Clown strip-searched before children's charity flight

Maybe scRunge or Piggy could do this for a job...:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/de...hed-birmingham

Clown strip-searched before children's charity flight


PC Konk taken aside at Birmingham airport for having plastic handcuffs, a
bubble-blowing saxophone and metal bits on his costume

guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 December 2008 08.54 GMT

"A clown in full costume was left stunned after being strip-searched by
Birmingham airport security as he tried to board a plane.

Children's entertainer David Vaughan, 60, was dressed as PC Konk, complete
with huge floppy shoes, a policeman's helmet and face paint, when he was
taken aside by security staff at Birmingham airport.

Mr Vaughan had been booked by Variety Club Midlands to entertain 100
disadvantaged children on a plane as it circled the region on a one-hour
Christmas charity flight. But a piece of metal on his costume set off the
security alarm, prompting security guards to confiscate his plastic
handcuffs and order him to strip down to his shorts and T-shirt.

Staff also demanded he put the liquid for his plastic bubble-blowing
saxophone into a clear sealed plastic bag.

"I'd made sure I'd bought plastic handcuffs and a plastic whistle but I
hadn't realised that the costume had a metal band - I thought it was
plastic," said Mr Vaughan, from Shard End, Birmingham.

"They took me to the customs office, I took off the costume and they put it
through the X-ray machine.

"That was fine and I put it back on. Then they confiscated my handcuffs,
which were plastic."

Mr Vaughan was finally allowed to board the Thomas Cook-sponsored plane,
which took off from Birmingham and returned an hour later after the incident
last Tuesday.

"Don't get me wrong, they were only doing their job. The funny part about it
was that we were not going anywhere," he said.

"But at the end of the day, the children got great pleasure out of it. It
was to make the children have a nice day and have a laugh, which we did."

A spokesman for Birmingham airport said: "PC Konk certainly did a great job
of keeping everyone at the airport entertained.

"However, he was required to give in his handcuffs at security in line with
national security regulations.

"PC Konk then passed speedily through before getting on with the important
job of putting smiles on the faces of the Variety Club children, who all
enjoyed a day to remember here at the airport."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/de...hed-birmingham

Clown strip-searched before children's charity flight


PC Konk taken aside at Birmingham airport for having plastic handcuffs, a
bubble-blowing saxophone and metal bits on his costume

guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 December 2008 08.54 GMT

"A clown in full costume was left stunned after being strip-searched by
Birmingham airport security as he tried to board a plane.

Children's entertainer David Vaughan, 60, was dressed as PC Konk, complete
with huge floppy shoes, a policeman's helmet and face paint, when he was
taken aside by security staff at Birmingham airport.

Mr Vaughan had been booked by Variety Club Midlands to entertain 100
disadvantaged children on a plane as it circled the region on a one-hour
Christmas charity flight. But a piece of metal on his costume set off the
security alarm, prompting security guards to confiscate his plastic
handcuffs and order him to strip down to his shorts and T-shirt.

Staff also demanded he put the liquid for his plastic bubble-blowing
saxophone into a clear sealed plastic bag.

"I'd made sure I'd bought plastic handcuffs and a plastic whistle but I
hadn't realised that the costume had a metal band - I thought it was
plastic," said Mr Vaughan, from Shard End, Birmingham.

"They took me to the customs office, I took off the costume and they put
it
through the X-ray machine.

"That was fine and I put it back on. Then they confiscated my handcuffs,
which were plastic."

Mr Vaughan was finally allowed to board the Thomas Cook-sponsored plane,
which took off from Birmingham and returned an hour later after the
incident
last Tuesday.

"Don't get me wrong, they were only doing their job. The funny part about
it
was that we were not going anywhere," he said.

"But at the end of the day, the children got great pleasure out of it. It
was to make the children have a nice day and have a laugh, which we did."

A spokesman for Birmingham airport said: "PC Konk certainly did a great
job
of keeping everyone at the airport entertained.

"However, he was required to give in his handcuffs at security in line
with
national security regulations.

"PC Konk then passed speedily through before getting on with the important
job of putting smiles on the faces of the Variety Club children, who all
enjoyed a day to remember here at the airport."

/

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Clown strip-searched before children's charity flight



It would have been funny if they did the body cavity search & pulled out a
whole bunch of colored hankies tied together!

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Clown strip-searched before children's charity flight



It would have been funny if they did the body cavity search & pulled out a
whole bunch of colored hankies tied together!


LOL and LOL again - Merry Xmas, Mike.

From: "M'Balz Es-Hari"
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe,alt.activism.death-penalty
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:39:27 -0600
Subject: Clown strip-searched before children's charity flight

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It would have been funny if they did the body cavity search & pulled out a
whole bunch of colored hankies tied together!

More than funny - hysterically funny! LOL

Donna Evleth

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Clown strip-searched before children's charity flight



It would have been funny if they did the body cavity search & pulled out a
whole bunch of colored hankies tied together!

ROTFLMAO!!! We have some here in AADP who could perform that
trick.


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It would have been funny if they did the body cavity search & pulled out
a whole bunch of colored hankies tied together!


LOL and LOL again - Merry Xmas, Mike.


Thanks & same to you.
Actually, the thought of that came about in a conversation several years ago
between myself & a friend I'd known since childhood.
We were discussing the possibilities of when we hit the age when doctors
start wanting to go... uh, prospecting, you know... down there?
Thinking how funny it would have been to have the doc find something like
the hankies tied together, pez dispensers & various other items down (or
would it be up?) there.
Realizing we'd have to shove said items up our asses (or arses, if you
please) we quickly nixed the idea.