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On August 11th, 2006 at 10:41 am ,Better Living Through Miles wrote:
“TSA rules prohibit shotguns, not shotgunning”
I hope this guy has an aisle seat.
On August 11th, 2006 at 11:23 am ,Jay.J wrote:
“Search this.”
On August 11th, 2006 at 11:24 am ,Jay.J wrote:
“My body is NOT a carry on.”
On August 11th, 2006 at 12:04 pm ,grazza wrote:
As the sweet liquid entered his stomach it started a violent reaction with his gastric acid. An explosion was immenent - its not called Asti Spewmante for nothing!!!
On August 11th, 2006 at 12:08 pm ,Better Living Through Miles wrote:
“The War on Terroir”
On August 11th, 2006 at 12:24 pm ,Anonymous wrote:
Terrorist campaign to make air travelers chug wine a success!
On August 11th, 2006 at 12:30 pm ,Box Wine Guy wrote:
“Ahhh… One down, just three more to go!”
On August 11th, 2006 at 10:52 pm ,Anonymous wrote:
“Hey, wait a minute. This is my wife’s shampoo!”
On August 12th, 2006 at 12:12 pm ,Dezel wrote:
Man threatens to do an age old barbaric practice ‘chug it’ when Airport Security Personnel confiscates his Riedel stemware.
On August 12th, 2006 at 2:23 pm ,Anali wrote:
Mon Dieu! Gulping down wine. Maybe the terrorists have won.
On August 12th, 2006 at 4:53 pm ,Renie wrote:
Confiscate this!
On August 13th, 2006 at 1:42 pm ,Salil wrote:
Distressing scenes like this can be avoided by adding a BYO policy onto airplanes.
On August 13th, 2006 at 6:36 pm ,Anonymous wrote:
I always chug a bottle of Airportersburger GlobeTrottin before flying the unfriendly skies!
On August 15th, 2006 at 8:37 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
These are great! Thanks!
Thanks too To Rick Nelson who mentioned this post on the Robert Parker bulletin board with the caption “This guy decided to throw back instead of throw away!”
With the recent changes in carry-on policies that adversely affect our passion, humor is the best antidote…
On August 16th, 2006 at 2:12 am ,JLB wrote:
They can make me wait in line, charge me $8.95 for plane food, give me half a soda and frown when I ask for the rest, seat me in back of someone who will recline their seat right into me…but they cannot take my Asti Spumante-ahhhhh!!!
On July 15th, 2008 at 11:03 am ,Who’s threatening us now: United Airlines! | Dr Vino's wine blog wrote:
[...] The traveler chucked the $90 cab in the trash. He must have decided not to chug it like this guy. [...]