Almost always relates to my 4 oz. (113 gram I think) prescription dentifrice. Actually get the least guff from the TSA over it, being asked MAYBE 3 times out of 100 or so flights with it. On the other hand, I actually had it stolen by one of CATSA's Garda morons (currently under investigation by CATSA, hoping they will write me a check for the $35 they owe me). I had to present my passport along with my "note" (I carry my prescription for international travel, where they can actually ask for such things) in Australia. In Zurich and Brussles, I got no gruff and the Cantonspolitistin at ZRH actually said "this certainly isn't more than 100 ml anymore (it was about 1/2 full)."
At LHR, I actually had forgotten that I had a perhaps 150 ml container of an amazing dip I bought in Tuscany and the agent was nice and didn't pilfer it. Just let me carry it on. I guess he understands my love of Italian food
Originally Posted by
scraidin
my fagerstrom technopipes (electronic bagpipes) always causes xray screener to have a conniption and sometimes my uilleann pipes have a similar effect on those who are totally clueless. .
I would love to hear what those sound like.
Originally Posted by
ramzataz
A small LED flashlight in my carry-on luggage. When I kind of chuckled at the TSA agent for examining the flashlight and demanding for me to tell him what it was, he told me it could be used to blind people and he was within his right to confiscate it.
And it is within your right to call his supervisor and sue them if they steal it from you.
Originally Posted by
Chellian
The serious answer: Any sort of medical prosthetic. Tends to trigger bonus extra-sexualized harassment. Disabled people, like me.
The not-so-serious answer, but they did find it suspicious: Cream cheese on a bagel. Newark Airport, December 1998. Definitely amongst TSA's Greatest Hits. My then two-year-old sister had her pacifier confiscated, but this was actually a favor in disguise as we had been trying to wean her off it.
Cream cheese in 1998, or 2008?
Originally Posted by
aeleva
Going home for Christmas, I had some glass Christmas ornaments in a metal tin. The bag was pulled aside, opened, and the tin found. I was asked what was inside -- and I said "ornaments". The TSO said "it looks like a bomb on the xray". He then proceeds to open it to see if it is. If he really thinks it's a bomb, then WHY IS HE OPENING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CP??
That's pretty funny.