Friday 14 November 2008

Phriday Photo XVI

On page 19 of Birmingham International Airport's Report & Accounts (2007-2008) was a little surprise. To illustrate the in-depth security procedures was a collage, including a picture of an x-ray of a luggage item...

Let's hope that BIA insists on a greater attention to detail during their security checks than they do in their graphic design.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

:)
You have to hand it to the photoshop person that made up the suitcase, cannot believe they got away with it!
You'd think that someone in marketing would have spotted it and picked up a bad vibe.

Somnambulist said...

@UDH - Are you saying it was a photoshop job?? I just assumed that they waited for the next plane back from Kos and took a few snaps...

I'll bet they get some quality traffic through BIA :-)

Daddy Papersurfer said...

An exploding penis!!!!?! - whatever next ........

Daddy Papersurfer said...

..... please note that I didn't say anything about sharp pricks ....

70steen said...

It's an obvious decoy? .... isn't it .... well it distracted me ;-)

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Anonymous said...

Now, your (un) veiled jibe at the fine people of Birmingham will be stored (with the other gear I've stolen )and used against you at a later date. Alroight?

Onur Sert said...

Brummies...they are really nasty.. I heard one cussin in Turkish after not being able to pay an eurjpy offer on ebs.. vibrating tools? I think they have loads :)

Anonymous said...

I almost missed that! Hahaha! That is funny. I bet they see a lot of those, though!

Anonymous said...

Psychological insight:

I assumed that the suitcase belonged to a beautiful, slim, young woman and not to:

a paper-bag job
a chubster
a pensioner or
a poof

Methinks I'm just an optimist.

Andrew Goulding

Somnambulist said...

@DP - I hope with the sharp p++++s comment you weren't referring to financial industry professionals. You could offend half my readers. (the other one is pretty thick skinned).

Somnambulist said...

@70s - decoy dildos.. what will Osama BL think of next...

Somnambulist said...

@UDH - You must be mistaken. I meant nothing against the population of beautiful, historic, culturific Birmingham or its charming inhabitants.

@Trywalker - I haven't heard of Brummies described as 'vibrating tools' before, but I have a feeling that may be buzzing around my brain for a while...

@Jay - I can't imagine what people take in their hand luggage on package tours through BIA. I'd imagine some of the items are a lot more dangerous than the tube of toothpaste I had to throw away because I didn't have a clear plastic bag!

@laog - phsychological evaluation: Can I remind you that the bag was passing through Birmingham airport. There's optimism, there's blind faith, and then there's just downright delusion.

Anonymous said...

Delusion it is...but happy delusion!

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