A man, appropriately named Bizarro, was arrested for using the bathroom on a Delta flight into Salt Lake.

Now I don't actually have a problem with dealing harshly with anyone who refuses to follow flight attendants' orders in this situation, but what was asinine was that the on-board air marshalls made all of the passengers keep their heads on top of their heads for the remainder of the flight.

The theory that this is a secret plot by Norm Mineta to keep us grumpy and ready to fight is making more and more sense. Unfortunately, I think that it's also keeping people off airplanes. I know that I refuse to fly now unless absolutely necessary, and it's not because I'm worried about hijackers.

[Update (9:07 PM PST, after reading MoreThanZero]

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Yes, I mistyped, darnit.

While the command was actually only to keep hands on top of heads, it remains idiotic, though not anatomically and logically impossible.

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At least it shows that Andreas is still reading my weblog, braindead wordos and all.

You know what they say, "as long as they spell the URL right..."