I frequently travel through airports with a lead bag full of film. I
leave the lead bag in my carry on, and, of course, it shows up on the
x-ray as an impenetrable object. More than once, security guards have
failed to check it. Of course they almost always make me switch on my
laptop. Forget the lead bag, but check that laptop.
Paul
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
>
> Frank Theriault wrote:
> >
> > Geez, the last time I flew back from my Mom's place in Nova Scotia, I think I
> > said something to piss of some frustrated security guard.
>
> On a high school trip to New Orleans with our school bands, the airport
> security people kept asking me to "open" the bass amp because "there are
> a lot of electronics in there". I asked for a set of screwdrivers, a
> drill and a hacksaw, and a written and signed statement that they really
> wanted me to do that so we could get a new bass amp with the insurance
> money. They changed their mind.
>
> A cousin of mine went on a cross-border shopping excursion with some of
> her friends in their rusty ol' Volkswagen Beetle, and on the way back
> they were stopped, searched, and the driver's sandals were seized
> because of their weight (they were made from a pair of steel-belted
> tractor tires). The customs people were convinced that the sandals were
> filled with something smuggleable, and proceeded to chop them into fine
> little sections, finding nothing but some very hard to cut steel belt.
> Finally, they relented, gave the driver back his sandals in little
> pieces and then stopped them again when they got back into the car to
> leave, because the driver had no shoes on. He said, "Of course I don't
> have shoes on, you just cut my shoes into little pieces!" Unfortunately
> none of the passengers had valid driver's licenses on them, and they
> were forced to call for a ride back to the base...because they were all
> Canadian military.
>
> -Aaron
>
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