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To: Janice Shell who wrote (86444)	4/20/2004 6:14:45 PM
From: Taki	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 122087

<<One way or another, I'm sure that the "explanation", if we ever hear one, is gonna be a lulu. >> For the record, to people that do not know=LULU in Greek=Child's Penis.So Janice becareful in the future by mistake to not use that word, especially to Greeks,LOL.Serious, LULU =The above. I had a couple Italian American friends, in Chicago training them years ago.And they used to tease me, as well as I was teasing them.The wife really teased me so much one day, that pissed me off, and I started calling her.Hey Lulu, your turn now to do a set.She was smiling at me, and continued to do her set.As days went by, her husband asked me=Hey Taki every time you call my wife Lulu you laughing your butt off.You Jerk saying while he is smiling,tell me what does Lulu mean.At that time His wife was doing a set. So I really really asked him.Hey J do you really wana know what Lulu means in Greek?Yes yes he replied.So I asked him again a couple of more times=Do you really wana know?Yes yes he replied.Tell me tell me Dammit.So I told him.He laughted soooooooooo hard, that most of the Gym was starring at us.So his wife asked us.WTH are you laughing about.J said=Do not ask me.Ask Taki.No I said Ask J.So back and forth cat and mouse, he told her while laughing his butt off.She turned towards the stuck where the 20 lb weights were,picked one up, and started chasing me all over the Gym, while cursing the crap out of me.Thank God she did not throw the weight at me. I will never forget that day.They were indeed great couple.We had a lotsa fun.Wife was nationality Napoli Italy, and husband Calabria. Please do not take it wrong, or you Dave that I used the word" Sorry if I was out of line.I just saw the Lulu word, and reminded me back then.Sorry again if I offended anyone here in this thread.

To: Janice Shell who wrote (86444)	4/20/2004 8:40:17 PM
From: SI Dave	Respond to of 122087

>>One way or another, I'm sure that the "explanation", if we ever hear one, is gonna be a lulu. That's what I was thinking. The spin will be sure to inflict dizziness! Edit: Oh, my! Leave to those Greek to use "lulu" instead of "weewee" - guess I'll have to suspend myself for a couple of d

To: Janice Shell who wrote (86444)	4/20/2004 11:08:41 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 122087

It was pointed out to me (privately) that there are no direct routes on Southwest between any NYC airport and San Diego. Indeed, the flight was headed to Phoenix: According to a sworn affidavit, Elgindy was arrested Saturday at MacArthur Airport in Islip, N.Y., attempting to board a commercial flight using a fake ID. The Southwest Airlines plane was headed to Phoenix with a connecting flight to San Diego. signonsandiego.com According to the Southwest web site, there is one matching Saturday flight per day, which leaves at 1:30pm and arrives in San Diego at 7:50pm, with a two hour wait in Phoenix. So, yes, I suppose Elgindy might have planned on not boarding his connecting flight, but that would have for absolute sure caused him to lose his $2.5M bail. I know freedom is priceless, but if there's anyone who thought he'd beat the rap and remain free in the US (and keep his money in the process) I would think it would be Elgindy. As for your point that someone under surveillance in San Diego wouldn't dare return under an alias... I agree. Therefore, you could certainly make an argument the round-trip ticket was in his real name and thus he booked an earlier than planned flight back via Phoenix under an alias to avoid detection long enough to flee. But, if so, why bother to book through to San Diego instead of going direct to Phoenix? Aren't people who miss their connecting flights automatically flagged by the computer and investigated? Heck, why even bother going back west at all when he could just flee via JFK airport? I suppose you could then argue he planned to secretly gather up his belongings in San Diego and flee to Mexico, but, again, there's the loss of $2.5M in bail money. The only other "logical" explanation I can think of is that Elgindy wanted to spend a couple of days in San Diego where he knew he wouldn't be under surveillance. But that's assuming he would not have gotten a call or two in the mean time from his handlers asking him to verify where he was... meaning that doesn't make much sense either. I guess the missing piece to the puzzle is whether Elgindy really did buy a new ticket to San Diego on Southwest using an alias, or whether he simply moved up his existing return flight. If the latter, then we'd have to assume the entire trip was taken under an alias, a monumental risk when you know you are being watched. So, in conclusion, while I see no smoking gun Elgindy was trying to flee, I also can't imagine how he could possibly have taken such a risk if he intended to stay. Very strange. - Jeff