48 Travel Jokes: The 2006 “Chirping & Shoe Removal” Edition

In 2006, travel got a bit more “restricted” but also more “interactive.” You were tweeting your first 140-character complaints from the airport, trying to play tennis in your hotel room with a Wii Remote, and learning the hard way that your 400ml bottle of shampoo was now a “security threat.”

The 2006 Top 10: The “Liquid Ban” Classics

1. The Liquid Ban: Why was the traveler crying at security? Because he had to choose between drinking his entire bottle of expensive French wine in 30 seconds or giving it to a TSA agent as a gift.
2. The First Tweet: Why was the traveler staring at his phone? He was trying to send his first Tweet: “I am at the airport. It is gray. 132 characters left.”
3. The Wii Remote: Why did the hotel guest have a black eye? Because his roommate was playing Wii Sports and forgot to wear the wrist strap while serving an imaginary ace.
4. The Da Vinci Code Movie: Why was the Louvre so crowded? Because everyone was looking for secret symbols behind the paintings instead of just enjoying the art.
5. The 3-1-1 Rule: Why did the traveler look like a chemist? Because he spent his whole night measuring his hair gel into tiny 100ml bottles to fit them into a single Ziploc bag.
6. The Pluto Demotion: Why was the space enthusiast sad on his flight? Because he looked out the window at the stars and realized he was flying in a universe with only eight “real” planets.
7. The Borat Effect: Why was the tourist in Kazakhstan so confused? Because he kept saying “Very Nice!” and “High Five!” but the locals just wanted him to leave.
8. The MacBook Pro: Why did the businessman look so smug? Because he had the first MacBook with a MagSafe power cord, meaning no one could trip over his wire and kill his “very important” spreadsheet.
9. The Casino Royale: Why were men in the airport bar ordering Martinis “shaken, not stirred”? Because Daniel Craig made being a spy look cool again, even if they were just flying to a dental convention.
10. The Snakes on a Plane: Why was the passenger checking under his seat? Because Samuel L. Jackson warned him that “enough was enough,” and he didn’t want any surprises during his flight to Hawaii.

