Man sneaks monkey onto airplane--past security--under his hat

[rainbow4321]

Probably safe to say that hats will now have to be removed along with shoes after this little stunt


http://www.kotv.com/news/national/story/?id=133316


A man smuggled a monkey onto an airplane Tuesday, stashing the furry fist-size primate under his hat until passengers spotted it perched on his ponytail, an airline official said.

The monkey escapade began in Lima, Peru, late Monday, when the man boarded a flight to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Alison Russell. After landing Tuesday morning, the man waited several hours before catching a connecting flight to LaGuardia Airport.

During the flight, people around the man noticed that the marmoset, which normally lives in forests and eats fruit and insects, had emerged from underneath his hat, Russell said. ``Other passengers asked the man if he knew he had a monkey on him,'' she said.

<snip>
Airport police were waiting for the man and his monkey when the plane landed about 3 p.m., and the man was taken away for questioning. It was unclear whether he would face any criminal charges.

[Beetwasher]

1. "Excuse Me, Do You Know You Have A Monkey On Your Back?"

Yeesh, Where to even begin? The jokes write themselves. :shrug:

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Well, you know, everybody's got something to hide...

HA! I said it first! :woohoo:

[AnneD]

9. Damn...

my first thought .:evilgrin: Did the monkey have a typewriter and was he cranking out Shakespeare?

[stevedeshazer]

3. Bush is flying coach?

Did his Lima flight connect with Paraguay?

Maybe he was scoping out his new digs for when he goes into exile.

[Mojambo]

4. Al Qaeda trained terrorist monkeys

A Fox News Exclusive!

[HereSince1628]

6. I told my SO earlier that this had to be an AQ dry run.

And clearly customs isn't up to the job of securing the border.

[stillcool]

5. K & R

for the jokes to follow. :rofl:

[MissWaverly]

7. It was a "surrender monkey" trying to go home to his district

Sheesh, he just wanted to get out of town w/o folks noticing.

[shireen]

8. customs thought, "ugly toupe?" LOL!

[uppityperson]

10. Thanks a lot, now we have to all check our monkeys.

First shoes, then shampoo, now monkeys, what next?

[tavalon]

21. Better to check your monkey

than to spank your monkey :hide:

[Pastiche423]

24. I do believe you have that reversed

[tavalon]

29. Not having a monkey of my own

you might be able to see how I could make that mistake. LOL

[Pastiche423]

31. You typed that on a public board???

In all of my days, and I've lived a lot of days, I have never "met" anyone that did not have a monkey to spank.

Hell, I even belonged to the Spank the Monkey club (K101 FM - San Francisco) and I have a tee shirt to prove it.

[tavalon]

32. I guess in my world

girls have kitties and boys have monkeys. But really, you make a good point!

[tavalon]

33. And on that vein

my partner just asked me if I would spank his monkey and I replied that I would if he would pet my pussy. I think I'm off the board for the night. See ya!

[Pastiche423]

35. Oh my!

I should have read your profile 1st. I thought you were someone else. lol

[Beetwasher]

37. In Russia

Monkey checks YOU!

[lonestarnot]

11. Bushitler fits under a hat? Well he is all hat and no brain as he demonstrates daily.

[Madspirit]

12. I Wonder If They Would Have Noticed

If it had been a monkey with a man under it's hat?


k&r for funniest post of the day.

Lee

[Olney Blue]

13. Monkey Business Class

[eppur_se_muova]

14. No one could have anticipated ...

that someone would hide something under his hat!

(Hey, no one in DHS has anything under theirs!)

[superkia]

15. No baby formula, no lotions but

animal that could bring new disease to country ok! Good job homeland suckurity, how much tax dollars go into spying on us, I mean keeping us safe?

[Turn CO Blue]

16. LOL - this whole thread is DUzy material.n/t

[mikelgb]

17. Don't Make Me Get the Flying Monkeys!

[FourScore]

18. All hat, no cattle. n/t

[Harry Monroe]

19. I heard that the monkey was blamed

And as punishment, the monkey was spanked. BAD MONKEY!!

[progressoid]

20. "is that a monkey in your pants or are you just happy to see me?"

Ooooh. Not pants. Hat.

[Horse with no Name]

22. What is sooo stupid is they ask someone to remove their shoes

But don't ask them to remove their hat??
Geez...

[cliss]

23. Here's the little cutie -

The article said that "the little monkey was very well-behaved when he sat in the seat". It sounded like once the stowaway was discovered, he had to sit in his own seat.
~ cute ~

[Olney Blue]

28. As long as he wore his seatbelt and had his seat in the upright position....

what's the problem?

[cliss]

34. Calling Bush "Monkey Boy" is an insult to monkeys. Here's why:

Just look at the cutie!:loveya:

[pepperbear]

25. shhhh! Quiet or everyone will want one! n/t

[Berry Cool]

36. In the words of Barenaked Ladies:

"Haven't you always wanted a monkey?" :shrug:

[Gold Metal Flake]

26. Touch my monkey!

[HeeBGBz]

27. Flying monkeys?

Wizard of Oz the Sequel - Monkeys fly coach.

[Stinky The Clown]

30. UPDATE:

The man was allowed to continue on to LaGuardia and faces no charges. The monkey was detained once sufficiently small hand cuffs and an orange jump suit were located. Charges of stowing away on an international aircraft are pending.

No link to terrorism is suspected.