Originally Posted by jkhuggins

Well ... how would you word it more precisely, then? Because there's no limit to the number of sarcastic remarks that a passenger could make about the screening process, and cataloging them all would be folly.

Personally, I rate this very low on my objections to TSA's procedures. If someone comes up to a checkpoint and voluntarily says "I have a bomb in my backpack", do you really want a TSO to judge whether or not the statement is a joke?

And ... depending on the jurisdiction, they may be right. In Michigan, for example, joking about a bomb in your luggage might be a felony --- at least as I read Michigan law (disclaimer: IANAL):