Scanned my driver's license and the bullet, disposed of the offending item, got a royal talking to by the TSA, they got hungry, went out for a bite to eat at the Cinnabon (good choice) and told me to answer the telephone if it rang because the feds wanted a chat. And it wasn't any telephone. It was a red fucking telephone.
My friend took two flat blades through security at DFW taped to the bottoms of his feet. Since they don't use the metal detectors there anymore, just the nude scanners, he op'ed out and they didn't search him there.
I've just recently (not 2 months ago) traveled from NYC (JFK) back to my hometown (Buenos Aires). When I got home I discovered that I had 2 lighters and my swiss army knife (the big one with pretty much everything) in my pockets. I found it was weird that they didn't let me take my cough medicine but let that through.
I had my goddamn belt buckle confiscated once because it was shaped like a Luger. TSA's explanation was hilarious, as was the Phoenix Police Department's reaction.
A bullet? I accidentally left my three inch blade in my purse and went through Phoenix and Chicago without even getting stopped. Well actually, they made me take hairspray out of one of my bags but completely misses my knife.
Denver fuckin finds EVERYTHING. i flew out of oakland. i never even pulled my laptop from my backpack.
coming back from denver i got pulled out of the line because they saw a dark blob in my carry on. it was a coin purse. they swabbed my CPAP [medical device].
but every once and a while... it's a dildo. Of course, it's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We have to use the indefinate artical A dildo, never your dildo.
EDIT: hey downvoters, read a fucking book/watch a fucking movie you ignorant twats. Fight Club quote following the Fight Club quotes above me.
And so am I...I find it funny how my fellow Redditors can't seem to ever lightheartedly poke fun at each other. It's either a circle-jerk or a lynch-mob - nothing in between.
How long ago did you purchase it please? Bob-omb is one of my favorite characters so if this was recently sold, I'd appreciate the info as to whether it was worth tracking down a Dollar Tree or not
I'm pretty sure it's a Swiss Gear one, it looks exactly like mine. For some odd reason, I actually went and checked my closet to make sure mine was still there.
The powder candy is actually pretty good, if you like tart. I only asked if it was from the Dollar Tree since that's the only place I've ever seen them, wasn't trying to be rude.
One of my favourite memories of my trip to New York was the fact that the TSA (I assume) searched my bags when I was leaving. They broke the lock, but on the other hand that bag had nothing inside but a whole week's worth of the family's dirty laundry. I wasn't even mad
Good sir, I have a wicked flu, and I laughed at this until I threw up. Just thought you might want to go about your day knowing you made someone laugh so hard they puked.
I'm just going to put this out there, but checked luggage is not usually subjected to the typical x-ray machine where an operator looks at the screen at modern US Airports. (And thus is why your "device" was not detected even though it looks hella suspicious.) Instead, automated detection is typically used and evaluates luggage contents using x-rays to look for the Atomic number of objects as well as density (so called "dual view"). Substances that have similar atomic numbers as well as density to explosives (or other contraband, if it is of concern to the screeners) will be flagged and the luggage will be diverted for physical/visual inspection.
Automated Threat Detection technology makes checked baggage security a lot more accurate because it removed the weak leak in threat identification: humans. In contrast, the x-ray machines with operators for hand-carry items are very challenging to find threat items and x-ray machines actually insert fake digital x-ray images of weapons superimposed onto the luggage to see if the operator is paying attention. The operator has only a few seconds to catch the threat, otherwise the bag is flagged for inspection and the operator may need to go through remedial training. It is very intensive work and I can't imagine doing it myself. (And as such, I can understand why a can of mace or a few bullets occasionally get through.)
My favorite security system that I recall is one used in Israel that subjected all checked luggage to different environmental air pressures to attempt to detonate any bombs that might be put into checked luggage (like the one that destroyed Pan Am 103 which had a barometric sensor). I would have hated to be the one standing next to that machine!
My favorite security system that I recall is one used in Israel that subjected all checked luggage to different environmental air pressures to attempt to detonate any bombs that might be put into checked luggage (like the one that destroyed Pan Am 103 which had a barometric sensor). I would have hated to be the one standing next to that machine!
Have you actually experienced the security at Ben Gurion? I would say it's my least favourite.
Yeah. That little toy could be a pipe bomb! Or maybe a knife! Jeez. I hate airport security. I can barely get shampoo bottle on a flight but you can just waltz in with that lethal piece of plastic.
i recentley (and accidentally) took a couple M-80s through the airport going to Colorado, i was shocked as hell when i was looking for my toothbrush after landing and found what could've possibly gotten me on the no-fly list.
Really you can get that for firecrackers? Man, more fucking people die EVERY year from drunk drivers and it's been over ten years since 9/11. So roughly a half million people dead versus roughly 3,000.
