Sorry, a mallet like this one found at the Burlington, Vermont airport is not allowed aboard commercial planes. |
Gizmodo cataloged some of the items the TSA confiscated over the past year, and there are some doozies in the list.
In Hawaii, they found a cannon barrel. In Anchorage the found a can of bear deterrent.
For those grizzly bear attacks that always seem to happen on the redeye between Anchorage and Los Angeles apparently.
One of my favorites was an "F-bomb" found in Milwaukee. It appears to be a gag gift, a round thing with a fuse, like a cartoon bomb, with a metal letter "F" attached to it.
Cute. And confiscated by the TSA.
Another favorite of mine was found right down the road from at the Burlington, Vermont airport. It was a gigantic very old wooden mallet, but a very big, heavy one. I guess such a mallet is useful if you want to bash the head in of the person in front of you when he declines his seat backward too much.
This "F-bomb" was also not allowed on a flight. |
Knives and razors have been found inside a hairbrush, a lipstick case and a Scooby Doo doll. I never realized Scooby Doo was so violent.
Ruh, roh, Raggie!
I'm also unclear on how 81 pounds of marijuana in a suitcase would have gone unnoticed, but stranger things have happened.
Even airline employees get into the act. The Associated Press reported that five people, including a Delta Airlines baggage handler, were recently arrested for trafficking guns from Atlanta to the New York City area.
Of course we should say the guy is now a former Delta baggage handler.
So kiddies, no bombs on the planes, OK? And no bear deterrent. Because grizzly bears are not permitted to board aircraft.
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