Golden Girl causes terrorist scare in Boston (Kind of strange)

[johnnie]

25/08/2004 - 9:09:36 AM

Golden Girl causes terrorist scare in Boston

Golden Girls star Bea Arthur sparked a security scare at Boston's Logan International Airport earlier this week when she tried to board a flight with a pocket knife in her handbag.

The actress, 81, was about to board a Cape Air flight when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent discovered the offensive article in her belongings, which is strictly forbidden on airplanes since the September 11th attacks.

A fellow passenger say:, "She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said: 'The terrorists put it there'. She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists'."

After the knife was confiscated by TSA officials, the funnywoman pulled out a keyring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the "terrorists", before throwing it at them.

As she boarded the plane, the Emmy-winning star told the TSA employees:
"We're all doomed."

A spokeswoman for Cape Air says: "Ms Arthur was cracking jokes and was a real character."


http://www.examiner.ie/breaking/2004/08/25/story163395.html

Has she lost it?..or was she trying to be funny? And does this news really matter?

[Lavender Brown]

1. Good old Dorothy.

That's really funny.

[tishaLA]

2. And then there's Maude

[flamingyouth]

4. I miss that show!

I wish they'd rerun it on TV Land. I was just talking about that show last night. I remember the episode where she had an abortion - that was a fantastic show.

[iconoclastic cat]

3. Ha! I love it!

She rocks. We should find out how to contact her.

[Lavender Brown]

6. I can't believe I looked this up but...

She has a discussion board.

http://www.beatricearthur.com/forums/

Dear Bea,

Thank you for bein' a friend...

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

5. That old skank has clearly lost it

Actually, she really never had it. She was an unfunny old bag 30 years ago.

[Misunderestimator]

7. You know what?

You can go cheney yourself.

[DrWeird]

8. That does not fempute.

I sentence you to death by snoo-snoo!

[Amaya]

9. Perhaps some anger management?

Geezzzzzzzzzz!

[tishaLA]

10. You need some cheesecake

come sit here with Dorothy, Ma, Blanche, and Betty White. We can have a good cry.

[Name removed]

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[Misunderestimator]

12. I can't believe you've been on this site for a year with over 1000 posts

How is that even possible with such hateful remarks?

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

13. I guess that old bag Bea Arthur is not a moderator at DU

I will admit I got booted from a Rosie O'Donnell (AOL) site years ago.

Now I'm going to have to hunt down the Bea Arthur fan club.

[Misunderestimator]

14. Bag... Skank... Fat Ass... What really IS your issue, man?

Or should I say, what is your issue, skanky, baggy, fat ass man?

[KFC]

15. Hell, her voice and face put people in danger

Of jumping off a bridge.

I guess she would come in handy to relieve a Viagra overdose. No four hour erections around old Bea. No one could last four seconds.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. well it says more about your penis than it does about her

[greekspeak]

16. GOD I wish I had been there

I LOVE Bea. I wish I could have one of those Bea Arthur Bea Naked shirts. She is a true diva. I only wish I had gotten to see her one act show.

[HEyHEY]

18. Woulda been cooler if it was Estelle Getty

[BigMcLargehuge]

19. I have no doubt that she was making a statement!

Go Bea! Man, I wish I'd been there to see her get all steamed and sarcastic.

[MuseRider]

20. Awesome lady. n/t