A man on a flight from Australia to New Zealand Sunday evening was asked to change his T-shirt because its message—Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.—alarmed his fellow passengers. While we find it a tad inconceivable (THAT NEVER GETS OLD RIGHT?) that there are still people out there unfamiliar with the famous catchphrase from the classic 1987 comedy, we can understand how Wynand Mullins's T-shirt—paired with his shaved head and intimidating Bose noise cancelling headphones—might terrify the uninitiated.
Mullins tells Stuff, "The flight attendant said to me: ‘Are you able to remove it because some of the passengers are quite intimidated by it.' I thought it was all a bit silly. The person next to me was laughing, because they knew the movie." After Mullins explained that he didn't have another shirt to change into, it seems the flight crew gave up. He wasn't forced to fly topless, but says, "I wouldn't be surprised if they had someone watching me the whole time."
A spokesperson for Qantas airlines says the company had no record of the incident, but adds, "Qantas does have dress standards for passengers travelling on our aircraft... particularly for slogans which other passengers may find offensive or threatening." Most airlines do have policies about offensive attire, which is why we always tightly zip up our camouflage jacket when wearing our favorite Walter Sobchak T-shirt on a plane. [Via Gawker]
