LOS ANGELES (AP)  A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.
“I wouldn’t wish this experience upon anyone,” Mandi Hamlin said at a news conference. “My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure. No one deserves to be treated this way.”
Jeez, what a whiner. The last time I went through Texas they tried to pull that shit on me, and I ripped out my nipple rings with my bare hands. It’s just a good thing the metal detector didn’t catch my cock ring. That could have gotten ugly.
Comment by happyfeet on 3/27 @ 8:18 pm #
I got nothin, really. But the whole thing is kinda hot.
Comment by McGehee on 3/27 @ 8:23 pm #
Gloria has obviously never seen a nipple cut glass.
Comment by Cowboy on 3/27 @ 8:23 pm #
I used to make fun of my students with facial piercings by saying they looked like they stuck their heads in a tackle box and went: “BRBRBRBRBRB”
…with the whole breasts, tongues, and genitals thing–well, I just keep quiet now.
Comment by serr8d on 3/27 @ 8:26 pm #
Couldn’t resist. Sorta NSFW.
Helps me with my foul mood…;D
Comment by Ted Nugent's Soul Patch on 3/27 @ 10:29 pm #
What kind of boob makes a woman go through this?
Comment by maggie katzen on 3/27 @ 10:32 pm #
knock, knock….
Comment by JayC on 3/28 @ 12:16 am #
It could have been worse. At least they didn’t complain about the plate in her head.
Comment by jon on 3/28 @ 4:06 am #
What could a nipple ring do that an earring couldn’t? I just don’t get these “security” people at all. Was she braless and making a distraction? Was she likely to do an erotic dance while the terrorist with the lockpick set (“just normal everyday tools” they told security) enters the cockpit? Or was this just another stupid overreaction on the part of those who are supposed to keep us secure?
I honestly think it’s less safe to travel now mostly because of Homeland Security. Lock the cockpit doors so the plane can be flown in the right direction, but let us passengers secure ourselves using keys, nipple rings, pens, pencils, stilleto heels, stuffed armadillos, an outrageous 3.5 ounces of hand sanitizer, or whatever it is that will next be on the “threat” list.
And ms. katzen, who’s there?
Comment by JD TWP on 3/28 @ 6:09 am #
BOOBS !!!!!
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Comment by The Ouroboros on 3/28 @ 8:09 am #
“…I ripped out my nipple rings with my bare hands.”
Childs play.. Last time the metal detector at the airport went off because of my 00 gauge Prince Albert and those TSAs said I had to remove it.. I just rip it out with my teeth and spat it into their change dish.
Comment by SarahW on 3/28 @ 8:39 am #
Jon, the mistake, still not admitted by TSA, is that they thought the option of removal was TSA’s call. The passenger can do so as alternative to a pat down (distinguished from visual inspection). TSA guards have it pummelled into their withered forebrains, that they cannot demand visual inspection of “private areas” nor accept an offer of this viewing. But pat-down to verify the metal as harmless jewelry, administered by a same sex guard, was an option for the passenger. I hope she eventually gets her apology.
Comment by Jim in KC on 3/28 @ 8:59 am #
Must have been the size of a doorknob to be that big a problem on the scan. I’ve been scanned wearing a holster with a metal clip and not had it noticed.
Comment by Radish on 3/28 @ 9:03 am #
A couple of years ago tried to I work out a plan for sneaking plastic explosives aboard in breast implants. Presumably by the time they heal you wouldn’t be covered in suspicious residue.
Comment by bigbooner on 3/28 @ 9:16 am #
I’m sure that once she gets her apology she will give it up.
Comment by Q30 on 3/28 @ 10:27 am #
“OH, the MISOGYNY of it all!”
Comment by Rob Crawford on 3/28 @ 11:12 am #
Oh, great. Now TSA is going to require implants be placed in quart-sized bags.
Comment by thor on 3/29 @ 12:21 am #
Move along, this post is only posted so CraigC feels some love.
Nips, me, no comment. I promised Cynn I’d give up gratuitous usage of female body parts.
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