What? What?

I don't even know where to start. Some guy was booted off a plane, right, because his pajamas were pulled down low, exposing his boxer briefs, or something. He wouldn't pull them up, when asked to. I think he's black, but the article won't tell me for sure.

Okay, if the guy wouldn't pull up his pajama bottoms -- and why on earth wouldn't you? -- boot him.

But he's claiming some discrimination because he was profiled as a "thug." Or something.

I continue to believe he should have just pulled up his g-damn pajama bottoms but that's just me, I kick it old school.

Anyway, I guess as part of his effort to prove discrimination, he wants people to know US Airways has a very inconsistent policy on proper attire for a flight.

O'Sullivan is the lawyer for Doctor PJ's.

O'Sullivan added, "A white man is allowed to fly in underwear without question, but my client was asked to pull up his pajama pants because they hung below his waist."

Tarlow, 40, who was returning home to Phoenix after helping her mother move, said she had been shocked when she noticed the older man in blue underwear and black stockings standing in the Fort Lauderdale terminal. Tarlow said the man had obliged when she asked to take his photo.

"No one would believe me if I didn't take his picture," Tarlow said. "It was unbelievable. ... And he loved it. He posed for me."

It is, in fact, unbelievable, which you will confirm for yourself by clicking on this link. It's not actually obscene.

But it is unappetizing and singularly inappropriate.

It does raise questions about which minorities are now Top Dogs of the Victimization Heap, whereby some shall not be questioned at all on plainly questionable behavior.

Remember, if someone's gay, or whatever he is, some kind of old saggy-scoted lingerie-on-an-airplane Lemon Party weirdo, we cannot possibly ask them to comport with the normal guidelines of civil society. That would be repressing him or something.

Ohhh... I was just going to link the photo but I can't. I must post it.

The airline says this is kosher because his genitals were not exposed. Except, of course, in clear outline, much like the Weiner Happy To See You picture.

At least we know he's not heavily armed.

Terrific, just what I want to see when I fly. A decrepit old pervert who makes Herbert on Family Guy look wholesome wearing something sassy and flouncy from the Nightfire Collection (TM) by Lili Von Shtupp.

An Al Qaeda "security probe" flier just emailed me: "Man, I would not feel comfortable flying with that guy on board. Where the hell is the Air Marshal? (PS, I know where the Air Marshal is, he's in seat 22B, but don't look directly at him or he'll know he's made.)"

Thanks to Christopher.

posted by Ace at 03:11 PM

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