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snarlyj · 2012-10-03T07:12:05+00:00

I remember flying out of San Francisco right after that 'scare' in 2006, when almost no one knew about the new regulations. Several people in line had NICE bottles of wine they'd picked up, and there wasn't an easy method of suddenly shipping them or carefully putting them in checked luggage or whatever. Everyone was just being told to throw their liquid away.

When I got in line for security, bottles of wine were being passed up and down the line as people had tries. I was about 18 an LOVING IT haha. A security guard told me it'd been happening for over an hour (with new people joining the line and opening their own) and "hey, we aren't going to stop it, unless it starts being a problem."

I like to think it continued all day.

fritula · 2012-10-03T07:07:45+00:00

The best thing is that if she succeeds in drinking/sharing with fellow passengers, the liquid that was denied entrance, will actually get on the plane.

Take that TSA!

darktemplardude · 1 day

Did anyone accept her free shots?

Pekkahontaz · 2012-10-03T07:31:49+00:00

Some months ago when I was flying from Copenhagen I had this bottle of 10 year old cognac in my hand luggage. The security guys saw it on the x-ray and said I couldn't bring it onboard. Fortunately though, they laughed and said I could either waste it or drink it, and lo and behold! There was actually a bar table with stools next to the line! I sat there drinking my booze, chatting with the really cool security guys until they enlightened me that my gate was closing in five minutes.

Even though I messed up a bit while boarding (went through the wrong door and ended up entering via cockpit), it was definately my best flying experience ever. Thank you for existing, danes! //Swede

Jeff505 · 1 day

She's nearly half way through, not bad!

thenameschris · 2012-10-03T07:40:10+00:00

She looks like Celia Hodes from Weeds.

camemond · 1 day

It's 5 o'clock somewhere

LittleDancinMan · 1 day

The sad thing is I did this with Tequila coming back from Mexico. They were actually very amused with it there.

lalicat · 2012-10-03T08:55:48+00:00

I flew out of Bahrain with 2 bottles of vodka in my carry on. I was heading to San Diego and had a 21 hour flight and planned on being smashed for all of it. There is almost no security on flights in the Middle East. I was taking tugs from it in plain view of the flight crew and they didn't care. One even offered me a free mixer. I landed in Kuwait for an hour and drank some more. The plane was flying to Amsterdam next I had already finished a bottle and got delayed in Amsterdam for a night so I was like fuck it, got smashed some more. Showed up piss drunk to the airport and had to go through security. I had the other bottle stored in my carry on and they scanned it and told me I couldn't take it on the plane. I was pissed so I decided to chug some of it. I was already hungover from the night before and I ended up spewing into the collection bin for all of the bottles. I said 'Guess that's enough' to the flabbergasted dutch guy and threw my bottle into the collection bin. They had security escort me to my gate and wait with me to make sure I didn't cause a scene, I was also expedited through security. I guess they couldn't wait for me to leave the country. I drunkenly talked to the security guard until my flight came, most likely making an ass out of myself. I told him I was Canadian though and not American - haha jokes on you Canada!

Unfortunately I made it to San Diego sober to see my family again after being away for an entire year. At least my wife was appreciative that they took the bottle from me in Amsterdam.

TL;DR I'm sure they knew I wasn't Canadian when I didn't apologize for puking in their collection bin.

onlyincontext · 1 day

My roommates boyfriend is terrified of take-offs and landings. He solves this problem by being drunk while flying. He's perfectly timed his drinking such that he can be sober enough to make it through TSA and then drunk by take-off. He runs into problems with unexpected lines at TSA though.

pshetters · 1 day

That's why I always drink before I go to the airport. Makes bearing the TSA easier.

lordblonde · 2012-10-03T09:19:08+00:00

I had to do the same with a bottle of Moet and Chandon champagne once. We ended up drinking it in the airport Burger King out of paper cups.

Edit: Pic. http://i.imgur.com/7mkMZ.jpg

lamp37 · 1 day

However you feel about the merits of the policy, shouldn't people know by now that you can't carry on liquids to an airplane? Especially that much?

