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Miami, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Humorist Dave Barry has taken a dig at his TSA pat down experience. He described the whole incident as ‘surreal’. He also recounted in detail the agony that he had to suffer in an interview to the National Public Radio.

He said that one of the agents who was involved in the pat down recognized him and candidly admitted that he was a big fan of Dave, whereas the other agent was engrossed in ‘fondling Dave’s groin’. It certainly was a bittersweet moment for Dave Barry.

There had been a spurt in the number of voices that have been raised against the TSA pat downs, as many people feel that they violate the privacy of the person.

In the NPR interview, Dave said that he was singled out for the pat down because his body scan ‘raised alarms’. According to reports, he had a ‘blurred groin’. Dave said about the experience that, “They were letting everyone else go. Everyone else had a nice sharp groin, I guess. But when I went through they pulled me aside and put me in this kind of like little pen. And after like, I don’t know, three or four minutes of standing there I asked one of them why am I here. And he said, you have a blurred groin. And I went what? Because you hate to find this out at the airport.”