Ever Flown With a UTMC Patch/Shirt?

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:46 am

I just got thinking about this the other day. Anyone boarded a plane with Underground Terrorist Motorcycle Cult on their shirt or jacket? I don't think anyone would think twice about it here in Japan, but I have a feeling I would have a fair bit of explaining to do in an Australian airport. Which is bullshit.

Any experiences?

GOSTAZ · Post by **GOSTAZ** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:55 am

Never flown with a shirt, but I have a few UTMC stickers on my laptop. The last time I flew, I also got yanked for "additional security checks". This by someone who had not bathed, and appeared to have a serious learning and speech disability. Several people also got yanked on this flight from oh dear, Kansas City to Atlanta. The "technician" whom I doubt read much, had nothing to say about the laptop. I asked the technician how I could avoid being selected in the future. He just said "thank you for your paitience." Another guy being checked out asked what the sticker (based on the Badi patch) meant. I told him it was a cartoon show that was in development. Sort of an animated "Sons of Anarchy". He sipped his Starbucks and told me he would look out for it.

I used to love to go places. When I have to fly to get there? Some of the joy is stolen. One of the best ways in the world to be mistreated? Get on an airplane. Especially those ones that make you "scramble" for a seat. Fuck being assimilated, I will take the bus.

WeAintFoundShit · Post by **WeAintFoundShit** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:37 am

I flew with the bomb and bars shirt, and got asked about it by security. Not like he was giving me shit, more like he was curious and talkative; it was a small airport.

I just told him "it's a motorcycle thing."

No hassles.

mtne · Post by **mtne** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:20 am

Flew quite a few times and mostly the year after 9/11. No problems and almost no questions...............

motorpsycho67 · Post by **motorpsycho67** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:50 am

I can't imagine being hassled for any UTMC paraphernalia. The real bad guys don't generally advertise themselves.

SomeMook · Post by **SomeMook** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:06 am

I've flown several times with Rolly's stealth bombs n' bars shirt, nobody batted an eye.

elem · Post by **elem** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:22 am

i've flown with he bars and bomb patch on my bag. no trouble from TSA in minneapolis or LA.

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:12 am

The TSA is manned by the same people that might operate any McDonalds. Some of them think, most don't.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:16 am

I've flown with the Dickey's heart and bars shirt we had made, no problem. The only thing that has ever caused a hassle for me (above the normal hassle that is) is my Halliburton aluminum luggage I got from my mom. I have three of a six piece matched set she got as a gift back in the 60s, very stylish and still holding up and looking great after all this time, but everytime I fly with any one or all of them I ALWAYS get that little note inside that TSA officials inspected my luggage. It gets annoying after a while, but I have thought of a way to have some fun with it. When my wife and I went on our honeymoon I tried to convince her to load one up with "adult toys" and lubricants and nothing else just to give the TSA folks something to talk about. She disagreed.

Caliann · Post by **Caliann** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:21 pm

I've flown several times in the fire & sword babydoll shirt....no one has ever mentioned it except in curiosity, "Hey! What's that mean?"

However, that could be chalked up to the masses being uneducated idiots without much of a sense of curiosity. I can't imagine that you need to be terribly smart to be a TSA security person.

stiles · Post by **stiles** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:46 pm

GOSTAZ wrote:
I used to love to go places. When I have to fly to get there? Some of the joy is stolen. One of the best ways in the world to be mistreated? Get on an airplane. Especially those ones that make you "scramble" for a seat. Fuck being assimilated, I will take the bus.

If you want to talk about sucking the joy out of travelling, going more than a few hours by Greyhound will make you want to:

a) go postal

b) slit your wrists

or

c) A, then B.

I took Greyhound from Philly to Lubbock, TX once (no choice, short notice).

I've had root canals that were more fun.

Rench · Post by **Rench** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:16 pm

A buddy of mine always wanted to load a suitcase with a layer os Koran's (sp?) sandwhiched between two layers of "Catcher in the Rye."

Shit, I'd pay the court costs to see what happens then...

-Rench

mtne · Post by **mtne** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:19 pm

stiles wrote:
GOSTAZ wrote:
I used to love to go places. When I have to fly to get there? Some of the joy is stolen. One of the best ways in the world to be mistreated? Get on an airplane. Especially those ones that make you "scramble" for a seat. Fuck being assimilated, I will take the bus.
If you want to talk about sucking the joy out of travelling, going more than a few hours by Greyhound will make you want to:

a) go postal

b) slit your wrists

or

c) A, then B.

I took Greyhound from Philly to Lubbock, TX once (no choice, short notice).

I've had root canals that were more fun.

I went from NYC to Oregon and back on my own via greyhound back when I was 13............ yup, these kind of things can damage you.

rolly · Post by **rolly** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:09 pm

I've never flown with UTMC paraphenalia, but I have crossed the border a few times. No one ever asked. I might be slightly more antsy about flying though, people have been denied flights because someone didn't like their t-shirt.

mtne wrote:
stiles wrote:
GOSTAZ wrote:
I used to love to go places. When I have to fly to get there? Some of the joy is stolen. One of the best ways in the world to be mistreated? Get on an airplane. Especially those ones that make you "scramble" for a seat. Fuck being assimilated, I will take the bus.
If you want to talk about sucking the joy out of travelling, going more than a few hours by Greyhound will make you want to:

a) go postal

b) slit your wrists

or

c) A, then B.

I took Greyhound from Philly to Lubbock, TX once (no choice, short notice).

I've had root canals that were more fun.
I went from NYC to Oregon and back on my own via greyhound back when I was 13............ yup, these kind of things can damage you.

Took the hound to Atlanta once, and I must have blocked it from my mind or something because I took a bus to Victoria a few years later. Actually the trip west was kind of surreal, I guess I slept by day or something because I don't remember seeing any sunlight until I got to Vancouver. Wouldn't recommend it.

Gahread · Post by **Gahread** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:52 am

Bigshankhank wrote:load one up with "adult toys" and lubricants and nothing else just to give the TSA folks something to talk about.

I have.

Since I regularly travel with a small bundle of removable hard drives duct taped inside a foam shell for shock protection (Apparently duct tape blocks their x-rays- it really IS good for everything!), they always want to pull apart every compartment on my camouflage backpack.

They got to THAT compartment, pulled it open and found more stuff than I'd wager the young man ever saw before in his life, squeezed in about as tight as I could pack it. The middle-aged lady next to him glanced over as he froze, and both stared at me. I just grinned back.

"Sir, there's a rectangular object somewhere in here..."

"My hard drives. Next compartment down."

"Ah, thank you."

I tend to get screened very regularly since for a while I traveled with medically required black face-hugging sunglasses that I wore even while indoors, a crew cut and a black or camouflage backpack. It apparently screamed "I am a terrorist!"

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Ever Flown With a UTMC Patch/Shirt?

Ever Flown With a UTMC Patch/Shirt?