Originally Posted by
born sleepy
Was underage (16) bringing home a bottle of (probably terrible; what does a 16 year old California kid know about cognac?) cognac for my alcoholic Ma from a high-school Paris trip and had it shatter inside my bag on the ORY-JFK flight (on a Capitol Air DC-8, even!). The Customs guy gave me major stink-eye but seeing how the booze was clearly undrinkable he let me pass, with my bag trailing a dribble of hi-octane cheap brandy behind me.
The old days. Flew home from Israel with bottle of Sabra when 14 years old. The only problem was that you had to be 21 to get it in duty free (a stranger helped by claiming it was their bottle) but no one cared that I was 14. Also flew home from summer camp (PSA airlines) when 16 years old with my carry-on being a beer keg (those tiny ones that held like a gallon or two). No one cared.