Florida man claims airport bomb threat was attempt to 'flirt' with fellow traveler

[marmar]

This joke bombed.

A Florida man claims he was attempting to “flirt” with another traveler when he made a wisecrack about having a bomb in his bag at an airport, according to police.

Miami native Alan Borinsky, 70, told police he was “trying to be funny” when he made the remark at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday, according to an arrest report from the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Borinsky was sitting at Gate G11 in terminal four when two witnesses overheard him tell another passenger something like “If the bomb in my bag goes off prematurely, I apologize to your family in advance,” the police report says, WPLG reported. ...........(more)

https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/us-news/florida-man-claims-airport-bomb-threat-was-attempt-to-flirt-with-passenger/

[Walleye]

1. I know one thing, you can't say the word bomb in an airport. It's not that hard to refrain from really

Silly rule probably but there you have it

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Tough room

Swift end to a promising young comic’s career.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. 70 is hardly young.

[mobeau69]

6. ⬇️

[EYESORE 9001]

7. 👍🏽

😒

[BlueKota]

3. Unless the woman he was trying to flirt with was named Marjorie or Lauren

I don't think that flirting tactic would impress most women.

[Bobstandard]

4. Ouch! Good one! n/t

[Aristus]

8. Florida Man needs to seriously work on his flirting technique.

Or maybe give up trying to flirt, because man, he's bad at it!

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

9. WAIT WUT?!! And the idiot is a WHOLE Seventy...SEVEN ZERO, as it seventy trips around the Sun?

He did this in order to chat up that poor horrified woman? What the hell is on the water in Florida? He should know better...