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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 4:58 pm
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oneofthosepeopleyouloveto hate
 
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I'm somewhat torn on this one, as I wouldn't actually expect the TSA to be handling weapons and evaluating them, but at the same time I have to think that the xray image of a silhouette of a grenade and a real one would be different, making it an exercise in futility.
Grenades have a rather distinctive shape. It's beyond our pay grade to determine whether said object (which is likely to be a distinctively-shaped black blob on our X-ray) contains a live charge. TSA has other, much more highly-paid, people for that!

Scuttlebutt* at the airport is that the grenade was found in the bags of a honeymooning couple and was placed there unbeknownst to them by the bride's brother. Some prank!

* I have no idea if this actually is true
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