http://petapixel.com/2013/12/18/phot...-like-missile/
It's not the first time, either.
http://petapixel.com/2012/03/09/thin...-tsa-does-too/
I wish the employees of the TSA were capable of understanding just how moronic incidents like this make them (and the Agency) look.
It's not the first time, either.
http://petapixel.com/2012/03/09/thin...-tsa-does-too/
I wish the employees of the TSA were capable of understanding just how moronic incidents like this make them (and the Agency) look.
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I wish the employees of the TSA were capable of understanding just how moronic incidents like this make them (and the Agency) look.
They don't have the sense to know how moronic they really are. That's the problem.Originally Posted by Caradoc
I wish the employees of the TSA were capable of understanding just how moronic incidents like this make them (and the Agency) look.
I was matching wits with a clerk doing the name game one day. He told me he was just doing his job and it was for my protection. I told him he had the most embarrassing job in the history of jobs and walked on through.
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Surapon was, understandably, dumbstruck. When he didn’t answer, the officer walked over to his supervisor, had a brief conversation, and then told Surapon that his blower needed to be thrown away because, “if someone put gun powder inside this Rocket Blower, it can fly like a missile.”
You can take gun powder through the checkpoint?Surapon was, understandably, dumbstruck. When he didn’t answer, the officer walked over to his supervisor, had a brief conversation, and then told Surapon that his blower needed to be thrown away because, “if someone put gun powder inside this Rocket Blower, it can fly like a missile.”
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I was matching wits with a clerk doing the name game one day. He told me he was just doing his job and it was for my protection. I told him he had the most embarrassing job in the history of jobs and walked on through.
You can take gun powder through the checkpoint?
It's easy if you make a sweet deal with a minimum wage airport employee that gets minimal screening.Originally Posted by Michael El
They don't have the sense to know how moronic they really are. That's the problem.I was matching wits with a clerk doing the name game one day. He told me he was just doing his job and it was for my protection. I told him he had the most embarrassing job in the history of jobs and walked on through.
You can take gun powder through the checkpoint?
I suspect that any attempt to set it off would damage the little device and the setter more than anything else.
The suggestion for getting this cute thing though security is cutting of the "fins." It is the fins that make it stand up and not roll around the desk or work area. Might as well have a regular air bulb.
The worst part is how they try to justify it.
At least just say something like" It is our blanket policy to take anything that resembles a bomb" or something resembling sanity (I know, I know...it is TSA). While it would still be an inanely goofy policy at least it would not be as bad as saying that one "packing" gunpowder into it could be dangerous. If I packed my fountain pen with gunpowder it would fly like a missle also.
At least just say something like" It is our blanket policy to take anything that resembles a bomb" or something resembling sanity (I know, I know...it is TSA). While it would still be an inanely goofy policy at least it would not be as bad as saying that one "packing" gunpowder into it could be dangerous. If I packed my fountain pen with gunpowder it would fly like a missle also.
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No, but if you cook spaghetti it becomes less stiff, and since gels are prohibited, dry, stiff, uncooked spaghetti (by a chain of inference) must also be prohibited. See how they think? Originally Posted by Michael El
You can take gun powder through the checkpoint?
If a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun. (Says Dan Rather). Therefore pockets are also about to be prohibited.
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Subproject: "Can you fly it through the air like a missile?"Originally Posted by alanR
In Mythbusters new season - "Can you put enough gunpowder into a lens blower to destroy an aircraft?"
~~ Irish