r/comics • u/aostlund27 A Penny For Your Thoughts • 29d ago

OC Airport Security (OC)

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u/UlnaWannaBeWithYou 29d ago

Ok something about casually telling a TSA agent “I have an IED” made me laugh out loud 🤣

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u/amyel26 29d ago

That happened to me too. But my TSA agent just said "You said WHAT?" And when I said IUD verrry slowly he calmed down and was like oooooh okay that's not a problem then.

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u/snowfloeckchen 29d ago

Is ied common for Improvised explosive device in the English language?

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u/No-Singer-7258 29d ago

Only in America.

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u/xloaxspartan 29d ago

Did the Brits and other English speakers involved use all 3 words when their news reported their troops getting blown up by them in Iraq and Afghanistan?

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u/jmr1190 29d ago

Well they certainly didn’t use the word ‘contraceptive coil’ which would have circumvented all of this.

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u/xloaxspartan 29d ago

Would be a weird thing to call an improvised explosive device

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u/Xerorei 28d ago

Oh no the Brits do it too.

Where do you think WE got it from?