Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Alert Leafs Staff Block Terrorist Threat
Linda White thinks the Air Canada Centre should take a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct after refusing to let her son Brody into last Saturday's game with his Maple Leaf sign because it was deemed a weapon.
"Brody, who is turning 10, was dressed up for Saturday night's game with the same enthusiasm as always -- a Leaf jersey, Leaf puck head, Leaf tattoos across his forehead and cheeks, a No. 1 finger sign and a No. 1 Leafs fan cardboard sign my husband made for the very first game he ever attended. He has some players' autographs on it," White said yesterday.
"We were shocked when we were told by (ACC) security he couldn't take (the cardboard sign) into the game because it is considered a weapon.
"The stick on the back is not much bigger than a paint stir stick."
The NHL and NBA have asked the ACC to bring in new security measures, spokesman Rajani Kamath said.
"In the present global climate we live in, these changes are necessary measures that support providing fans with a great environment," Kamath said.
White pointed out that the ACC sports centre store sells beer mugs and small wooden sticks for holding pucks.[Source: CNEWS, February 14, 2006]
posted by Mentok @ 9:58 a.m.,
4 Comments:
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At 2:24 p.m.,
Bathroom Hippo said...
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He looks like Elroy the Mind-taker. -
At 8:37 p.m.,
NL-ExPatriate said...
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those rubber band guns can be deadly Shakes head.
I had a similar thing happen to me at the Olympics in Greece they confiscated my new years eve noise makers.
Yep I'm going to burst everyones ear drums and they talk dirty to them He HE. -
At 10:26 p.m.,
Unknown said...
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In Edmonton, they tried to confiscate my Rider flag, because it was attached to a wooden stick.
But my will was stronger than his, and my flag attended the game. -
At 11:50 p.m.,
Mentok said...
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The more I thought about this (real) story, the more ridiculous it seemed.
It's funny enough that the ACC spokesman would say something so fatuous in the first place.
But hold on...pull the camera back a few more feet...remember that the spokesman was being interviewed.
He knew that the reporter was writing a story about the kid being kicked out. He knew the reporter was out to make the ACC look stupid.
In spite of this full awareness of a stupidity trap, the spokesman went ahead and said something stupid anyway.
It's like some kinda weird compulsive addiction for these monkeys.
