Yet again, this sets a dangerous precedent.

TSA has confiscated an item because it "resembles" a prohibited item.

But the ONLY resemblence that the item, a spherical perfume bottle, bears to the prohibited item, a sperical grenade, is the overall shape.

Hence, any and all sperical objects may be confiscated because they "resemble" a grenade - at the discretion of the screeners, of course.

Tennis balls? Gone. Baseballs? Gone. Snow globes less than 3oz? Gone. Golf balls. Cheese balls. Feng shui balls. Decorative crystals. Holographic portraits. Just about anything round can be confiscated because it "resembles" a grenade.

They've already gone to the same ridiculous extremes with images of guns. Tiny replica in a Toy Story Woody doll's holster. Lightsaber cane. Teenage girl's purse with a raised image of a gun.

They've taken it to the same ridiculous extremes with LGA, as well. Cupcake in a jar - confiscated despite cakes and pastries being expressly permitted, because the icing is "gel-like" and "conforms to the sides of the container." Despite the fact that the same icing OUTSIDE of a container is permitted.

Every one of these cases that comes along demonstrates the abject stupidity of the TSA as an organization, and of EVERY one of its employees involved in the incident. EVERY TSO in this case, who saw the perfume bottle and didn't say, "No, that doesn't look anything like a grenade, it's perfectly permitted" is equally responsible for this incident, and is equally STUPID to the Nth degree.

If raw stupidity could only be harnessed as an energy source, TSA would take us to the stars.