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Thursday, April 7, 2005

Do Aussies have a camel fetish? Baggage handler dons passenger's camel costume "A man who had a camel costume removed from his checked-in luggage at Sydney airport says the event raises questions about airport security. David Cox was waiting to board his Qantas flight when he saw a baggage handler wearing the costume on the tarmac. 'I went to the customer service desk that happened to be right behind me and said, 'Look I've checked my luggage through... someone's obviously been through my luggage, taken something out, now is wearing [it] across the tarmac, what's going on'." I love this quote from the article: "It's the kind of larrikin thing that an Australian would do... OK, so why did he have a camel costume? If you found someone's camel costume, would you put it on at work? What did the guy's wife say? Does she have her own camel costume? Does it have one hump or two? We need to know more! The original: LINK ------------------------ UPDATE Apr 8, 3:58 PM EDT Handler Punished for Donning Camel Costume SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Qantas Airways Ltd. on Friday suspended a baggage handler who was caught on video opening a passenger's bag which contained a camel costume, donning the head and wandering around the airport... Ah, justice has been done. 11:16:31 PM    comment []