____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 20 January 2008 11:45 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ [H]omer on Saturday 19 January 2008 17:05 : \____
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx spake thusly:
>>>> Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Hell...I know someone who openly takes on every flight a cutting
>>>>> weapon
>>> [...]
>>>> About a year ago I had to go through the security checkpoint at the
>>>> city courthouse. I discovered after making it through and showing up
>>>> in court that my day planner had a scissors in it.
>>>
>>> BAA Airports used to routinely confiscate *nail clippers* from hand
>>> luggage! Who the Hell is going to use *that* as a weapon? It would
>>> be easier to just strangle someone.
>>
>> or clip some nails and use *that* as a weapon. ;-)
>>
>
> I recently had my toothpaste and shaving oil confiscated because they
> /weren't/ in a 1 gramme clear plastic bag. If they had been, obviously,
> they wouldn't be dangerous.
Yes, it's madness and it's hard to know what can be carried and what cannot.
The last time I travelled abroad, I just didn't take a suitcase at all. Other
than clothes, things can be bought and used up.
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