Why not to travel though the US... from Australia...

[stellar_muddle]

One of the accademics at work has just returned from a short stint in the US and had some fun in airports. Tall, blond and originally Swedish, though now I think with Australian citizenship, he managed to get strip searched 6 times on the way through. On the 6th time, being slightly suspicious that this was less than random - 1 in 20 people searched shouldn't happen 6 times in a row, he asked. Turns out that no, this wasn't random. The airline company had mistyped/mucked up their nationality flagging, replacing AU with AF... Afghanistan. Suprise suprise at the security alarm bells there.

Makes you wonder what NZ can be mutated into...

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[alpha-angel.livejournal.com]

AZ - Azerbaijan
BZ - Belize
CZ - Czech Republic
DZ - Algeria
KZ - Kazakhstan
MZ - Mozambique
NA - Namibia
NC - New Caledonia
NE - Niger
NF - Norfolk Island
NG - Nigeria
NI - Nicaragua
NL - Netherlands
NO - Norway
NP - Nepal
NR - Nauu
NT - Neutral Zone
NU - Niue
SZ - Swaziland
TZ - Tanzania
UZ - Uzbekistan

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Bags not Nigeria or Nicaragua... Azerbaijan is possibly also on the dodgy list...