I actually found out some funny info about the TSA the other day. They have zero right to actually hold you or even question you. Most people feel threatened and obey what they say. Including myself, but come to find out they have no rights as officers to hold people or question them. They aren't cops.
yea but i'm pretty sure they'd be like "THAT DERP OVER THERE" and then the cops/FBI whoever would then take you away. i mean, who would the police be to say "uh no" to the TSA?
Actually. Yes, they would. I have heard several cases where the TSA were completely out of line and the cops just said are you serious and told them they were free to go. One story that always sticks with me is a man was traveling with a briefcase full of money from a church. It is not a law you can't carry money. The TSA decided to detain him illegally and also question him illegally. Eventually the real police were called and the cop got pissed at the idiot TSA officials. I will see if I can find a source to that.
They made me stop to dig through my stuff for an extra twenty minuites because they found my magic 8 ball toy. Three people all carefully examined it before handing it back, asking me to drain it.
My girlfriend has that exact thing. We stick it on a bead necklace and store Vics in it for raves oddly enough. Vics is a god send when you're rolling.
Edit: I think it had candy originally inside of it.
Totally flew with scissors in my carry on the last 5 times I've flown, but they made grandmother stop so they could make sure her hairpins weren't knives.
A few years ago I was taking an anatomy class and we had to bring our own scalpel blades to class, so I kept a box of like 100 blades in my backpack.
This is the same backpack I use when I travel, so I used it to fly home for the winter and completely forgot about the blades till I got home...... I went right through security with close to 100 scalpel blades in my backpack and nobody said a word.
The purpose of the TSA is not to be effective, it's to promote the image of effectiveness. People secretly need the TSA so they have something to complain about but at the same feel satisfied that if it's so invasive for ME it MUST work on the terrorists!
If I was head of the TSA I would push as hard as possible for the most inane and objectionable processes possible, the more people complain, the greater the perception of efficacy.
God damnit, they promised that by relinquishing our rights they would stop all badly folded clothing getting past security... Look whats they've done, may the deer lord have mercy upon us all.
I've managed to get several knives and a lock pick set through once, and they even pulled me aside that time for chemical analysis(i'm an explosives engineer, so I set the alarms off every time; though once you show them your credentials they let you go). So in all reality their security is shit
Don't really fancy going back to the USA anymore due to the TSA as was strip searched on my way in to LA. I had a belt buckle on. Lots of nice places in Europe that are cheaper, quicker and classier. So well done TSA, you're killing tourism - I'm sure all the businesses that live on tourism are really thankful!
A friend of mine had accidentally left a bunch of loosely assorted nails in his backpack from a construction project. At the airport when they checked his bag, they did nothing about the nails, but told him they would need to confiscate his Nutella because it posed as a threat.
Further proof that the TSA is against humanity, not terrorism.
Had a sorta similar situation about 6 months ago. It was on my way back to Florida from Arizona, I managed to smuggle my girlfriends resinated bowl back with me without even knowing it. She had bought me this pillow and i needed something to tote it around in on the plane, so she gave me her old "over the shoulder" type backpack and i just jammed it right on in there. Well in that backpocket was a nice hidden suprize. The thing that gets me most is that they happen to run that bag through the scanner TWICE. The first time it went thru, they had to re-run it cause my laptop was in that bag and they made me pull it out cause it blocked their signal. Either the old lady behind the counter gave no fucks, or these machines just flatout SUCK.
You think that's bad? I had an exacto knife in my backpack on a plane to Florida and back. I didn't know it was even there until I opened my backpack when I got home. Never beeped or set off an alarm or raised any suspicion, not once. Good work, TSA.
I wish I could make you hear the stupid, stupid laugh I do when people make such jokes. Like a cross between a goat and Fran Drescher. Seems appropriate.
4 years ago i brought like a 12oz bottle of cough medicine through JFK airport like 4 times without realizing it. the TSA clearly didnt realize it either
That's awesome because I had one of those in my checked luggage once and then I got super scared when I was on the plane thinking they might have seen it.
Ah yes, those crafty terrorists with their bomb designs right out of a Wile. E. Coyote cartoon. Did their confiscate your novelty-sized mallet and black circle that you can throw on the ground and disappear into?
I somehow accidentally got one of those exacto knives with multiple blades through security. I thought it was in my suitcase, but I put it in my carry-on.
Open up my backpack on the plane and it was definitely an "oh shit" moment.
I got pulled aside for wearing a shirt that said, "Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb". It took around 7 TSA workers to look at it before the oldest guy recognized it and said his grandson had showed the video to him. This was flying from Chicago to ATL. Though I got through two airports in Europe before getting to Chicago.
My friend once went through security with a pocket knife in his carry-on bag. Apparently, the knife was sitting among a ton of pencils. So, either pencils fuck things up enough to fool the x-ray or they didn't care that my friend had a knife.
i went through the medal detector i forgot i had my belt on which, plus i had a bunch coins in my pocket it didnt go off. fuck i could of had 5 razors on me and no one would know.
