[Plone-conference] Rare exports

Tue Oct 16 23:27:37 UTC 2012

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
> > http://fourdigits.nl/mensen/maarten-kling
> >
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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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