In article >,
"Bob" > wrote:

> It amazes ME how inane some of those restrictions are.

http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-63275
(Stupid Security Competition). One of the nominees was Sacramento
airport, which prominently displayed a picture of a bomb with the
international circle-and-slash "no" symbol on it. In the words of the
nominator, "I can only imagine how many bombs have been taken back to
the bad guys car because they saw that sign." I think bin Laden won
the war ... :-(

sd

sf wrote:

> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 04:27:48 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > > > It's basic good sense, not rocket science...amazing how few folx
realize
> > > > this.
> > >
> > > OK, Gregory -- I've seen it twice from you and I just gotta let you
know
> > > I noticed -- folx? How precious! "-)
> >
> >
> > It's one of my nouvelle - vague Usenet "expressions"...and the spelling
> > *does* make some kind of sense, no...???
>
> It makes complete sense... because phonetically x = ks
> >
> > Others a
> >
> > "hampster" for "hamster
> >
> > "sleezy" for "sleazy"
> >
> > "wierd" for "weird"
>
> All of the above are just poor spelling, nothing more.



'Tis true...



> > "Brab" for "Barb" (she's a regular on *chi.general, it's a term of
> > endearment for her), etc....
>
> Sorta, maybe, I hope you're right.


I am... ;-)

--
Best
Greg

> http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-63275
> (Stupid Security Competition). One of the nominees was Sacramento
> airport, which prominently displayed a picture of a bomb with the
> international circle-and-slash "no" symbol on it. In the words of the
> nominator, "I can only imagine how many bombs have been taken back to
> the bad guys car because they saw that sign." I think bin Laden won
> the war ... :-(

I can just see it..."Oh, DAMN! They've put up a SIGN! I
guess they're really serious about this now! OK, guys, let's
take the bombs back..."

The world more and more resembles something out of a
Monty Python movie.

Only 1/2 a :-) for that, sadly...

Bob M.

"Bob Myers" > wrote in news:4207af9c$1
@usenet01.boi.hp.com:

>
>> http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-63275
>> (Stupid Security Competition). One of the nominees was Sacramento
>> airport, which prominently displayed a picture of a bomb with the
>> international circle-and-slash "no" symbol on it. In the words of the
>> nominator, "I can only imagine how many bombs have been taken back to
>> the bad guys car because they saw that sign." I think bin Laden won
>> the war ... :-(
>
> I can just see it..."Oh, DAMN! They've put up a SIGN! I
> guess they're really serious about this now! OK, guys, let's
> take the bombs back..."
>
> The world more and more resembles something out of a
> Monty Python movie.


When I got married in 1992, we went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. At that
stage we required a visa for the visit. The questions on the visa
application included ones which asked if you had ever been involved in
genocide, or were visiting the US for terrorist purposes! There was a
note that answering yes to these questions didn't necessarily mean that
you wouldn't obtain a visa, but that you might have to attend an
interview. Like someone would actually answer yes, I'm a terrorist!

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Rhonda Anderson wrote:

> When I got married in 1992, we went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. At that
> stage we required a visa for the visit. The questions on the visa
> application included ones which asked if you had ever been involved in
> genocide, or were visiting the US for terrorist purposes! There was a
> note that answering yes to these questions didn't necessarily mean that
> you wouldn't obtain a visa, but that you might have to attend an
> interview. Like someone would actually answer yes, I'm a terrorist!
>


Were they still asking "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the
Communist Party?"?

--
Best
Greg

"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
k.net:

>
> Rhonda Anderson wrote:
>
>> When I got married in 1992, we went to Hawaii for our honeymoon. At
>> that stage we required a visa for the visit. The questions on the
>> visa application included ones which asked if you had ever been
>> involved in genocide, or were visiting the US for terrorist purposes!
>> There was a note that answering yes to these questions didn't
>> necessarily mean that you wouldn't obtain a visa, but that you might
>> have to attend an interview. Like someone would actually answer yes,
>> I'm a terrorist!
>>
>
>
> Were they still asking "Are you now or have you ever been a member of
> the Communist Party?"?
>

Don't remember now - I think there was a question to do with whether
you'd ever been involved in prostitution, and a general sort of criminal
one. Can't remember if there was a Communist one. I just remember
thinking they were awfully funny questions to ask, and our travel agent
telling us to make sure we filled them out properly because the people
at the consulate who assessed them didn't have much of a sense of humour
<g>.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia