Magic Rocks and the TSA
Jan 27, 2010 | 5:02 pm
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Magic Rocks and the TSA
I was checking out supplies for a laser engraver and I saw these rocks.
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
Jan 27, 2010 | 5:06 pm
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I was checking out supplies for a laser engraver and I saw these rocks.
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
Jan 27, 2010 | 5:12 pm
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I was checking out supplies for a laser engraver and I saw these rocks.
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
*well, you could but since he's no longer the "idiot in charge of the tsa...."
Jan 27, 2010 | 5:52 pm
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Jan 27, 2010 | 7:44 pm
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What's all this about bringing Magic Rocks onto airplanes? Don't you need to keep the solution really, really still while the crystals are growing? The first hint of turb, and your crystal garden collapses.
Jan 27, 2010 | 9:57 pm
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I was checking out supplies for a laser engraver and I saw these rocks.
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
I had a light bulb moment, what if you engraved "Magic Anti-Terrorist Rock" on it and carried it through the checkpoint?
Would a rock that size be seized by the TSA?
Of course, if you put it in a fancy box with das blinkenlights and engraved M.A.T.R. on the outside, you could sell it to the TSA for the big bucks.
Jan 28, 2010 | 4:51 am
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If they think it looks like a replica of the fabled Goliath-killing weapon, they'll try that "voluntary surrender" claptrap.
Of course, if you put it in a fancy box with das blinkenlights and engraved M.A.T.R. on the outside, you could sell it to the TSA for the big bucks.
Of course, if you put it in a fancy box with das blinkenlights and engraved M.A.T.R. on the outside, you could sell it to the TSA for the big bucks.