does it have to do with airlines, though? Well it’s obvious to me: it was just a silly alternative-definition joke on your question “what’s a den?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeland-security-deports-british-twenty-somethings-based-on-joke-tweets/611223.md?page=16)