I seem to remember hearing last year that UK check-in staff take it quite seriously too. I believe that if you make such a joke here you are asked once - and only once - to retract the statement. If you refuse to do so then security are called and you are carted off.
I don’t agree with our current culture of fear – it seems like you could start a panic just by shouting “Boo!” – and I do everything I can to avoid perpetuating it, but you need to recognise that the culture exists and people are now in the habit of seriously over reacting.
I suppose the degree of humour in her ‘joke’ depends upon the person she tells it to… Having a very sarcastic sense of humour myself I can say with some authority that not everybody understands the difference that a subtle inflection of the voice can make to the meaning of a sentence.
Yes, a very silly girl indeed… but more importantly, a sad indication of the level of paranoia which we now accept in our daily lives.
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