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What a disgrace 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 10:29 GMT

Coat

You can clearly see two bottles of liquid, not in a ziplock bag, and possibly some nail clippers too.

I'd be embarrassed if I showed up at airport security with that bag.

Intentional? 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 10:43 GMT

Paris Hilton

At least it looks to me like it was intentional...

Paris, because she knows how to enjoy these shenanigans.

Oh come on....... 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 10:44 GMT

Happy

A worker actually said that “It’s a bit of a cock-up."

Please......

Hmm... 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 10:58 GMT

Alert

I can see great opportunities for fun here. Take a sheet of cardboard and stick on some letters cut from tinfoil, eg "F*CK OFF, NOSY GIT!"

not a medical condition 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:03 GMT

I always thought that a strapadicktome was a medical condition

Thank you, I'm here all week.

Districting the Security Gate team? 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:11 GMT

Alert

I'm more worried about the fact that this passenger appears to be carrying a corkscrew onboard, and the people operating the scanners seem to have been looking the other way.

@Graham Marsden 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:26 GMT

'I can see great opportunities for fun here. Take a sheet of cardboard and stick on some letters cut from tinfoil, eg "F*CK OFF, NOSY GIT!"'

- A great idea if you fancy a quick trip into a side-room with a burly security-type guy with large hands and a pair of rubber gloves.

Reminds me of a film I once saw... 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:29 GMT

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'Throwers don't worry about ticking. Modern bombs don't tick.'

'Throwers?'

'Baggage handlers. But when a suitcase vibrates, the throwers have to

call the police.'

'My suitcase was *vibrating*?'

A friend wanted so set someone up 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:36 GMT

He was going to throw out an old case and knew a neighbour would have made off with it (one of those areas).

He planned to cut a gun shape from a metal plate, peel back the lining of the case and glue it out of sight.

Never found out what happened though.

Re: A friend wanted so set someone up 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:47 GMT

(Written by Reg staff.)

How community-minded! What did he care if a neighbour took something he left on the pavement because he couldn't be arsed to take it to the tip?

Still, I'm sure that'll make a lovely b3ta QOTW answer one day.

@reminds me of a film i once saw. 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:52 GMT

Thats not from Fight Club is it?

"A" dildo 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:52 GMT

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Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor. But … every once in a while … it's a dildo.

Of course, it's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We have to use the indefinite article, "a dildo", never … your dildo.

deep interrogation of luggage 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:52 GMT

Coat

Is nothing sacred! While many security organisation don't think a woman's personal fun time activities should be made public, apparently airport security's system for Deep Interrogation of Luggage - (DIL) DO.

coat.... thanks

@Sarah Bee 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 11:54 GMT

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A b3tard! I knew it!

@Martin Burns 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 12:09 GMT

Could have been a scan of checked baggage, which happens fairly regularly. That would explain the corkscrew and the liquids.

Sadly, metal backed stuff doesn't quite work... 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 12:17 GMT

Flame

The Xray people are not completely daft. A journalistic friend of mine opened his suitcase to find that his editor had wrapped a cucumber in aluminium foil (designed to show up on xray) - Of course there was no TSA paper in the suitcase and no pulled-aside thing either. This is post-9/11...

So yes, people, if you think a gun shape will do the trick, dream on.

The KEEP the scans? 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 12:31 GMT

So are we saying they now store the scans?

What about the new body scans, where they use a body scanner to undress the person, do the store those too? Maybe pass around a bloopers tape at Christmas like the Rozzers & BBC staff do?

It's quite 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 12:41 GMT

Joke

Clearly a cock shaped gun!

But did it go off? haha!

I have a question. 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 13:04 GMT

Coat

....for the airport worker who apparently described this as "a bit of a cock-up."

Is that your tongue in your cheek, or.............?

The American WWII life-preserver please.

Scanners 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 13:23 GMT

Flame

See, this is the problem I have with 'promises' about things like scanners.

Case in point - the 'see through your clothes' scanners that are proposed, that will allegedly be done by people in another room and not recorded etc.

