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Aug 20, 2011, 7:41 pm

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I wonder if you could get away with putting a 6oz bottle in your kippie bag but labeling it "3.4oz/100ml"?

Aug 20, 2011, 7:44 pm

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I wonder if you could get away with putting a 6oz bottle in your kippie bag but labeling it "3.4oz/100ml"?

I wouldn't surprise me if you could. From what I can see in some areas it takes the entire staffing of a checkpoint to equal one brain.

Aug 20, 2011, 7:50 pm

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I sometimes carry 1 or 2 flasks with booze in them. 9 out of 10 times the TSO checks the "3 oz" engraved on the bottom. Once a TSO started to open one at which time I said, "it's full, don't spill it." He asked a two striper if I could take them and the answer was, of course, yes. ^

Aug 20, 2011, 8:43 pm

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In Dick Cavett's honor, I sort of feel obligated to tell male TSO's my name is Spiro Agnew. (very obscure joke)

Aug 20, 2011, 8:59 pm

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Originally Posted by WillCAD

I wonder if you could get away with putting a 6oz bottle in your kippie bag but labeling it "3.4oz/100ml"?

Yes. It works somewhere close to 100% of the time. The mindless drones are trained to read the label. No label, no entry. If the label says 3.4 or less, proceed merrily to the promised land. Print you own adhesive label. Easy peasy.

The interesting part is how big of a container can be used for this trick? I'm thinking the sharper clerks will catch on more and more as the container approaches the size of a coke can.

Aug 20, 2011, 9:11 pm

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The interesting part is how big of a container can be used for this trick? I'm thinking the sharper clerks will catch on more and more as the container approaches the size of a coke can.

Just label it "Net Wt. 3.4 oz". They apparently haven't figured out the rules of toothpaste yet.

Aug 20, 2011, 9:37 pm

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A friend told me that whenever they abandon a liquid filled bottle, the cap seems to mysteriously come undone. Must be that the Genie in the bottle wants out!!!

I suggest a 5oz bottle of cat pi$$ with a loose cap thrown in the bin. Bet it would make the nightly news!

Aug 20, 2011, 10:10 pm

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Every article like this is a step in the right direction!

Aug 20, 2011, 10:34 pm

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Just label it "Net Wt. 3.4 oz". They apparently haven't figured out the rules of toothpaste yet.

How about a label that says "Nit Wit. 3.4 oz."? Right over there heads I'd bet.

Aug 21, 2011, 7:01 am

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Spose they wouldn't see the "humor" in having the label "plastic explosive" on it. Then when they say, "You know this is forbidden". And I say "I also know labels are not a requirement, but some of you tell me it is anyway"

Or to see if the screener really is smarter than a 5th grader, label it "6H2(NO2)3CH3" (2,4,6-TriNitroToluene.) When then forced to throw in the "voluntarily given up at the point of a gun" bin, throw it in a very high arcing path, immediately stick fingers in ears and suck in breath.

Aug 21, 2011, 7:15 am

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Every article like this is a step in the right direction!

It's also the 8th most e-mailed article on today's list in the NY Times. That is a great sign that the public has had enough.

Aug 21, 2011, 7:35 pm

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How do you get your cat to pee in the bottle? Ours would never do this because he would be afraid of us testing it for illegal substances!

Aug 22, 2011, 8:02 am

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Cat pee, dog, coyote, pig, wolf, bobcat - they are all premixed for you.

predatorpee dot com

Aug 22, 2011, 1:27 pm

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Originally Posted by Rondall

How about a label that says "Nit Wit. 3.4 oz."? Right over there heads I'd bet.

Challenge of the day:

Get one of these:

Label it as 3.4oz and try to get it through the checkpoint.

I give everyone 50/50 odds on success.

Aug 22, 2011, 1:31 pm

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Originally Posted by BamaDude

Since when have bottles in the Kippie Bag required labels? The tsa.gov web page on Kippie Bags (http://www.tsa.gov/311/index.shtm) makes no mention of any such requirement.

Bottles are not required to have labels, but that doesn't st

p the TSA from making up a label rule on the spot. I've run into this too -- and have had the TSA supervisor back up his ill-informed underling.

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