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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.

Date: 2009-10-20 11:47 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] gaspodia.livejournal.com
What you need to do is source pencils that are the same size as your knitting needles and transfer the knitting to pencils for the duration of the flight :)

Date: 2009-10-20 11:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hawkida.livejournal.com
You seem to have linked to the comic next to the one you wanted. Unless you see riding dinosaurs as a comment on airports.

Date: 2009-10-20 12:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jon-a-five.livejournal.com
My mate flew bakh to Israel yesterday and smuggled on a small needle to do crochet!

Date: 2009-10-20 12:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lebeautemps.livejournal.com
They let me through with a large cream cake recently, but not my chum with a jar of jam. Now, if I were a bomb maker, I'm sure I could engineer something the consistency of whipped cream that could explode. Or maybe just assault the Captain with it.

Date: 2009-10-20 01:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mokatiki.livejournal.com
Hmm, they are normaly ok with wooden knitting needles.

Althoug saying that last time I flew I have something on metal needles in my bag I had fogotten about, and they didn't notice!

they where circs, and I had a bunch of wires in the same bag, so I think they just thought they where more wires...

Date: 2009-10-20 09:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarahdotcom.livejournal.com
What airline and where were you flying? I've never had a problem with plastic before.

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