Do they seriously expect anyone to believe that images will not find their way onto the Internet or the media?

A possible qotw answer? 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 13:48 GMT

Pirate

Or topic, for that matter. Anything that prevents me from composing ditties about sitting on the bog with no loo roll in easy reach.

Scanners Undress . . . 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 13:56 GMT

Coat

Scan me if you are that way inclined . . . scan the wife and you might get bruised . . . scan my kids and I'll have you arrested !!!

CD's in the poket time for lunch . . .

Happened to me once... 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 14:31 GMT

Paris Hilton

Years ago, on a flight to JFK, somehow, my electric toothbrush switched on in my checked-in luggage (Honest, Guv) and when I retrieved my bags to rebook 'em on a flight to Dallas, I heard this odd buzzing sound....

Never detected. 'Course, it was pre-"9/11"

Bloody thing had been on most of the trip.

Moral - buy a Philips. They work for longer

(Paris, natch. - Anyone want to take a wild guess?)

@deep interrogation of luggage 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 17:03 GMT

Alert

woman's fun time? I've got a feeling that's not a womans luggage.

a) the balls on the dildo suggest it's anal

b) no bra wires showing up

c) the edt bottles look like male brands

Plus, I'm a bit worried as to what that long object at the top of the case is (above the ipod speakers)

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 17:35 GMT

Paris Hilton

but not in this case (double-entendre intended).

PH because this might have been hers, if this weren't Brum.

Quite impressive 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 19:53 GMT

I was under the impression that the staff were regularly tested with replica guns, knives, bombs, etc, to make sure they are awake, and let 9 out of 10 through.

@deep interrogation of luggage 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 20:43 GMT

>>> a) the balls on the dildo suggest it's anal

wow, you clearly know a lot more about this kind of stuff than me. Mind you even if I could tell my dildos apart, I'm not sure I'd want show my skills off to everyone!

Strange combo if items to carry... 

Posted Monday 6th October 2008 20:55 GMT

"Plus, I'm a bit worried as to what that long object at the top of the case is (above the ipod speakers)"

Looks very much like an electric soldering iron to me, just hope those two items never get confused!

As to why the liquids aren't in a zip back, you don't need to for checked luggage, only carry on.

@Emo 

Posted Tuesday 7th October 2008 02:33 GMT

Joke

I wouldn't worry, it's just shooting blanks

The long object in the top... 

Posted Tuesday 7th October 2008 05:34 GMT

... looks like a hair curling iron to me, would also explain the hair curling rollers in the bottom of the case.

@anonymous coward 

Posted Tuesday 7th October 2008 17:17 GMT

Um ... just out of interest, why do the balls suggest it's anal?

@phil 

Posted Tuesday 7th October 2008 22:15 GMT

Paris Hilton

so it doesn't go in too far and get lost....like gerbils, eh?

paris knows

But check the batteries 

Posted Wednesday 8th October 2008 02:33 GMT

Paris Hilton

As long as they're not Lithium ion, it should be okay.

PH? WTFN? Everybody else is.

@Graham Marsden 

Posted Wednesday 8th October 2008 03:14 GMT

The dido they are going to use on you will make a porno star faint

@@deep interrogation of luggage 

Posted Wednesday 8th October 2008 18:18 GMT

I know a lot of tech types haven't actually met a woman, but I got to tell you we have anuses too. And from what I accidentally saw online one time, in terms of adult novelty items such as this, if it'll go up a back bottom it'll go up a front one too.

Therefore, could very well be a woman's luggage - just thought I'd flag that up.

F*ck Me! 

Posted Thursday 9th October 2008 02:56 GMT

IT Angle

Not a single comment about the IT angle on this article - so here it is.

Not what you think 

Posted Friday 10th October 2008 08:00 GMT

Stop

What's embarrassing about a vibrating 'Force Action' Darth Vader figure? I'm sure some of you people are disturbed. This is not the case you're looking for, he (ok, she) can go about his (her) business.

Mine's the cloak.

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