[Plone-conference] Rare exports

Franco Pellegrini frapell at ravvit.net
Tue Oct 16 23:30:46 UTC 2012


Oh, and since the cash register was mentioned, here's a bonus track  :)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ilhh4l61nn0hn46/IMG_20121015_021019.jpg


El 17/10/2012, a las 01:27, Franco Pellegrini <frapell at ravvit.net> escribió:

> And we also now have…. A VIDEO ! :D
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/cndgo4l7aflk8ex/VID_20121015_003040.mp4
> 
> Enjoy the awesomeness :)
> 
> El 16/10/2012, a las 19:23, Massimo Azzolini <massimo at redturtle.it> escribió:
> 
>> I can see them, and they're amazing!!!!
>> 
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Franco Pellegrini <frapell at ravvit.net> wrote:
>> I sent a reply with 2 pics, not sure if they came through... if they
>> didn't, how would be the best way to do share them ?
>> 
>> 2012/10/16 Maarten Kling <maarten at fourdigits.nl>:
>> > This thread is useless without pics \o/
>> >
>> > Is there a photo available when having the katana?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Maarten Kling
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>> >
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>> > On 10/16/12 11:21 AM, RebelX wrote:
>> >
>> > In front of the fireplace, during Christmas... and then see the Rare Exports
>> > movie as recommended by Mikko... As we all know, Santa lives in Lapland
>> > (Finland), but I never imagined he was like this.... scary shit... Now I
>> > realize why Mikko wanted to bring a sword home.... self-defense....
>> >
>> >
>> > On 16/10/12 11:16, Massimo Azzolini wrote:
>> >
>> > what a story!!
>> > something to tell to the grandchildren in front of the fireplace when we'll
>> > be old
>> >
>> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Mikko Ohtamaa <mikko at opensourcehacker.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the great conference! I have never had this super fun - and for
>> >> myself the conference had the end climax it deserved. I had some of the most
>> >> interesting moments of my life today. You were there so it's true story :)
>> >>
>> >> Namely, we went to a pub yesterday after the sprint. There was a "junk
>> >> bingo" where everyone could participate for free and win stuff. Lucky-Franco
>> >> won a vinyl and a drinking game. But I got the main prize, a katana sword
>> >> after trying really hard to beat Franco in the game. A really cool sword,
>> >> which soon ended up being full of Plone related stickers (don't know how
>> >> this happened). I was thinking it makes an awesome souvenir for the
>> >> conference.
>> >>
>> >> ... fast-forward 12 hours to the next and the airport. I was carrying the
>> >> sword wrapped in black plastic bags as I really had to do some improvisation
>> >> how to carry it - it doesn't fit into any luggage. I have imported swords
>> >> before to Finland from Czech so "I know what I am doing". They'll put a
>> >> special sticker on the sword "DANGEROUS" and either let it go in the luggage
>> >> or given it to the cabin crew.
>> >>
>> >> It was almost success. I went to the special items desk and told I have a
>> >> sword to declare in my luggage. I got it approved by KLM (the fee was 55 EUR
>> >> but I thought it's worth it). However they needed the dangerous sticker from
>> >> the airport security. So a military police (or whatever it is its
>> >> equivalent) comes here and check my sword. Still everything going well,
>> >> besides having an epic hangover.... I got even checked in with tickets and
>> >> everything.
>> >>
>> >> But then the police gets somehow confused. Because the sword doesn't fit
>> >> into the luggage, it is a separate item I was carrying around. The police
>> >> makes a radio call and a lot of Dutch discussion ensures with the KLM
>> >> representative. A senior KLM representative comes around. More Dutch
>> >> discussion ensures. In this point I actually miss the chance to reach my
>> >> flight in timely fashion.
>> >>
>> >> Then the police tells me "we need to take your sword and give you a fine".
>> >> In which point I feel the things are not going to end that well anymore...
>> >> the KLM lady asks me do you know what I am accused of. It was something
>> >> along the lines that I was carrying the sword with me when I arrived to the
>> >> airport (basically carrying a weapon) which is against the local law. This
>> >> of course makes some sense as it is not nice for the airport security to
>> >> have hungover Finns carrying ninja tools around. However the police and KLM
>> >> had procedures how things are supposed to be done and we were doing it by
>> >> the book. They have rules to export dangerous items, but those dangerous
>> >> items should not reach the airport in the first place...
>> >>
>> >> So I am taken to fill in a lot of paper forms... and they ask the question
>> >> "How did you end up to the possession of this item?"
>> >>
>> >> ...in which point I quickly think in my head: I am already in some shit.
>> >> It probably doesn't make things better if I tell the truth that on Sunday
>> >> night, after programming 12 hours on in a music hall, me and my Australian,
>> >> US, Brit, Argentina and bunch of other friends from bunch of other countries
>> >> went to a bar where we drank beer called "Hell and Damnation", patched
>> >> something called Templer and played junk bingo.
>> >>
>> >> ... so I told the police "I won it in a competition".
>> >>
>> >> It was awesome conference.
>> >>
>> >> In the end they didn't give me fine. It was little embarrassing for the
>> >> polices too as they apparently wouldn't have wanted to go through the mess
>> >> more than I did, so in some point of the filling paper work they stop doing
>> >> it, just tell me "please forget this little incident and move along." Then I
>> >> got personally escorted by a nice KLM lady to get my flights rebooked (which
>> >> I actually had to pay). Now I am thinking how could I explain this to my
>> >> travel insurance company to get the money back...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> See you in Ploneconf 2013!
>> >>
>> >> Ps. Rare Exports movie, from Finland:
>> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RQlikX4vvw
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Mikko Ohtamaa
>> >> http://opensourcehacker.com
>> >> http://twitter.com/moo9000
>> >>
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