[Plone-conference] Rare exports

Peter Uittenbroek uittenbroek at goldmund-wyldebeast-wunderliebe.com
Wed Oct 17 07:20:10 UTC 2012


Hahahahah :D :D

He can play 'The operative' in Serenity ;)

On 10/17/2012 01:27 AM, Franco Pellegrini wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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://opensourcehacker.com/>
>>     >> http://twitter.com/moo9000
>>     >>
>>     >>
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