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Man with 700 snakes arrested at airport

cnn.com — CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Customs officers at Cairo's airport have detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.

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  • DrDragun, on 10/11/2007, -3/+523Samuel L Jackson unavailable for comment
    • look4alec, on 10/11/2007, -53/+5There should be a low budget Bollywood ripoff version of Snakes on a Plane like they did with Superman. That ***** is priceless.

      http://www.youtube.com/v/QlZFMnX0xxA
    • smoothmedia, on 10/11/2007, -50/+14I still can't believe how much I enjoyed "Snakes on A Plane". It didn't disappoint.

      Any movie that has a girl getting bitten in the nipple and a man getting bitten in the balls by poisonous snakes within 10 seconds of each other HAS to be good.
    • simplenation, on 10/11/2007, -70/+15I want these ***** terrorists off this ***** plane!
    • TheBobbyx, on 10/11/2007, -5/+291I want these ***** jokes off this ***** page!
    • Tripacer, on 10/11/2007, -37/+13I'm tired of these ***** snakes on this ***** plane!
    • epyon180, on 10/11/2007, -66/+7@Simplenation

      Shut your racist ass up, there was no mention of terrorists in this story. And if you want to say that it was a "joke", What you said wasn't even funny.
    • glbaseball25, on 10/11/2007, -11/+55rofl terrorists = racism? get your facts straight sonnyboy
    • humperdeath, on 10/11/2007, -33/+3What's with all these M***** F***** snakes on this M****** F***** Plane!
    • glbaseball25, on 10/11/2007, -19/+10What's with all these mother ***** losers making these mother ***** jokes?
    • simplenation, on 10/11/2007, -26/+15@humperdeath

      Why the ***** did you censor your own comment? Especially since it is written over 10 times on this thread alone. FYI: "mother" is not a curse word. If you are so worried about seeing the word *****, then just simply turn on the profanity filter up top. You would be the only person on digg that actually uses that feature.
    • silent, on 10/11/2007, -3/+43That is exactly how that movie should have started and ended..
    • airquotes, on 10/11/2007, -10/+0Here we go again

      "i've exhausted all other options"
    • SteveCUBE, on 10/11/2007, -12/+1I was expecting the crappy quote, but you surprised me with something original. BRAVO!
    • gcnaddict, on 10/11/2007, -22/+2"rofl terrorists = racism? get your facts straight sonnyboy"

      Of course it's racist. All people think about are muslim people going ALALALALALALALALALALA when they hear the word repeated in their ears every day.
    • glbaseball25, on 10/11/2007, -7/+16that doesn't mean by saying "terrorist" you're referring to radical Muslim extremists.

      Main Entry: ter·ror·ism
      Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m
      Function: noun
      : the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
    • Dmitrik, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1lolz at references to Futuristic Sex Robotz ;-)
    • nigh7dagger, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3The amount of jokes referring to ***** snakes on a ***** plane is inversely proportional to the intelligence of the Digg community as a whole. As you can tell, we're losing the battle.
    • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/11/2007, -2/+61This reminds me of that movie that came out recently called "Snakes on a Plane", because the man was trying to bring snakes on board the plane.
    • epyon180, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1@ glbaseball25

      Don't BS me, we all know that since simplenation saw the words Saudi Arabia and Egypt, he automatically thought of middle eastern people and therefor connected that to terrorism. That's like me seeing a story about some black neighborhood and automatically thinking it was about crime or robberies etc, that would be considered racist by any standard.
    • jono10, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1"Get your ***** Jumbo Jet out of my airport"


      Bon Scott

      AC-DC

      RIP
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  • diggguru, on 10/11/2007, -32/+13"Snakes on a Plane - Almost" .lol
    • tomtom12690, on 10/11/2007, -22/+3Samuel L. Jackson's flight was redirected from Cairo.
  • Mintyfunk, on 10/11/2007, -23/+3Yeah, this story was custom made for Samuel L. Jackson.
  • mentalstate, on 10/11/2007, -4/+193I hope the customs officials told the man to "get these ***** snakes off this ***** plane"
    • diggguru, on 10/11/2007, -36/+2....
    • diggguru, on 10/11/2007, -37/+5in Arabic. LOL
    • Waterrat, on 10/11/2007, -18/+9 It's really quite sad. The forests of the world are being depleted of snakes so people can make big bucks off them...Soon enough,they will be endangered,(some already are).

