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| Southwest Finds Shipment of Heads on a Plane |
| 2010-06-17 |
| Now, there's a headline you don't see every day. A Southwest Airlines employee called police after finding human heads in a package set to be transported to a Fort Worth medical research company, the airline said. "Honey! Has the postman been here yet? I'm expecting an order of heads..." "It wasn't labeled or packaged properly," said Ashley Rogers, a Southwest spokeswoman. "They called the local authorities." "Not yet, dear. I hope they put enough postage on them this time!" The incident happened in Little Rock, Ark., last Wednesday, she said. "I always have trouble getting my heads when I deal with Little Rock, dammit! If they screw this batch up I'm switching to Omaha!" Little Rock police turned the package over to the county coroner, who questions where they came from and if they were properly obtained. "You got a permit for them heads, Mac?" "We've come to the conclusion that there is a black market out there for human body parts for research or for whatever reason," said Pulaski County coroner Garland Camper. "Pssst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy a head?" "Naw. I already got a head." "We just want to make sure these specimens here aren't a part of that black market and underground trade." "I dunno, Bob. Those heads look pretty suspicious to me!" The heads were being transported to the Fort Worth office of Medtronic, a leading medical research and technology company based in Minnesota. Oh, well. A medical research and technology company. That's raise my suspicions right there. Medtronic spokesman Brian Henry said it is common to ship body parts for medical education and research, but he said it is rare for a shipment to be seized. "Now I guess we'll have to go back to teleporting them. They never got seized when we teleported them." "We expect our suppliers to follow proper procedures," he said. Camper described the items as 40 to 60 human heads. "Jones! Look up the rules for shipping 40 to 60 human heads!" |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 I wish I was there to see the look on the faces of the people who opened the box. I reckon they are still running away! |
| Posted by: Butch Angomoter2394 2010-06-17 23:35 |
| #15 So just where do you get head anyway ? |
| Posted by: Chief 2010-06-17 21:05 |
| #14 Life imitates Hollywood |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-06-17 19:04 |
| #13 BP management committee? |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2010-06-17 17:26 |
| #12 Sneaky terrorists, trying to evade the facial recognition software. But we're one step ahead of them, because we know it doesn't work! |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-17 16:59 |
| #11 Had they flown Delta, at least leg room would not have been an issue. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-06-17 16:35 |
| #10 Heck, when I saw the (snort!) headline (giggle) I thought it was yet another special edition of More Mexican Mayhem! |
| Posted by: Sgt.Mom 2010-06-17 16:34 |
| #9 did they fit in overhead storage? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-06-17 16:18 |
| #8 Fat heads pay twice. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-06-17 16:10 |
| #7 I bet those heads flew for free! |
| Posted by: ExtremeModerate 2010-06-17 16:00 |
| #6 I hope they brought this to the attention of the head man. |
| Posted by: Mike 2010-06-17 15:37 |
| #5 Were these not the talking heads?? |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-06-17 15:15 |
| #4 Maybe the heads were supposed to go the The Jeffersonian in D.C.? Has anyone consulted Dr. Brennan? / Bones TV show reference ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-17 14:57 |
| #3 "Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream..." |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-06-17 14:47 |
| #2 If the heads in question were on Southwest Airlines, then I guess it was, "Heads Up!" (Sorry) |
| Posted by: Flapper Scourge of the Algonquins4926 2010-06-17 14:25 |
| #1 Hopefully cool heads will prevail. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-17 14:15 |