Originally Posted by
stimpy
I would say you are extremely lucky, or perhaps referring to how things worked 5 or 6 years ago. Back then it was a bit random about if they will pull your bag out or not. But now it is 100% with zero exceptions. The person watching the scanner can easily see that tiny bottle in your bag and they have been trained to direct that bag for secondary screening.
I just noticed today (in my hotel in Berlin) that a bottle of skin cream has been in my suitcase (outside of my plastic baggie) for at least six weeks (I've been looking for it). Since then it has been though at least eight different European airports (big: FRA, small: MHQ) and many times through LHR, without any comments. The whole security theatrics thing is a bit of a farce.