Comments on: Knives OK on planes; soft drinks still a terrorist threat

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:54:59 +0000

YOUR WEIRD! YOUR WEIRD!

By: Dave the Slave

Dave the Slave — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:45:46 +0000

Flying from Germany to New York I had my fingernail clippers on my keychain confiscated because they had one of those folding nail file things on em. And it wasn’t one of those good sized keychain fingernail clippers, it was a teeny tiny one.
What did they think i was gonna do???

I’ve been straining the uttermost reaches of my warped and twisted imagination to come up with SOMETHING mischievious I could have done, but I can’t think of anything plausible….

darn Germans….

By: Binky

Binky — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:39:56 +0000

Maybe he thought it was one of those new 6-inch steel spike binkies. Babies love those!

By: David Manning

David Manning — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:13:49 +0000

This is GREAT. We should all collaborate to make a list of the most hilarious things we’ve had confiscated while at the airport. WET WIPES… *snghf*

The only thing airport security has ever robbed of me is my time, and, one time, my flight.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:57:24 +0000

I once breezed through security with my sock knitting needles in my purse: they’re metal, seven inches long, very sharply pointed on both ends, and there are four of them. Also in my knitting kit was a pair of scissors to cut the yarn with, and I had one of those tiny Swiss army knives clipped to my keys. No problem. My sister, poor trusting thing, DECLARED her identical Swiss Army keychain, and nearly missed the flight while they had her fill out a form, seal the knife in an envelope and mail it to herself. And yes, she had to pay for postage. When I flew with my two year old, they made him walk through security, which was fine, but then a guard reached down and TOOK MY SON’S BINKY OUT OF HIS MOUTH, looked at it to verify it was not a weapon, and then handed it to me while my son flipped out. C’mon, people! In what way is a plastic binky a threat!

By: card

card — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:23:40 +0000

A few months after 9/11 my friend was having her bag searched, and the person checking it made comments about how good the Marjorie Hinckley book was in her bag. Hee hee.

I’ve had water confiscated, yet come home and found sharp objects in my bag. I think if the sharp objects fold up into a metal casing, they have a hard time catching it.

By: Niall

Niall — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:06:46 +0000

My colleague had WET WIPES confiscated from her on a US domestic flight earlier this year. And on a German domestic flight in April, I had my shower gel, hair gel, shampoo and toothpaste taken off me. It’s madness.

By: optoblog

optoblog — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:03:07 +0000

That is not a 7 inch knife in the picture. Knives are described by blade length, in this case 3 inches at the most. It is a folding pocket knife, not a Rambo style survival knife.

By: B

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:18:00 +0000

They got her diet coke, but what about the mentos?

By: Audrey

Audrey — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:03:41 +0000

I’ve made it through security on two different occasions with large metal scissors in my bag. Once I had given a friend a haircut and tossed the scissors in my bag and forgot they were there. The other time I had been cutting out some laminated stuff for my classroom and put the scissors in my purse absentmindedly. I never realized they were in there, and neither did anyone else, until after I had flown with them.

I have, however, had numerous Swiss Army knives confiscated (the tiny kind that you hang from a keychain that have mini scissors, tweezers, a nail file, and a plastic toothpick). Nice work, TSA!