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Old May 15, 2009 | 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by Jimmie76
I've been at LHR security when a lady was being wanded by a female security staffer and the wand was bleeping when it was placed around the crotch area. The lady was asked if she could take out the metal that was causing the wand to be set off, and she said that she couldn't and that they would have to go somewhere a bit more private if security wanted to see it in situ!
mine has never triggered the WTMD, it does show up if wanded by TSA perhaps she has bigger gauge jewellery than I do
people with these sort of piercings are not usually shy retiring types, (someone had to see it to pierce it after all),
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