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It Happened Again! X-ray Shows Cat in Carry-On (See Pic)

Author Joel Katz

This was unbelievable when it happened the first time. Now, it’s even more jaw dropping that it’s happened again!

TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein is once again tweeting a picture of an x-ray show a cat inside baggage. This time it happened in Norfolk, Virginia. Farbstein tweeted, “Just when you thought it was safe to bring your pet cat on a trip. . . A traveler left their pet cat in its travel carrying case at a @TSA checkpoint this morning at @NorfolkAirport. Attention pet owners: Please do not send your pet through the X-ray unit. Cat-astrophic mistake!”

@JackBeQuick84 commented “I work for tsa. I hate to say this is fairly common, unfortunately.”
It certainly makes you wonder how travelers can possible think that their cat isn’t going to be detected as they place their bag on the conveyor belt. Maybe heft fines should be levied to those who do this, and maybe it will deter these morons from exposing a living thing to x-ray radiation. @cyber_scrutiny takes it a step further, “Hope these passengers get criminally charged on animal cruelty.”

Farbstein also shared, “In case you were wondering, this is how to travel with your pet through a @TSA checkpoint. If you have a cat, request that it be screened in a private screening room so if it jumps down, it won’t run off. Or put your cat on a leash.”

Here’s the original cat in the bag story:

Anyone with small pets has experienced them getting into small spaces, cabinets, appliances, boxes, and more. There have also been several stories of small animals stowing away in wheel wells of trucks, near engines of vehicles, and traveling miles without the driver’s knowledge.

CBS says TSA agents at New York’s JFK Airport discovered an interesting holiday traveler yesterday. After noticing something shaped like a cat on the screen as the bag passed through the x-ray machine, the agent unzipped the bag to find a cat sticking its head out of the suitcase. Apparently, the cat belonged to the passenger’s roommate and the cat’s owner had no idea it had stowed away in their friend’s baggage and didn’t know where the cat was. The TSA posted a picture of the cat along with the tweet; “We’re letting the cat out of the bag on a hiss-toric find This CATch had our baggage screening officers @JFKairport saying, ‘Come on meow’!”

Quoting Randy Quaid‘s character “Cousin Eddie” in Christmas Vacation, “if that thing had nine lives, she just spent them all.”

And here’s the update:

For those who were concerned about the cat who was found in a checked bag at JFK Airport, I’m happy to report that “Smells” is back with its owner and is doing just fine. The tabby cat that stowed away last week and was discovered by TSA agents was treated to an amazing Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and some green bean casserole. TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein tweeted, “Smells, the cat who @TSA recently rescued from a checked bag a @JFKairport after he snuck into a suitcase in an attempt to fly to Orlando, enjoyed Thanksgiving at home in Brooklyn. Apparently, Smells was planning to chase after a big mouse he heard was running around Disneyworld.”

Dictionary.com Adds New Words So We Never Run Out

Words are very popular. We use them every day. I’m using some right now.

As a matter of fact, it’s not untrue to claim that every second of every day somebody, somewhere is using words.

When we were little kids our parents would say, “use your words.” Your mom, your dad, your aunt, your uncle, and your other uncle would get excited about “baby’s first word” which is usually “mama,” “dada” or “ratatouille.” There are writers all over the world using words to write and speak about various topics, and some may write things like, “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me,” “Who’s gonna do it, you? You, Lieutenant Weinberg?” or “Jon Hamm’s fiance doesn’t like green eggs.” When I was a kid I used to play a game to see how many words I could think of. One time I made it to 42! That was the best day of my life. Some words are serious like “death” and “taxes,” some words are funny like “crotch” and “poopyhead,” and some words are fun to say like “Francisco.”

Not only are we writing articles, stories, books, letters, songs, poems, plays, wills, lists, mission statements, and haikus in English, there are over 7000 other languages that people are using to write and say things.

As you know, everyone’s biggest fear is that someday we will run out of words. We will have used them all and then we wouldn’t be able to communicate. Imagine that, we exhaust our supply of words and are unable to speak. Have you ever heard someone say, “I have no words?” They’re liars!  Thankfully, Dictionary.com adds new words every year, and just increased the list by over 300.

For the full list go to Dictionary.com. Here are some of the new words that they deemed worthy of being called “words.”

 

  • Cakeism

    “The false belief that one can enjoy the benefits of two choices that are in fact mutually exclusive, or have it both ways.”

  • Nearlywed

    “A person who lives with another in a life partnership, sometimes engaged with no planned wedding date, sometimes with no intention of ever marrying.”

  • Petfluencer

    “A person who gains a large following on social media by posting entertaining images or videos of their cat, dog, or other pet.”

  • Rage Farming

    “The tactic of intentionally provoking political opponents, typically by posting inflammatory content on social media, in order to elicit angry responses and thus high engagement or widespread exposure for the original poster.”

  • Superdodger

    “Anyone who, for unverified reasons, remains uninfected or asymptomatic even after repeated exposure to a contagious virus.”

  • Trauma Dimping

    “Unsolicited, one-sided sharing of traumatic or intensely negative experiences or emotions in an inappropriate setting or with people who are unprepared for the interaction.”

  • Woke

    “Of or relating to a liberal progressive orthodoxy, especially promoting inclusive policies or ideologies that welcome or embrace ethnic, racial, or sexual minorities.”

Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.

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