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MILTON,VT - June 19, 2007 - Adirondack Towels and Scrubs, a national supplier to the hospitality industry, announces their selection of the most outrageous travel stories of spring 2007.

Adirondack Towels and Scrubs keeps their customers up to date on important industry developments with daily news links posted on their web site's home page as well as weekly newsletters sent via email. Every 3 months the company issues their most outrageous travel stories for the previous quarter.

This quarter's most outrageous travels stories are:

Maybe he didn’t like the airline food
Northwest Airlines canceled a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit on April 8 after the captain cursed repeatedly on a cell phone and then swore at one of the plane’s passengers. The pilot was yelling obscenities on a cell phone in the cockpit while people were boarding. He then left the cockpit, went into the front lavatory, locked the door and continued his conversation. But passengers could still hear his rants. One passenger said, "He was having a fit, swearing up a storm. He was saying 'F this' and 'F that.'" When the captain emerged from the bathroom, a passenger confronted him about his behavior, prompting even more cursing. The flight was cancelled, and passengers were placed on other flights.

They shouldn’t call it “the screamer”
A Sacramento amusement park received so many complaints about noise that they instituted a “No Screaming” policy on their new thrill ride – the Scandia Screamer. The Screamer is a gigantic, windmill-like contraption that sends people plunging 16 stories at nearly 70 mph. Any rider who makes too much noise is immediately pulled off the ride. Operators now recite the following warning to riders: “We are required to remove you from this ride if you make any noise. If you feel you might make a noise, please cover your mouth tightly with you hand, like this (the operator then covers mouth with hand). If we hear any noise through your hand, we will remove you from the ride. So please remain silent and enjoy the Screamer.”

But they’re just a few harmless pets
Customs officers at the Cairo airport detained an Egyptian man who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a May 24 flight to Saudi Arabia. The slithery creatures were discovered in a carry-on bag after officers asked the man to open it. He told them the bag contained live snakes and warned them to keep their distance. Among the variety of serpents hidden in small cloth sacks were two poisonous cobras. The passenger said he hoped to sell the snakes to Saudis who display them in glass jars in shops, keep them as pets or sell them to research centers. The man is accused of violating export laws and endangering the lives of other passengers.

Even thieves need some down time 
It wasn’t difficult finding the two teens who robbed three people at gunpoint at Hilton Head’s Holiday Inn Oceanfront Hotel on May 19. They were nabbed later the same day hanging out at the hotel’s swimming pool. Brandon Brooks, 18, and Dillion Clark, 16, were arrested and charged with armed robbery. Brooks also was charged with carrying a firearm during a violent crime and misdemeanor marijuana possession. According to police, the pair robbed two women and a man at about 2 am on the beach near the hotel. Police say they then pistol-whipped the man and ran off with cell phones, purses, wallets and cash. The two were arrested that afternoon after being spotted by the victims.

Who can sleep with all these ghosts?
A respected pilot in India filed a complaint against a five star Holiday Inn in the United Arab Emirates for being haunted and extending poor customer service. Captain Devi Sharan said the corridors of the hotel reverberated with piped music and strange voices at odd hours. He also said he felt a presence or apparition in his room. Captin Sharan says his observations are supported by his fellow pilots; however hotel officials are not buying the story. “I think this is funny,” says a senior manager. “This hotel is situated in the middle of the city. Staff members live here, some with families. Had there been some such incident, would anyone live here?”

At least she won’t make much noise
A first class British Airways passenger on a flight from New Delhi to London awoke to find the corpse of an elderly woman being placed in a seat next to him. The woman was moved from the economy section because there was more room in first class, and it also offered the woman’s family more privacy. Paul Trinder said the stewards just placed the body in the seat without saying a thing. "I remember looking at this frail, sparrow-like woman and thinking she was very ill. When I asked what was going on, I was shocked to hear she was dead."  British Airways says about 10 passengers die each year on their flights.

So do you want us or not?  
The Division of Tourism in West Virginia rolled out a new ad campaign this spring. The ad’s headline says: "Whatever you do, don't come to West Virginia."  The ad is intended to surprise folks and draw attention. “It's a less traditional approach to tourism advertising," says Liz Chewning, the division's travel and marketing director. Standard travel ads, which entice visitors by displaying the state's natural beauty, aren't doing the job they once did, so reverse psychology is meant to provide a little shock value. The ad goes on to say, "Why would you even want to (come to West Virginia) when there are beaches in the Carolinas and mega-theme parks in Florida? And nothing says family fun like a 10-hour drive with screaming kids, miles after mile of desolate highway.”

It just might show up on eBay
A hotel near Tokyo is missing a bathtub worth about $1 million. The glittering tub, made of 18 karat gold, was stolen on May 30 from the Kominato Hotel Mikazuki in Kamogawa. About 4 feet wide and 28 inches high, it weighs 176 pounds. The tub was taken from a shared men’s bathroom on the 10th floor. The door to the room was locked with chains, but the vandals cut them. A similar tub in the women's bathroom was untouched. Hotel guests are allowed to bathe in the tub, but it is only available for a few hours a day for security reasons. One official said, "We have no witness information and there are no video cameras."

Maybe he doesn’t like to gamble
A Nebraska woman is facing 10 years in jail for leaving her disabled husband in a freezing car outside the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Judy Lea Fairbanks, 52, was charged with wanton neglect of a dependent person after leaving her husband unattended in the casino’s parking garage on April 7. Charles Fairbanks has suffered multiple strokes, has dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He can't speak or move on his own. According to the police report, Judy Fairbanks taped a sign to the window of the vehicle that said, "I have a disability. Do not be alarmed. I am resting. Please do not call security." The temperature was 28 degrees at the time of the incident. Officials said the man fortunately wasn't injured during his time in the freezing car.

As long as it isn’t aimed at us
An Indonesia Boeing 747 carrying 413 passengers from Jakarta to Saudi Arabia was forced to turn around when air traffic controllers informed the pilots that a nuclear-capable ballistic missile had been launched in their vicinity. The Indonesian Foreign Ministry said the aircraft was in Indian airspace when the incident occurred and demanded an explanation from New Delhi. New Delhi insists Indian aviation authorities were informed about the test launch well in advance. Ari Sapari, operations director for the airline, said, “We were not given any advance warning about this missile test. This was obviously confusing and worrying.” The missile launched, the Agni III, is a short to intermediate range missile capable of carrying a payload of 2,200 pounds or a nuclear warhead.

She should have it all paid back in about 100 years.
A cashier at the prestigious Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh admitted to stealing thousands of dollars by pocketing the pay of 10 bogus employees. Janet Davis told police she needed money after her husband lost his job. She carried out the scheme for four years between 2000 and 2004, making $212,000 or $165,000 after taxes. Davis was fingered after a hotel auditor noticed that the pay for 10 employees was being deposited into just two bank accounts. Handwriting for the accounts were also similar. Mrs. Davis admitted to falsifying paperwork and making up fictitious employees and time sheets. She later told the court she is trying to save to repay the amount taken.