Inconceivable: Flight Att. Ask Pass. to Remove ‘Intimidating’ Inigo Montoya Tshirt

[NFS4]

You may be able to quote the entirety of Rob Reiner's classic 1987 romcom The Princess Bride word for word, but the movie is entirely foreign to at least a few highly sensitive passengers aboard a recently Qantas flight from Sydney to Auckland.



New Zealand-born, Australia-based movie lover Wynand Mullins was only trying to show his love for the cult comedy when he put on a T-shirt emblazoned with arguably the film's most famous line, "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

But the joke was lost on his fellow air travelers, who complained to the crew that Mullins' shirt was making them nervous.

"The flight attendant said to me: ‘Are you able to remove it because some of the passengers are quite intimidated by it,'" Mullins recalled to Stuff.co.nz. "I thought it was all a bit silly. The person next to me was laughing, because they knew the movie."

The situation appeared to resolve itself after the flight attendant went looking for a replacement T and never came back. But Mullins, who said he thought the reaction was "a bit over the top," says he had the distinct feeling "they had someone watching me the whole time."

Qantas released a statement saying it was not aware of this particular incident, but the airline "does have dress standards for passengers...particularly for slogans which other passengers may find offensive or threatening."

Booooo.

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[Ichinisan]

Never seen the movie, so I would not have understood the reference. It's not a chick flick?

 

[SandEagle]

Never seen the movie, so I would not have understood the reference. It's not a chick flick?

uh, you need to watch it now. great movie starting Fred S-word.

Australian staff was cool headed. american flight attendants wouldnt have backed down so easily

 

[Jeeebus]

Never seen the movie

I find that to be inconceivable.

 

[NFS4]

Never seen the movie, so I would not have understood the reference. It's not a chick flick?

No, it's not a chick flick.

 

[brainhulk]

 

[SunnyD]

I find that to be inconceivable.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Never seen the movie, so I would not have understood the reference. It's not a chick flick?

You wouldn't happen to have six fingers on your right hand?

 

[Krazy4Real]

LOL! How can you not know that line?

 

[brainhulk]

You keep using that word. I dunna think it means what you think it means.

haha

 

[JM Aggie08]

"Australian-based movie lover..."

Let's calm down with the title giving, he was just wearing a shirt.

 

[TecHNooB]

Never seen the movie, so I would not have understood the reference. It's not a chick flick?

This is one of those movies I saw a few times without knowing the name (this was during highschool). A girl in one of my classes said 'The Princess Bride' was her favorite film, and I immediately thought chick flick as well. Then I realized what it was. Smart girl for making that choice

 

[techs]

"Have fun storming the castle"

 

[SunnyD]

"Have fun storming the castle"

Do you think it will work?

 

[Jeeebus]

uh, you need to watch it now.

The only proper response Ichinsan should have to this direction...

"AS YOU WISH"

 

[Ichinisan]

uh, you need to watch it now.

AS YOU WISH

caps

 

[Poulsonator]

Do you think it will work?

It would take a miracle.

 

[SunnyD]

Give us the gate key.

 

[Ichinisan]

It's not on Netflix streaming.

 

[brainhulk]

Give us the gate key.

I have no gate key.

 

[SunnyD]

I have no gate key.

Fezzik, rip his arms off.

 

[vshah]

i dressed as Inigo for Halloween last year. great fun

 

[brainhulk]

Fezzik, rip his arms off.

 

[Broheim]

It's not on Netflix streaming.

hah! it is in Denmark.

 

[thraashman]

I can't believe that even if someone hadn't seen the movie they would be intimidated by the shirt. And even if you haven't seen the movie I would think enough people would have that would get the joke. It's not like he had Inigo's sword on him ... I do though (one of 750 existing official replica's).

 

[CPA]

I've never watched the movie completely, but even I'm familiar with that line.

But, you don't have to be familiar with that line to have common sense and deem it silly.