  • mentalstate, on 10/11/2007, -29/+7dirka dirka
  • SwedishNinja, on 10/11/2007, -36/+6Get these ***** snakes off my ***** plane!
  • techsmack, on 10/11/2007, -3/+152Still waiting for Shark on a Tractor to come out.
  • NJnorm182, on 10/11/2007, -3/+140Many people didn't realize it, but Snakes on a Plane was actually a documentary. This threat is all too real.
    • techsmack, on 10/11/2007, -14/+1I couldn't imagine this is a fly by night business (pardon the pun). I wonder how many times people smuggle snakes onto planes each year (week). Hopefully all these snakes weren't for sale to a single entity with mob connections.
    • Urusai, on 10/11/2007, -2/+71No, the snakes are just a distraction from the real threat: bears.
    • Goombellaofgoom, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12You mean mutated care bears or something? With all those clouds, it's probably pretty easy for them to ambush passing jets...
    • ajgv, on 10/11/2007, -4/+6...filmed in real time.
      like Highlander.
    • timxpx, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3@urusai

      c'mon you don't mean that! bears are people too!
    • phil.busch, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Dude bears scare this ***** out of me! It must suck to be a girl because I heard the bears can smell the mensuration...
    • r0ryb0ryalis, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.
    • Forklore, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Air pressure and Temperature would play into this theory...someone should investigate it.
    • AphyX, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Sounds like a job for mythbusters
  • swrostmore, on 10/11/2007, -4/+55Jesus christ, how did the submitter not put a snakes on a plane reference in the title? This story would be on the front page already.
    • idonthack, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17He wanted to let the commenters make the joke.
    • cJw314, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2What does Jesus have to do with it?

      Couldn't find words to express yourself well enough?
    • Syphon8, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2"snakes on a plane"
  • leedaflea, on 10/11/2007, -14/+7One plane ticket £300. 700 Snakes £70000. The reaction on Digg, priceless!
  • kenvsryu, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2Air Force One?
  • SuperiorKarsch, on 10/11/2007, -6/+9Samuel was obviously there. He let Cobra Starship walk past him as if nothing hapenned while reading his newspaper.
    You'd think this would have worked, if such a diverse group of people weren't even held under suspicion..
  • Cbeck527, on 10/11/2007, -3/+87Any bets on how many overused jokes are going to be posted?
    • solemnraven, on 10/11/2007, -5/+133But will they blend?
    • swanny89, on 10/11/2007, -5/+96I for one welcome our plane-riding snake overlords...
    • siamesemeow, on 10/11/2007, -3/+101im in ur luggage sneakin thru customz
    • SteelFrog, on 10/11/2007, -24/+4im in ur planez, sneakin snakes onboard.

      [EDIT] Damn, siamesemeow beat me by a few seconds.
    • venom8599, on 10/11/2007, -19/+2In Soviet Russia, snakes smuggle Egyptians onto airplanes.
    • VinceNoir, on 10/11/2007, -15/+3I have pictures of Natalie SnakesOnaPlane naked and petrified. Oh yeah... and hot gritz down my pantz.
    • idonthack, on 10/11/2007, -15/+3In Korea, only old people travel with snakes.
    • Goombellaofgoom, on 10/11/2007, -2/+38Snaaaaake! Snaaaake!
    • FishRHuman2, on 10/11/2007, -8/+283,238,093.67

      Or so.
    • SocialPoison, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3EVERYBODY PANIC!

      (side note: siamesemeow just made me bust out laughing in a quiet office. Unemployment, here I come!)
    • ajgv, on 10/11/2007, -11/+1Adobe Photoshopped.
    • wqwert, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23I'd hit it
    • trajomoreno, on 10/11/2007, -10/+6@goombellaofgoom

      badgersbadgersbadgersbadgersbadgersbadgersbadgersbadgersbadgers
    • Yupz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24Pic or it didn't happen
    • zip000, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20Snake can haz cheezburger?
    • Goombellaofgoom, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19There is no snake.
    • dbzer0, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3809-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
    • Shananra, on 10/11/2007, -0/+18***** THE RIAA!!
    • Misterchef, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12That's what she said.
    • stlcadet11, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Those snakes were obviously manipulated using Adobe ® Photoshop ® CS3
  • zjordan04, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Oh god it's beautiful.
  • ohandre, on 10/11/2007, -10/+1when i read the article title i knew exactly what would be in the comments... ill join to "THERES SNAKES ON A PLANE!"
  • trer, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Just when you thought fiction couldn't be stranger than reality...
  • ruley, on 10/11/2007, -2/+80Snakes Near a Plane: The Prequel to America's Favorite Snake/Plane Based Horror Film
  • Snorglorf, on 10/11/2007, -13/+4I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE ***** SNAKES IN THIS ***** CUSTOMS CHECK
  • h3ndrix, on 10/11/2007, -9/+4"Enough is enough! I have had it with these ***** snakes on this ***** plane!" was reported to be shouted by one of the officers.
  • Wormfather, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2Did anybody say it yet?

