Touching Penn's Bic

November 17, 2010 12:58 PM

I guess he was going for my flashlight, but the area could have loosely been called "crotch." I said, "You have to ask me before you touch me or it's assault." He said, "Once you cross that line, I can do whatever I want." Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller) was assaulted by the TSA last week.

He handled it with aplomb, and now gets his very own security escort as a result.

posted by nushustu (11 comments total)

nushustu, do you think you can handle the unexpected with aplomb?
posted by boo_radley at 12:59 PM on November 17, 2010 [1 favorite]

By which I mean: are you aware of this conversation?
posted by boo_radley at 1:00 PM on November 17, 2010

If by last week you mean November 2002, then yes, you are right.
posted by thewittyname at 1:01 PM on November 17, 2010 [5 favorites]

Phew, I was worried there would only be one TSA thread today.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 1:02 PM on November 17, 2010 [1 favorite]

Fly With Dignity
posted by Joe Beese at 1:02 PM on November 17, 2010

Sigh. Feel free to delete.

Me embarrassed.
posted by nushustu at 1:02 PM on November 17, 2010

No, he was not assaulted by the TSA last week. He was assaulted by the TSA EIGHT YEARS AGO. And there are several open TSA threads.
posted by Gator at 1:03 PM on November 17, 2010

This is eight years old.
posted by eugenen at 1:03 PM on November 17, 2010

Heh. I just read that same article but didn't notice the date. It was tweeted by MF'sO Adam Savage. Now I feel silly.

At least I didn't start a thread about it though. I mean, COME ON!
posted by bondcliff at 1:04 PM on November 17, 2010

Please, please make these threads stop.
posted by schmod at 1:06 PM on November 17, 2010

Man, it's just been a wall of deleted threads lately, all for perfectly straightforward and uncontentious reasons.
posted by anazgnos at 1:07 PM on November 17, 2010