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Evidently, we can't trust rodents now, grounding flights and all. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15065046/)


INNSBRUCK, Austria - It wasn’t “Snakes on a Plane,” but an Austrian Airlines jet made an unscheduled stop Friday after a passenger sneaked a hamster aboard and the rodent escaped.

The flight from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to the southern Austrian city of Graz made a stop in Innsbruck so officials could search for the hamster and make sure it didn’t gnaw through any wiring, the airline said.

It said the flight was diverted after a passenger notified the crew that he had brought a hamster aboard and had lost track of it. Passengers were ordered off the plane, and some were taken by bus to Graz. It was not immediately clear how many people were aboard.
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By midafternoon, a search of the aircraft still had not turned up any sign of the hamster, authorities said.

Austrian Airlines said the jet would remain grounded until the hamster was found “because it can’t take off that way for safety reasons.”



When does this stop? Whats next? Martyr mice? suicide squirrels?

Well, if you want to be on a plane that has no brakes/radio/engines etc because a hamster has chewed through all the wiring, be my guest.

Personally, I think I'd rather wait for them to get the little bugger off.

? Rag head rats?

Nice to see the spirit of Christ at work through his follower....

Maybe it was this (http://www.enchantedartworks.com/ezine/2005-June/images/AvP_v_HENGISbattlehamster%20by%20snuurg.jpg) guy?

You know, actually putting snakes on a plane might help prevent this sort of thing.

Well, if you want to be on a plane that has no brakes/radio/engines etc because a hamster has chewed through all the wiring, be my guest.

Personally, I think I'd rather wait for them to get the little bugger off.

and whats the chance of the hanster actually chewing through any of those wires? More than likely, it just found a nice, dark, and warm spot to sleep. I know when our hamster got loose, we found it asleep in the laundry basket.

I want to know where the man was hiding the hamster when he smuggled it on the plane.

Or maybe I don't.

suicide squirrels?

They're already around.

Squirrels are often the cause of electricity outages. The animals will enter transformers or capacitors looking for food. The squirrels are then electrocuted and cause a power surge that shorts equipment. Squirrels have brought down the high-tech NASDAQ stock market twice, and were responsible for a spate of power outages at the University of Alabama

Nice to see the spirit of Christ at work through his follower....

I had a DK moment...

and changed.

Evidently, we can't trust rodents now, grounding flights and all. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15065046/)






When does this stop? Whats next? Rag head rats? Martyr mice? suicide squirrels?

err... pets are usually held in a seperate container and also they must be declared and placed in quarenteen.

and also, A hamster is also a Rodent, with the same breeding capability as a rat.

you also have health issues including rabies, fleas and other issues.

and as it was pointed out, Rodents can and do chew cabling.. so...

and by your last statement, these rules and measuers have been in effect before 9/11.

and whats the chance of the hanster actually chewing through any of those wires? More than likely, it just found a nice, dark, and warm spot to sleep. I know when our hamster got loose, we found it asleep in the laundry basket.
How many accidents in world history have been caused by bizarre coincidences?

You'd have to be seriously impatient to take any risks when it comes to flying. If it goes wrong, there's no hard shoulder to pull up on.

I had a DK moment...

and changed.

for a moment, you had me worried...

How many accidents in world history have been caused by bizarre coincidences?

You'd have to be seriously impatient to take any risks when it comes to flying. If it goes wrong, there's no hard shoulder to pull up on.


Can I clarify? I wasn't actually posting this as to be opposed to the flight to stopping, I was posting this because it seemed funny to me in my own little world.

First it was liquids, and now hamsters. Soon we're going to have to only be allowed on planes if we have no saliva in our mouths and hands in a straightjacket so we can't damage any electrics.

First it was liquids, and now hamsters. Soon we're going to have to only be allowed on planes if we have no saliva in our mouths and hands in a straightjacket so we can't damage any electrics.
Hamsters are evil, twisted creatures, I can assure you. They possess no concept of honor, love or respect, as they know only how to destroy.

*New Movies at Cinema World!*


Snakes on a Plane!

Snakes on a Train!


and now!


Hamsters on an Airbus!

How many accidents in world history have been caused by bizarre coincidences?

You'd have to be seriously impatient to take any risks when it comes to flying. If it goes wrong, there's no hard shoulder to pull up on.

You are clearly four-square behind the flight controllers on this one.
Any risk, no matter how minute, cannot be tolerated in an aircraft.

And it is minute. It's like, getting-hit-by-an-asteroid level minute. If we're going to ground planes because of an escaped hamster in the passenger cabin, I'd like to see some evidence of rodent control in the airframe (where the control wiring, hydraulics etc actually are) on the ground, where any number of them could get in, particularly in baggage, but also along passenger corridors.

I want to see cats, with armbands, guarding the terminal, or I'm not boarding.

Snakes on planes indeed. Bring 'em on.

*New Movies at Cinema World!*


Snakes on a Plane!

Snakes on a Train!


and now!


Hamsters on an Airbus!

"Oh Willard!"

You know, actually putting snakes on a plane might help prevent this sort of thing.

"Are you ready for it?"

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This will stop MORBA on the plus side. :D

Hamsters are evil, twisted creatures, I can assure you. They possess no concept of honor, love or respect, as they know only how to destroy.

plus they shit everywhere!

Hamsters are evil, twisted creatures, I can assure you. They possess no concept of honor, love or respect, as they know only how to destroy.

They're lawyers?!? :confused:

They're lawyers?!? :confused:

Your words to my ears are like leather chaps to my grandmother.

http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=darthmouse17kzfq6.jpg

this is no ordinary hamster!

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/83500/83854DILh_w.jpg

First it was liquids, and now hamsters. Soon we're going to have to only be allowed on planes if we have no saliva in our mouths and hands in a straightjacket so we can't damage any electrics.
actually, liquid explosives have been a threat for years. it is only because of the incompetence of todays security "experts" that liquids have been banned.

err... pets are usually held in a seperate container and also they must be declared and placed in quarenteen.

and also, A hamster is also a Rodent, with the same breeding capability as a rat.

you also have health issues including rabies, fleas and other issues.

and as it was pointed out, Rodents can and do chew cabling.. so...

and by your last statement, these rules and measuers have been in effect before 9/11.

Ditto to all that and, in addition, a scared hamster bites. I have scars.

Ahh...I see Agent 4X1 was successful in his mission.


The time of the great Hamster uprising draws ever closer....

Your words to my ears are like leather chaps to my grandmother.

YAY! :D


...

...I think.

Aww that poor little hamster. I hope it's ok and they find it soon.

Hamsters are evil, twisted creatures, I can assure you. They possess no concept of honor, love or respect, as they know only how to destroy.

Yep - I told you all this when I first joined (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=488094)

http://photos1.blogger.com/img/191/1585/320/HamsterSoldier.jpg

OMG! My first post was nOOb! *holds head in shame*

The solution is obvious:

http://blog.dbthoughts.com/C1404482591/E670175878/Media/bewarethesniperkitten.jpg

You may have a point there!

http://home.maine.rr.com/waassaap/Forum%20Pictures/Random/katgat.gif

If it goes wrong, there's no hard shoulder to pull up on.

Less you crash into a highway or something.

Proper profiling would have caught the hamster before he could have disrupted air travel. Hamsters are originally from Iraq/Iran.

The hamsters hate us for our freedom; they won't be happy until we're all stuck in hamster wheels for the rest of our lives going round and round and round...

What's more, I have proof :eek: :

http://www.jwz.org/images/hamster.jpg

*ROFL @ above post*

Less you crash into a highway or something.

Now this is true.