    Awww damn, like 6 times already...go ahead, digg down :-(
  • futureisours, on 10/11/2007, -17/+1Why am I not surprised this was something a stupid muslim would do?!
  • gllopc, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2Let's see: 700 snakes multiplied by 1,298 air miles comes to...
  • Sephrra, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1What was he gonna do? Make each snake spit poison into the pilots eyes?
  • Kenzan, on 10/11/2007, -13/+7"I, for one, welcome our plane-riding snake overlords."
  • yellowb, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3too bad this didn't happen last summer.... so Samual L. Jackson could have kicked that guy's ass!
  • akatherder, on 10/11/2007, -4/+39He was caught when he aroused their suspicion by trying to bring a bottle of water through security.
  • looke, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3At least he went for the all or nothing strategy, i'd have thought getting a dozen live snakes on a plane would be hard enough
  • rmetzger, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1I resisted coming in this thread because i knew it would be ripe with SOAP references. I held out; but i could not resist. :(
    • thomn8r, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1>I resisted coming in this thread because i knew it would be ripe with SOAP references.

      I saw nothing about a protocol for exchanging XML messages...
  • micklerlop, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2dude definitely watched too much Hollywood movies. he thought he could pull a Samuel.
  • austin987, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3All your snakes are belong to us.
  • straybullet21, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2Wow, that guy must have really... REALLY liked the movie snakes on a plane
  • perlhacker14, on 10/11/2007, -6/+0I bet ol' Sammy's got something to say, eh?
    What ever happened to paper mache disguises?
  • simplenation, on 10/11/2007, -3/+38(digg needs a delete comment button)
  • VicousT, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3What a wasted Topic Title. Some submitters lack real creativity.
  • cyclox, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1Hey this is just like that movie about snakes on a plane! how cool.
    • idonthack, on 10/11/2007, -6/+6LOL YA THINK?
    • cyclox, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Yeah totally. Do a search on google with the key words "snakes on a plane" and you will find that there is this movie about snakes on a plane, and this story is kind of like that. Neat-o!



  • zaklampert, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4dude, guys, this is just like that one movie...someone should come up with something witty to say which connects this real life anecdote to the Hollywood film.
  • shaitanx, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2Enough is enough! I have had it with these ***** snakes on this ***** plane!
  • taforever, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3I rushed to make a funny 'Snakes on a Plane" comment but they were all taken
  • FishRHuman2, on 10/11/2007, -5/+31أنا أريد هذا [موثرفوكينغ] ثعابين من هذا [موثرفوكينغ] طائرة!
    • dzorz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+30Google translates:
      أنا أريد هذا [موثرفوكينغ] ثعابين من هذا [موثرفوكينغ] طائرة!
      to:
      I want this [Mutherfokeng] snakes from this [Mutherfokeng] plane!
    • zip000, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1beat me to it.
  • Kryptnet, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Snakes are cool pets to have, I won't argue that. By what's with this huge market for smuggled snakes? "Yo man, I got what you need, taipan, mamba, and uhh...weed too if your into that sort of thing."

    Phew, i got through typing that without quoting Samuel L. I have willpower.
  • Nick519, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3where was this dude LAST summer??
  • Gl4di4tor, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2I was once stopped at an airport for having one really long snake in my pants.
  • BrokenWind, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1get these plain snakes off this ***** !
  • Toddbrew1, on 10/11/2007, -10/+4I got one!!!!!!

    GERBILS IN A RICHARD GERE!!!!! Yeah, I said it *****!!!
  • morrislevy, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2How about, Tigers In A Hummer? Lions in a Limo!?
  • WaltDismal, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3Manbearpig in a short bus.
  • rajaal1977, on 10/11/2007, -6/+2Dam!! Someone narked on my exotic snake connection. Anyone know where I can score an Egyptian Cobra?
  • cactusmcdougal, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5In after a thousand "Snakes on a Plane" jokes.
  • Kikinou, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Would it be detrimental to the eco-system to exterminate and make extinct all snakes? heh.
  • monkbot1, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2I saw the headline and thought to to myself wouldn't I be clever if I posted a Samuel L. Jackson/ SOAP/MuthaF£$%in' comment, but then I thought that's a bit sad and obvious fortunately there are plenty of people on digg who do make such comments so we can all point and laugh. Good Times.
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