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Items to Avoid Aboard a Flight: Dell, Apple Laptops and…Penis Pumps

As I reported before, Qantas airlines restricts the use of Dell computers on board their aircraft; other airlines may follow suit, and with Apple joining the battery-recall, perhaps Mac’s get on the restricted list, too.

But this is minor inconvenience compared to the trouble carrying a … penis pump (*blush*) can get you into, reports the Chicago Sun Times:

“The female airport security guard held the small, black, squeezable rubber object she’d just plucked out of Mardin Amin’s backpack, and eyed it suspiciously.

Standing next to his mother, an embarrassed Amin whispered out of one corner of his mouth that it was a “pump” — as in a penis pump. The guard misunderstood the Iraqi man and thought she heard the word “bomb,” Amin’s attorney told a Cook County judge Wednesday.

“He told her it’s a pump,” attorney Eileen O’Neill-Burke said as a cluster of burly, snickering police officers watched the court proceedings. “He’s standing with his mother. Of course he’s not going to shout this out.”

But after listening to the female guard testify she heard Amin “clearly” say the word bomb during the Aug. 16 incident at O’Hare Airport, Judge Gerald Winiecki decided there was enough evidence for the case to move forward. Amin, 29, is charged with felony disorderly conduct and faces up to three years in prison if convicted.”

Oh, well, judges have their way with penis pumps:  in unrelated news, former Oklahoma Judge Donald Thompson was sentenced to 4 years in prison for repeatedly using a penis pump – during trials he presided over in his courtroom.

I’m starting to think these pumps are really not worth all the trouble. After all,  Small is the New Big

Perhaps it’s time to update the list of things to avoid during air travel:

  • sex toys
  • your mother
  • thick accent

or any combination of the above.

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Comments

  1. This is the first follow-up article I read after the initial story hit the news wires. I didn’t know that the guy claims he actually whispered “pump” rather than “bomb.” That throws an entirely different light on the case. At first, I was thinking what kind of nutjob would think it’s ok for his mother to hear he had a bomb in his backpack, but not a pump. Now this version makes more sense. Not much, but just a bit.

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