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25 May 2006

What kind of a country is it that doesn't let a man bring his pool cue on an airplane?

post by: matildaben at: 18:37 | 10 comments

I'm guessing ours?

posted by Lipstick Thespian 25 May | 18:52

Most of 'em. Pool cues can be mighty useful weapons.

posted by Specklet 25 May | 18:53

A really successful pool player would have a private plane.

posted by box 25 May | 19:00

Don't even ASK me about the tiki-style cigar lighter that TSA took outta my luggage on the way home from Key West. I'd emptied it of butane and everything!

I'm inconsolable on that one.

posted by BoringPostcards 25 May | 21:01

I was on the watch list for a while....

posted by mudpuppie 25 May | 22:22

A sane country! Those things won't fit in the overhead, and with my luck I'd get stuck next to the guy and get bopped in the head throughout the flight.

posted by kellydamnit 25 May | 22:56

Some colleagues of mine have reported difficulties in getting bottles of vodka on to a plane. ‘It looks like a gun.’ ‘But it’s a bottle of vodka.’ ‘But it looks like a gun…’

posted by misteraitch 26 May | 04:16

Those things won't fit in the overhead

Sure they will. They unscrew in half; the case looks like an extra-long flute case.

posted by Specklet 26 May | 10:09

That is still larger than the max carry on dimensions (at least in Canada).

What pool players need to do is convert pairs of crutches into carrying cases. Ain't no one going to stop you from using your crutches.

posted by Mitheral 26 May | 11:14

My cue case fits in my suitcase. Wrapped in bubble wrap, it travels quite well.

posted by mudpuppie 26 May | 20:20

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