# The Flying Morons - another plane delayed by a fucking idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219 "2016-05-07T20:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/101 "2016-05-11T18:45:33Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > The one time I had to report suspicious activity. I was at the airport and here is a suitcase in the middle of the food court with no one around. I flag a TSA agent > \There is a suitcase right here. No one is near it so I’m reporting it like the PA says to since it seems abandoned. > \Did you walk around to find out who it belongs to? > \:smack: How were you supposed to find out the owner by walking around? Does the owner flag you down? Besides, if there really was a bomb in the suitcase, walking around it would be the last thing you’d want to do. Let the agent handle it; I’ll be in the bar. The one at the _far_ end of the terminal. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/102 "2016-05-11T18:55:33Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Yes, the woman is blameless. Menzio _must_ have done something we haven’t hear about.:rolleyes: If you say so. Personally, I would prefer to hear more facts before declaring that the woman was blameless. On the other hand, Menzio might have had some personal reason for not disclosing the whole story to the public. Maybe? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/103 "2016-05-11T19:02:20Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Meanwhile, back at the plane - a woman passenger grew suspicious of Menzio. Menzio claims it was because he was doing math. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. Maybe she also noticed several other actions, or statements, by Menzio that made her nervous? Maybe Menzio forgot to mention any other suspious behavior he had been asked to explain? Maybe Menzio referred to her as a mouth-breather? I wonder what exactly the nervous passenger wrote on the note she passed to the crew member? Did the nervous passenger’s fear of flying and Menzio’s ridicule of her discomfort induce her to notify the aircrew of her suspicion that Menzio could be a dangerous person? LOL. You should do your best to find out who the woman was; you would make a great couple. Give the two of you a flashlight, and working together you could probably manage to find your own asses. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/104 "2016-05-11T19:09:05Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > …As for Trump, he is the person who wants to ban all Muslims from entering the country because they can’t be trusted. If you buy into that, anyone who looks or acts Muslim anywhere can’t be trusted. I don’t know if this idiot was naturally paranoid or if she had help from the Donald, but you can hardly hold him blameless for the increase in paranoia. (post shortened) Hahahaha. Trump didn’t say he wanted to ban all Muslims from entering the country because they can’t be trusted. How do you know that this suspicious woman isn’t a Hillary/Cruz/Bernie disciple? Or don’t facts matter? I hold the radical, fanatical Muslim terrorists responsible for any paranoia about radical, fanatical Muslims. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/105 "2016-05-11T19:11:12Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > How were you supposed to find out the owner by walking around? Does the owner flag you down? Besides, if there really was a bomb in the suitcase, walking around it would be the last thing you’d want to do. Let the agent handle it; I’ll be in the bar. The one at the _far_ end of the terminal. The way the TSA agent did it was meander around the food court asking people “Is that your bag?” Finally someone responded “نعم إنه كذلك” and retrieved their bag. They said “Yes it is.” in English not Arabic. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/106 "2016-05-11T19:14:31Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > LOL. You should do your best to find out who the woman was; you would make a great couple. Give the two of you a flashlight, and working together you could probably manage to find your own asses. Is that something else you couldn’t do? I’m surprised that you’ve made up your mind about happened on that flight but you don’t know who the woman was or what she witnessed. But why let those pesky facts get in the way of a good story? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/107 "2016-05-11T19:28:51Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Is that something else you couldn’t do? > > I’m surprised that you’ve made up your mind about happened on that flight but you don’t know who the woman was or what she witnessed. But why let those pesky facts get in the way of a good story? Why indeed, when you tell such entertaining ones. Once again: > [@](#): > > Meanwhile, back at the plane - a woman passenger grew suspicious of Menzio. Menzio claims it was because he was doing math. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn’t. Maybe she also noticed several other actions, or statements, by Menzio that made her nervous? Maybe Menzio forgot to mention any other suspious behavior he had been asked to explain? Maybe Menzio referred to her as a mouth-breather? I wonder what exactly the nervous passenger wrote on the note she passed to the crew member? Did the nervous passenger’s fear of flying and Menzio’s ridicule of her discomfort induce her to notify the aircrew of her suspicion that Menzio could be a dangerous person? There’s enough JAQing off in that one paragraph to make a porno clip. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/108 "2016-05-11T19:30:36Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Is that something else you couldn’t do? > > I’m surprised that you’ve made up your mind about happened on that flight but you don’t know who the woman was or what she witnessed. But why let those pesky facts get in the way of a good story? Since he was allowed to fly after all, he couldn’t have been up to much, now could he? Of course, you did overlook the fact that he is Italian, likely not Muslim and is a college professor here in the States. Lucky he wasn’t doing trig, that could get you stripped of your citizenship. