...or else they'll open a can o' whoopass on yo ass.

Then how am I going to power the generator I use to run my desktop while I travel!?

Man, they confiscated the num-chucks?

That would be the coolest hijacking ever.

How do you "on-board" something exactly?

But what if they run out halfway? They'd be happy to have the gas then!

Of course the guy is from Kansas City. Argh.

What about a half-full can of gas? Come on, you have to be optimistic.

what about huffing? huh? think about the huffers...

At the portland airport, they have a poster showing things you cannot take on-board. Included is a picture of a cartoon bomb--the bowling ball kind with a fuse at the top.

This thread would be cooler if it was about peoples' in-flight horror stories.

Gas can only be carried if it is in an approved container

They confiscated a $60 bottle of cologne from me once.

It came to a "pointy and dangerous tip".

He was going to use it to start his wood stove in Alaska.

Can I still carry an ass full of gas on board? To annoy my neighbors?

What a Gasshat.

/nuthin'.

Should have a tag

I like to build paper models of the WTC while flying. But with no scissors allowed, you have to remember to cut them out ahead of time......

Actually, you can't carry anything on the plane that once had gas in it. I was flying to new mexico for a long backpacking trip, and I had a camping stove with an empty MSR fuel bottle in my pack that I was going to fill up when I got there. The bastards confiscated the bottle because it smelled like gas, even though there was nothing in it.

mr. neutron -where's the model air plane template?

Mr. Neutron: WHY??? That's farking hilarious.

these days wouldn't it be easier to make a list of things that we CAN take on planes? i really think it would be shorter than the list of things you cant.

MrNeutron
You forgot that you can't bring glue along because the caps have somewhat pointy tips that may bruise someone if used as a weapon. Also, you can't bring scotch tape since the dispensers have those pointy edges where you rip the tape off. Hmmm...you'll probably have to use rubber cement. And then when you're done, you can pass the rubber cement to the guy next to you so he can huff it since he wasn't allowed to bring along his gas can. Everyone wins!

the invisible kid - they have that same sign at Philly and Orlando... it's probably all over now

While coming back on our senior trip to WDW in Orlando, one of my friends made it all the way through Orlando airport security... without ID.

quote:One passenger tried to take an entire cutlery set through security.end quote.

OMFG A WHOLE CUTLERY SET, THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

They wouldn't let me bring my flame-thrower on board either for some reason.

FYI: In a pinch, mucus makes an excellent substitute for glue.

oh... and another adventure coming back

a teacher had a small pen-knife in his carryon, the kind you just always have with you. security saw it on the XRay and told him to go mail it home to himself if he wanted it (sentimental value).

He gets to the postage station and there are no envelopes.

He puts it in his pocket, goes back to security, puts his bag on the xray and walks though the detector w/ the knife in his pocket w/o setting it off. picks up his bags and boards the plane.

You cannot bring a full can of gas on-board an aircraft

But diesel is OK, right?

all the gas is in my ass mayn!

lol nuggetman. the tsa is a bunch of assholes.

Did not know that. Better write that one down

Where does all of the confiscated stuff go?

At MCI (Kansas City), there's a glass display case containing examples of various items prohibited on board aircraft.

Among these items is a gasoline-powered chain saw.

I don't know if somebody actually tried to smuggle a chain saw past security, or if it was someone's idea of a joke, but.... it does make one go "Hmmmmm."

Where does all of the confiscated stuff go?

eBay. seriously.

"A chainsaw? Hmmmmmm"

Where does all of the confiscated stuff go?

Funny you should ask. Here where I live the airport gives it all to charity. There's no excuse for the poor folks in my town not being well-groomed after all the nail clippers and razors they get for free.

We should fly nakey^H^H^H chicks should fly nakey^H^H^H hot chicks should fly nakey.

re: But diesel is OK, right?

yes.

/take some notes

I don't know if somebody actually tried to smuggle a chain saw past security

"There are boxes of confiscated items in Henderson's office. He paws through the tubs, which are filled with fireworks, pocket knives, matches, lighters, screwdrivers, ammunition and nail clippers.

One traveler, he said, tried to bring a frozen armadillo in a plastic bag through security in Fort Smith. Another group of passengers wanted to bring a log from the Beaver Dam through, along with a chain saw filled with gasoline. A tiled stone in the shape of the American flag sits in Henderson's office."

I wanted nail clippers and proceeded to the airport gift shop. $20 for the cheapest nail clippers I've ever seen.

aren't airport gift shops typically past the point of security check points?

ya can, just they will detain the hell outta ya...

Did somebody actually try to smuggle a hot cocoa sampler box past security?

awesome, skullkid is a classic

Pshh, how inconsiderate of them!

I would feel naked if I didn't have my leatherman in my back pocket, along with my zippo / or jet lighter in my front pocket. I'll walk. You can take those items out of my cold dead hands. I don't smoke either.

I wanted nail clippers and proceeded to the airport gift shop. $20 for the cheapest nail clippers I've ever seen.

Did they have Cliff Murdoch's initials on them?

/too obscure?

In the Birmingham (AL) airport there are two huge glass cases on the wall full of pre-911 confiscations. Included are machetes, throwing stars, various firearms and two freakin grenades that some guy wanted to get on a plane with. His ex-wife was on the plane, but of course, he was not a ticketed passenger.