# Kitten defeats TSA **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792 "2008-01-24T05:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/1 "2008-01-24T05:58:48Z")
[A kitten managed to stowaway](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22784854/) in her ‘owners’ suitcase. She went through security, x-rayed, and flew in the luggage compartment from FL to Dallas. When she got there, someone else picked up the bag and took it home and was really suprised when he opened it. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/2 "2008-01-24T06:03:48Z")
That kitteh is a terrist. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/3 "2008-01-24T06:11:52Z")
> [@](#): > > We were going to name it Suitcase. How cute 😃 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/4 "2008-01-24T09:35:39Z")
Good thing the people who accidentally took it were heading home. Someone’s clothes are gonna need a-washin’. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/5 "2008-01-24T12:22:48Z")
EXCELLENT. Now I know how to get my kitteh into America with me! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/6 "2008-01-24T12:54:19Z")
[I wonder if the kitten was packing heat?](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/23/airport.gun/index.html) > [@](#): > > Gregory Scott Hinkle, 53, of Davis, West Virginia, went through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport about 7:30 a.m. Sunday, an airport spokeswoman said. > > After the traveler evidently recalled having the gun, he returned to the checkpoint and disclosed the weapon, authorities said. > > The TSA contacted airport police, who charged the man with possessing or transporting a firearm into an air carrier terminal where prohibited, a misdemeanor, and released him. He is scheduled to appear April 2 in Arlington County, Virginia, General District Court. I don’t know about you guys, but I feel safer already. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/7 "2008-01-24T13:50:28Z")
I can’t believe there are no pictures of the kitty with the article! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/8 "2008-01-24T14:10:49Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] That kitteh is a terrist. [/QUOTE] You’re not kidding. > [@](#): > > “I went to unpack and saw some of the clothes and saw it wasn’t my suitcase,” he said. “I was going to close it, and a kitten jumped out and ran under the bed. I screamed like a little girl.” ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/9 "2008-01-24T14:43:29Z")
How the hell do you not notice a _moving cat skeleton_ going through the x-ray machine? Oh, right, incompetence. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/10 "2008-01-24T14:50:16Z")
Frekwent Flier miles…I haz dem. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/11 "2008-01-24T15:09:23Z")
I can haz upgrade? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/12 "2008-01-24T15:18:18Z")
I wish I’d thought of stuffing my cat into a suitcase instead of paying $50 to take him in the cabin with me when I moved from Chicago to NC. It’s only a two-hour flight… ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/13 "2008-01-24T15:28:42Z")
im in ur suitcase, screwing ur sekuritee ---
**Author:** ![BornOfStardust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BornOfStardust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornOfStardust)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/14 "2008-01-24T15:30:29Z")
I hope the X-rays didn’t hurt the poor baby! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/15 "2008-01-24T15:32:12Z")
[QUOTE=Oregon sunshine] I can’t believe there are no pictures of the kitty with the article! [/QUOTE] [Picky.](http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=110023&provider=top) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/16 "2008-01-24T15:37:23Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [I wonder if the kitten was packing heat?](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/23/airport.gun/index.html)I don’t know about you guys, but I feel safer already. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] So, the guy forgets he has a loaded gun, and somehow manages to walk through security with it, from where he could have boarded the plane. And this happens at the airport that is within a couple of miles of the White House and Capitol. He then remembers he has a gun, and walks back to the security checkpoint to do the right thing and hand it in. And they arrest him for his honesty. That’s pretty fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/17 "2008-01-24T15:38:46Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] That’s pretty fucked up. [/QUOTE] I believe that sums up TSA in a nutshell. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/18 "2008-01-24T15:46:39Z")
I liked the part where the guy “screamed like a little girl” when the kitten jumped out of the suitcase and ran under the bed. [Here’s a picture of the kitten.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/01/24/MNK1UKBBH.DTL&o=0) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/19 "2008-01-24T15:50:11Z")
Slight hijack [pardon the pun!] – how on earth [oops] could the kitten get enough air in a closed case? The damn thing must’ve been half empty, right? But even so… Have you ever seen a hard- or soft-sided case that would “breathe” enough to sustain a life inside? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792/20 "2008-01-24T16:01:25Z")
Tiny kittens/ On the plane/ Tiny kittens/ TSA’s shame/ Tiny kittens/ Jump out, run all over/ I’ve a feeling that I’m gonna/ Chase you till the end of time…/ (Sung to the tune of “Tiny Bubbles”. Apologies to Don Ho.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitten-defeats-tsa/434792.md?page=2)