YertleTheTurtle · 1 day

I have not drank a drop of alcohol in almost four years, but if I saw that woman in the airport handing out plugs of vodka I would be as tempted as I have ever been.

Rand0mNZ · 2012-10-03T07:22:49+00:00

Is it like this in other countries? In NZ and Australia we can take like 3 litres of liquor in glass bottles from duty free on-board with us. It's the best part of flying.

But-ThenThatMeans · 2012-10-03T07:37:11+00:00

"It's all right, drinking in airports, isn't it? It's one of those places where it's acceptable at any time of day, like a casino, or Cardiff." - John Duggan, The Thick of It.

allysonwonderland · 2012-10-03T07:14:48+00:00

This reminds me of when my boyfriend, his sister, and I were flying back from Vegas. We bought those big 42oz margaritas at Cabo Wabo about 1 1/2 hours before our flight left... My bf managed to finish his in the cab on the way to the airport, but his sister and I had about half of ours left when we checked our bags and got to security. The TSA guy immediately saw us, pulled us aside, and started questioning us about our flight, etc. He then told us, "well, we're not too busy, so you can stay here and finish your drinks. We'll give you a heads up when you are running out of time!" We proceeded to very drunkenly take our shoes off and sit down in the middle of the security line to finish our drinks (we'd been drinking all morning, cuz... Vegas). Dirty looks everywhere... but when we finished we got through security and boarded our planes just fine.

TL;DR: TSA at McCarran Intl. let us continue to get drunk, then board our plane. Best airport experience ever.

canitasteyourjuice · 1 day

Damnit mom. You could at least provide a chaser.

Movie_Monster · 2012-10-03T07:12:14+00:00

The Smirnoff handles I have seen everywhere are glass.

darlantan · 2012-10-03T07:31:35+00:00

Maybe if they were doing something useful instead of hassling everyone so it looks like we're "tough on terrorism", it wouldn't be an issue. Instead, she'd be that "briefly obnoxious but quickly asleep and drooling lady in seat 34E".

Getting respectfully loaded while flying is fucking great. It makes the waiting infinitely more bearable, the flight more comfortable, and you sure as hell aren't going to be operating anything that'll endanger anyone else, so it's prime time to get your booze on. Unless you're an asshole when you're drunk, but honestly if that's the case you probably shouldn't drink with other people around in any circumstances.

Having said that, I'll be the first to say that that much booze in-hand is not a good sign, and she'd likely have been a dick anyway.

ChAdLeYisRaDlEy · 2012-10-03T08:09:52+00:00

But if she brings her own bottle they won't be able to charge her 20 dollars for a drink at the airport bar! Poor airports ... just tryin' ta make an honest livin'.

Gumsho3Magoo · 2012-10-03T12:39:16+00:00

This will probably be buried but the story fits here...

Summer of 2009 I went to Germany with a group of kids I knew from school. We flew out of Orlando International and picked up a bottle of Jager at the duty free to drink on the plane. Discovering the free/very cheap beer they were serving on the plane we quickly forgot about the jager.

Customs in the Frankfurt airport pulled the half empty bottle out and told us we couldn't bring it through. After asking what we should do with it, security shrugs and says "drink it?".

So that's what we do, taking turns in a line we begin chugging while the security guards all around us begin chanting "drink drink drink drink" the entire time. Eventually the head security came over to investigate and shut everything down, but by then the bottle had been finished and we went on our way, only now we were drunk.

konydanza · 1 day

I'm pretty sure she's having a stroke.

OlivieroVidal · 2012-10-03T07:23:06+00:00

That's actually a great way to get everyone poisoned if that isn't just vodka. Great job TSA, shame on you, terrorists

TheBestBigAl · 2012-10-03T07:30:23+00:00

Plastic Handle?

Ashmen · 2012-10-03T07:14:03+00:00

TSA wanted to take home free booze.

snoopdrj · 2012-10-03T14:43:02+00:00

It seems that TSA is generally not amused by anything. I mostly think it is because they are a bunch of ignorant cunts.

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