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cdave ([personal profile] cdave) wrote2009-10-20 12:38 pm
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Security Theater

XKCD on airport security.

I once failed to convince an airport security guard to let me keep my 150ml deodorant, as it was an aerosol containing gas and fine particles, but no liquids.

I also failed to convince them to let me keep plastic knitting needles by arguing that the pencils I had with me were far harder and pointier. They let me keep the pencils.

[identity profile] jon-a-five.livejournal.com 2009-10-20 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
My mate flew bakh to Israel yesterday and smuggled on a small needle to do crochet!
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[identity profile] feorag.livejournal.com 2009-10-20 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
When we arrived in Montreal the other month, I discovered a pair of scissors in my carry-on bag that had got through security in both Edinburgh and Paris. I hadn't realised they were there at all.