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28 Oct 08 - 03:59 PM (#2478439) Subject: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: strad Recently flew out of a UK airport and when checking through Security I was told that the pair of spoons in my fiddle case could not travel in the cabin as they were considered a hazardous item! I've checked since and I can understand knives and forks - but spoons? On the way home I was told that spoons were OK so perhaps it was a jobsworth that I encountered. |
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29 Oct 08 - 03:18 AM (#2478761) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Ernest This might be why... ;0) Ernest |
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29 Oct 08 - 03:27 AM (#2478762) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Declan Of course they are hazardous. Ask any boiled egg (or unfortunate session attendee). |
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29 Oct 08 - 03:34 AM (#2478763) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: r.padgett Dame Patti Smith EPNS springs to mind and all of her students!! Ray |
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29 Oct 08 - 04:29 AM (#2478785) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Splott Man We got the spoons to Spain safely enough a couple of years ago, but on return my box of harmonicas, capos and Jew's harps was greeted with "Ooh, muchos metallicas!" |
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29 Oct 08 - 05:08 AM (#2478803) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Nigel Dunn A mate of mine had to play his melodeon at check in to prove that it was harmless - got to be a joke there somewhere! |
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29 Oct 08 - 06:39 AM (#2478843) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Dead Horse Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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29 Oct 08 - 06:54 AM (#2478847) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Sugwash George Bush is planning 'Dessert Storm' to save us all again. |
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29 Oct 08 - 06:55 AM (#2478848) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Will Fly Of course spoons are dangerous! Here's why... |
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29 Oct 08 - 07:07 AM (#2478853) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: mouldy My old man had to play his concertina in Frankfurt airport once, during a transit stop, about 15 years ago. And as one of Dame Patti's students, I can GUARANTEE that they are hazardous! Andrea |
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29 Oct 08 - 07:39 AM (#2478872) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Roger the Skiffler Well my playing the spoons has been declared dangerous to those of a sensitive musical ear. RtS (Washboard of Mass Destruction) |
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29 Oct 08 - 07:58 AM (#2478882) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Bryn Pugh Re Dead Horse's post above : wasn't it Aiken Drum who "played upon a ladle . . . "? Spoons were dangerous in the hands of Bernie (Helen) Grehan, and I had the bruises to prove it :-D ! |
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29 Oct 08 - 08:00 AM (#2478884) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: GUEST,Mr Red having difficulty posting I wonder if my spoons would pass muster - they are large and plastic and actually salad spoons so they might just pass mustard........... |
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29 Oct 08 - 08:08 AM (#2478888) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: SPB-Cooperator Quote - Alan Rickman aka Sheriff of Nottingham "At least I didn't use a spoon" |
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29 Oct 08 - 01:28 PM (#2479136) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: GUEST,Jonny Sunshine I can't remember where it was, some novel or TV drama where the villian threatens to disembowel the hero with a spoon... when questioned whether something a little sharper wouldn't be better, he replies "spoons are best because the take MUCH, MUCH LONGER" |
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30 Oct 08 - 09:30 AM (#2479835) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: GUEST,highlandman at work Alan Rickman played the heavies in both Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and Quigley Down Under. Both were released around 1990-ish. He used the "heart out with a spoon" in both. The dimwit minion questioning whether he should have said something sharper, like an axe, was in RHPOT. The fact that I know this (without googling) speaks unfortunate volumes about how I spend my time I suppose. -Glenn |
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30 Oct 08 - 10:46 AM (#2479913) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: JohnB "Because it Hurts more" is the reason to use spoons. JohnB |
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30 Oct 08 - 12:18 PM (#2479982) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: GUEST,leeneia Strad, I don't understand why you would put spoons in your fiddle case. (Assuming there's a fiddle in it.) Why would you allow something like that to bang against your fiddle and scratch it? The airline people probably objected to your spoons on the grounds that you struck them as irrational. |
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30 Oct 08 - 05:22 PM (#2480276) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Fidjit I use tea spoons. Easier to sneak into a session. (And on a plane) Yes I've had to play my concertina too. To prove it wasn't going to kill anyone. Although come to think of it. Why did they let me take it on the plane? The way I play is killing. Why do they give us back our shoes? Surely they are dangerous items. I mean a good kick to the head etc. Chas |
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30 Oct 08 - 07:58 PM (#2480393) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: SPB-Cooperator I once provided spoons training with two plastic salad spoons to avoid potential injury... They gave quite an interesting sound... a clack as opposed to the chink of EPNS |
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31 Oct 08 - 07:44 AM (#2480711) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: strad Leeneia - the spoons were in the zippy lid of the fiddle case. I've far too much respect for my fiddle to risk scratching it with a spoon. It gets its wear marks from what happens when I have it out and playing, so to speak. By the way, how do accordion players get on with weight limits when flying? Must be a pain in the ****. |
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31 Oct 08 - 07:49 AM (#2480713) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: breezy Nor would I mess with the Spoon of Llantrisant ! |
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31 Oct 08 - 11:13 AM (#2480878) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: EBarnacle A couple of years ago, I was politely asked to play my concertina in an airport checkin line just to prove it was real. Of course, they had trouble getting me to stop and move on so the next person could check in. |
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31 Oct 08 - 11:21 AM (#2480886) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: GUEST,leeneia The spoons were in a separate compartment, then? Whew! I'm glad to hear it. I once had a TSA person ask me to show her my wood flute. Evidently the long, round bore looked too much like a pipe or a shotgun barrel. I unpacked it and played her a couple notes, but she seemed to resent it. |
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31 Oct 08 - 05:06 PM (#2481141) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Artful Codger EBarnacle: I hope you got paid to stop. Or did they threaten to slice your bellows open with a spoon? |
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31 Oct 08 - 07:30 PM (#2481248) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: Ref Of course they're dangerous. If you try to play them while I'm singing, I'll kill you! |
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01 Nov 08 - 04:24 AM (#2481426) Subject: RE: Official: Spoons are hazardous! From: s&r When Rusty (my wife) played for the Halle, it warranted a news item, that was filmed earlier in the same day. The presenter from Granada encouraged her to play faster and louder than she might have done to make a good news item. It took about30 mins of continuous very vigorous spooning to get the shots 'in the can'. The bruises had to be seen to be believed Stu |
