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Old Jan 31, 2012 | 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by a7800
Doesn't everyone know that if you just put things in the magic garbage cans at the TSA checkpoint nothing bad can happen.

These trash cans have powers that can take an object that could down an airplane and magically make them safe for all.
That's the problem. Some greedy/incompetent TSO didn't put them in the magic garbage cans, so everyone was at risk for hours. We're just lucky nothing happened.

So the TSA 'bomb expert' is just someone who decides whether or not to call in the real experts from the Port?
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