The Full 2006 Travel Jokes Archive

11. The Twitter Launch: Why did the traveler feel ignored? Because he tweeted “I am hungry” and realized he had zero followers to care about his sandwich.
12. The Blu-Ray Win: Why did the traveler buy a PS3? Because it was the cheapest way to watch Talladega Nights in high definition in his hotel room.
13. The Facebook Open: Why was the backpacker excited? Because Facebook opened to everyone, and he could finally “Poke” the girl he met in the London hostel.
14. The Nintendo DS Lite: Why did the traveler look so sleek? Because his DS was now thin, white, and made him look like a futuristic gamer instead of a kid with a plastic brick.
15. The Justin Timberlake: Why was the flight so “Sexy”? Because JT was “Bringing Sexy Back,” even if the airline was still bringing back the same mystery meat from 1995.
16. The Google Buys YouTube: Why was the traveler confused? He thought YouTube was for home videos and Google was for searching, and he couldn’t imagine why they’d want to live together.
17. The Cars Movie: Why was the family road trip so sentimental? Because the movie made them feel bad for the “Old Route 66” every time they stopped at a shiny new gas station.
18. The Gnarls Barkley: Why was the traveler “Crazy”? Because that song was played in every single terminal loop from January to December.
19. The Blackberry Pearl: Why was the executive so happy? Because his phone finally had a camera and a trackball that didn’t get stuck every three minutes.
20. The Zune: Why was the passenger lonely? Because he bought a Microsoft Zune and realized he was the only person on the plane who couldn’t “Squirt” songs to anyone else.
21. The Pan’s Labyrinth: Why was the traveler scared of the hotel hallway? Because he kept expecting a Pale Man with eyes in his hands to walk out of the ice machine room.
22. The Fergie “London Bridge”: Why was the tourist disappointed in London? Because the bridge didn’t actually “go down” when the song started playing.
23. The Wii Fit: Why was the woman standing on a white board? Because she wanted to travel the world, but her Wii told her she was “obese” just for standing still.
24. The Nokia N95: Why was the tech geek drooling? Because the phone had GPS, a 5MP camera, and a dual-slider—it was basically a Swiss Army Knife that could also make calls.
25. The High School Musical: Why were the kids at the resort dancing in the pool? Because “We’re All In This Together” and they knew every single move.
26. The 1GB SD Card price: Why did the traveler celebrate? Because 1GB cards finally dropped below $50 and he felt like he could take a million photos of the same sunset.
27. The Devil Wears Prada: Why were the flight attendants looking at the passenger’s shoes? Because they knew that “Gird your loins” was the only way to survive a 10-hour shift in Coach.
28. The Shakira: Why were the traveler’s “Hips Don’t Lie”? Because he spent 12 hours in a middle seat and his hips were definitely telling the truth about the pain.
29. The Intel Mac: Why was the programmer happy? Because he could finally run Windows on his Mac and pretend he was working while actually playing Solitaire.
30. The Little Miss Sunshine: Why was the family van so colorful? Because they saw the movie and realized that a broken-down yellow bus is the ultimate bonding experience.
31. The 3G Roaming: Why was the bill so high? Because the traveler “checked his email once” in Spain and now he owed the phone company his firstborn child.
32. The Rihanna “SOS”: Why did the traveler press the call button? Because he was “tossing and turning” in his tiny seat and needed a ginger ale to survive.
33. The World Cup 2006: Why were the Italians so loud? Because they won the Cup and every Italian restaurant in the world offered free espresso for a week.
34. The Amy Winehouse: Why did the traveler say “No, No, No”? Because the airline tried to send him to “Rehab” (a hotel near the airport) after his flight was canceled.
35. The Nintendo Wii Sports: Why was the grandpa sore? Because he thought he was a pro bowler after playing for 20 minutes in the hotel lobby.
36. The Step Up: Why was the backpacker dancing in the street? Because Channing Tatum made “street dancing” look like a valid way to meet people in a new city.
37. The 4GB iPod Nano: Why was it a “Product Red”? Because the traveler wanted to save the world while listening to U2 on a tiny aluminum rectangle.
38. The 300 Movie: Why were the guys at the beach shouting “This is Sparta!”? Because they spent three months at the gym and wanted to make sure everyone noticed.
39. The Skype Out: Why was the traveler calling landlines? Because Skype finally let him call his grandma’s rotary phone from a laptop in a forest.
40. The Blood Diamond: Why was the tourist checking his ring? Because the movie made him feel guilty about his souvenir shopping in South Africa.
41. The SanDisk Sansa: Why did the traveler buy it? Because he wanted to be a rebel and not own an iPod, even if the interface made him want to scream.
42. The Paris Hilton: Why was the “Simple Life” over? Because she went to jail for a minute and every tabloid in the airport had her crying on the cover.
43. The Windows Vista Beta: Why was the laptop slow? Because the traveler installed the “Aero” theme and his computer decided that looking pretty was more important than actually working.
44. The Ok Go: Why was the traveler walking on a treadmill at the hotel gym? Because he was trying to recreate the music video and fell off after three seconds.
45. The TSA Baggage Lock: Why was the traveler annoyed? Because he bought a “TSA Approved” lock and the agents still clipped it off because they lost the master key.
46. The Creative Zen: Why was the student happy? Because his MP3 player had a “FM Radio” and he could listen to the local weather while his friends’ iPods were silent.
47. The OneRepublic: Why was the traveler “Apologizing”? Because he reclined his seat right into the laptop of the guy behind him.
48. The Lonely Planet TV: Why was the traveler watching TV? Because the guidebooks became a show and he realized that the hosts had a much better hotel than he did.