Originally Posted by Bart
One minor picky point: your assertion about shoes would hold water if shoes were the only items passed through the x-ray. However, if you'll take a moment to notice, you will observe that everything goes through the x-ray with very few exceptions, and those exceptions are screened by an alternative method such as ETD sampling.
What percentage of things passing through the x-ray are swabbed for ETD sampling. Yeah, that's right, less than 1%. Put explosives in carryon, perhaps in toothpaste container. Chances of a swab? Pretty darn low.
Originally Posted by Bart
Of course, I was wondering how long it would take to bring up the ol' body cavity theory. Talk about degenerating down to potty humor. "What's that smell?" "Someone blew some sh*t up."
You're absolutely right, I was just making up that whole body cavity thing! It's impossible to pull off the smuggling of explosives in such a manner! Please, pay no further attention to such works of fiction. I must have imagined such an improbable, stinky scenario.