Why I Love the Golden Girls: Reason #376

From the IMDB:

Golden Girl Causes Terrorist Scare in Boston Golden Girls star Bea Arthur sparked a security scare at Boston's Logan International Airport earlier this week when she tried to board a flight with a pocketknife in her handbag. The actress, 81, was about to board a Cape Air flight when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent discovered the offensive article in her belongings, which is strictly forbidden on airplanes since the September 11th attacks. A fellow passenger says, "She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said 'The terrorists put it there'. She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists'." After the knife was confiscated by TSA officials, the funnywoman pulled out a key ring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the "terrorists", before throwing it at them. As she boarded the plane, the Emmy-winning star told the TSA employees, "We're all doomed." A spokeswoman for Cape Air says, "Miss Arthur was cracking jokes and was a real character."

First of all, when did the funnywoman get so old? Second, could anyone else get away with throwing a key ring at a TSA agent? Had I been there, I would have been like, Chill, people! It's just Bea!

Thanks for the link, Richard.

see also:
The Bea Arthur Quote Shrine
Golden Girls Reruns Are Hip over at the OC [ed. note: the validation I have been looking for since sixth grade]