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/109 "2016-05-11T20:13:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Since he was allowed to fly after all, he couldn’t have been up to much, now could he? Not only that, but the airline spokesperson said that the people who looked into her allegations found them to be “non-credible.” In cases like this, that’s pretty much a polite way to say “This person was full of shit, and wasted our time.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/110 "2016-05-11T20:17:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Lucky he wasn’t doing trig, that could get you stripped of your citizenship. 'cos who know what sin the tan gent had in mind? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/111 "2016-05-11T20:21:59Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > 'cos who know what sin the tan gent had in mind? _slaps **Bryan** with a [del]wet[/del] frozen carp_ ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/112 "2016-05-11T21:09:41Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Algebra’s one a dem Arabic words, innit? > > Yes. Yes it is. Algebra, alcohol, algorithm… I’m waiting to see if Al Gore gets put on the no-fly list. > [@Alessan](#): > > The way I heard it, it’s actually an old Soviet Block joke about the KGB. But if the shoe fits… In Soviet Russia, you fit the shoe. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/113 "2016-05-11T21:59:29Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > LOL. You should do your best to find out who the woman was; you would make a great couple. Give the two of you a flashlight, and working together you could probably manage to find your own asses. There are a lot of holes in the ground. It might take a while. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/114 "2016-05-11T23:33:17Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I took that class in college. It is very dry. I was assuming he broke them up into partial differential equations. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/115 "2016-05-12T01:50:11Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > This reminds me of [George Gobel’s classic story about his WWII service.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHVcgUajtA) I always though Dino was an ash, that video serves as confirmation. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/116 "2016-05-12T14:17:18Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > That’s just fantastic, perfect timing and delivery. I’ve never even heard of George Gobel before. 😃 I mostly remember him from Hollywood Squares and other game shows. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/117 "2016-05-12T16:09:03Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I absolutely support the interrogation and reporting. The Arabic world is the source of some of the most notorious math dealers in history. You know what happened to us after we got our first hit of algebra! Everyone knows it’s just a gateway math towards calculus. Hey man, try it. The first variable is free. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/118 "2016-05-12T16:51:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Why indeed, when you tell such entertaining ones. Once again: > There’s enough JAQing off in that one paragraph to make a porno clip. (post shortened) Hahahaha. You must watch some interesting pornos. :eek: The LSM media has failed to provide all sides of this incident. That seems to be SOP now. Some people chose to jump to conclusions based on piss poor reporting. That seems to be SOP, also. :rolleyes: If you see something, say something. Or not. Your choice. But never, never, never question crappy reporting if it comes between you and your, uhmm… exercise regiment? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/119 "2016-05-12T16:56:12Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Hahahaha. You must watch some interesting pornos. :eek: > > The LSM media has failed to provide all sides of this incident. That seems to be SOP now. Some people chose to jump to conclusions based on piss poor reporting. That seems to be SOP, also. :rolleyes: > > If you see something, say something. Or not. Your choice. But never, never, never question crappy reporting if it comes between you and your, uhmm… exercise regiment? What do you think he was up to besides math? You seem pretty convinced he was actually up to no good. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219/120 "2016-05-12T17:05:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Since he was allowed to fly after all, he couldn’t have been up to much, now could he? > > Of course, you did overlook the fact that he is Italian, likely not Muslim and is a college professor here in the States. > > Lucky he wasn’t doing trig, that could get you stripped of your citizenship. That’s how the system is supposed to work, isn’t it? If you see something, say something. Let the professionals sort out the details. The terrorists know that people will report their activities to the proper authorities and that the authorities will respond. Innocent suspects will then be allowed to continue on their way. Sorry for the inconvenience and all that stuff. I didn’t report the guy. I didn’t overlook his math, or his attitude, or any attempts he may have made to make a nervous fellow passenger even more nervous. The media has given the suspected terrorist a chance to give HIS version of what HE wants you to believe had happened. That’s more than enough information to jump to conclusions. Are college professors forbidden from becoming terrorists? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flying-morons-another-plane-delayed-by-a-fucking-idiot/754219.md?page=7)