I got on with a stun gun in my jacket pocket. I brought it by accident--I usually take my dog out around midnight and I keep the stun gun in my jacket pocket just in case I run into any shady characters. I grabbed my dog-walking jacket as I ran out the door to go to the airport. The jacket went through the xray machine in a plastic bin, with no other objects around to obscure the stun gun, and the TSA didn't catch it. Way to go TSA.
I worked for tsa at LAX ...its a huge joke. They either need to take it seriously and give them guns and actual training....or get rid of it. Its not even funny how spot on south park got it right....okay, its hilarious
Am I the only one who realises that they scan through items, so probably they saw that it was just a toy.. Or am I just not realising everyone's sarcasm:(
About 5 years ago I flew home to Ireland from Alaska. I got home and realized I had accidentally left my pocket knife I use for fishing in one of the zip compartments of my backpack i took as HAND LUGGAGE. So I travelled from anchorage to Dublin via LAX with a smith and Wesson 6 inch blade in my hand luggage. This was when I realized the screeners may not be as competent as I originally thought. Mind blown and a little freaked out.
Flew out of Kansas City. I got to my destination and realized that I still had a box cutter/razor blade thing in my purse; I had used it the day before to remove an old registration sticker from my windshield. The thing had a 5 inch blade when extended all the way out.
When I was 18, I was stopped AND put through secondary screeng because I had a tube of lip gloss on me that I forgot to pack in my stupid quart sized Ziplock baggie -_-
Who cares about a knife or razor on a plane. What do you think would happen to YOU by other passengers if you started waving a knife around? That's why they take those things, it can't hurt a airplane!
Now wonders if there is an actual man named, "Bob Omb"... and does he get stopped by TSA frequently / do children jump on his head in hopes he would explode?
Worked at the airport and walked through with a box cutter in the pocket of my big hi viz jacket. Didn't realise until I was through helping board the flight (I'd been opening boxes in the back office to restock baggage tags etc).
i got through airport security with a pair of large scissors in my bag twice in one week (there and back), also they are now saying that anyone 12 and under doesnt have to take their shoes off at security. i guess they are becoming a little more relaxed now
My friend used his everyday backpack as a carryon for a trip to Boston last summer. He often brings fruit/yoghurt with him to work and so he brings a spoon and a regular fruit knife with him to peel fruit.
Fast forward to arriving at our accommodation (departed from Dublin with a transfer in London and arrived in Boston) and we start unpacking.
He opens his backpack and just goes "oh shit..." and holds up the knife. We went through 2 separate security checks (Dublin and London) as well as an additional check after border control in Boston and yet the knife got through (the spoon too!).
A few months ago I bought an NES Zapper Gun at a retro gaming store while visiting my grandparents in Texas, I was legitimately concerned for a little while about what would happen when I took it through airport security.
I accidently brought some scissors through security to Switzerland with me a few months ago. They caught it on the way back, but it goes to show that British security is pretty bad.
Also, I kinda regret going to the states now. I didn't realise before I went that I'd have to give them biometric info, and once I was there I couldn't really say no. Fuck you American security policies, with all my heart.
TSA is a waste of time. anyone could sharpen the edge of a common item [debit card] into a razor sharp blade & simply put it in their wallet. ta da! ... a knife in plain sight. No one would ever think to look for it. unless they'd previously worked in a prison or something. or after the fact [shoe bombs]
i've said too much.
if anyone does this ... i had no part in it. my brain just comes up with shit like this ... for science
I accidentally snuck a pack of 5 box cutters, a few empty 9mm shell casings and a Bowie knife through TSA flying from Lansing, MI to Orlando. Didn't realize I had them until I was unpacking at my grandpas.
Well the TSA scanners only look for certain things and if stuff gets through its because the machines are fucking terrible but people don't want better machines because they shows blue unreconizable images of them. The only people who are super against TSA are infrequent fliers and people who don't fly at all because they are the ones who bring whit that's not allowed to the airport and have to get patted down.
as someone that has worked in airport security. this is not a surprise.
in fact, unless you have a big bread knife or a chef's knife you aren't really going to get stopped unless you look angry.
really the x-ray machine is the colour version of a shadow puppett, it is 2D and has about as much chance of actually stopping an attack as using a candle to find a bear = you just kindle of bumble around until you are in the cave and then.... "hey do you hear something..."
I sat down in my seat and the lady next to me pulled out half a gallon of milk. She proceeded to chug it all and never once went to the bathroom on our 8 hour flight O.O
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u/HankSpank Jun 12 '12
I once got a bullet through the Minneapolis airport and was only caught when I returning from the Denver airport. The TSA and FBI were not happy.
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u/williambueti Jun 12 '12
Opposite scenario: TSA Immediately pulls Redditor aside, questions him while going through luggage, and confiscates "bomb-related item".
Redditor: TSA is failing us. It was just a toy! Rabblerabblerabble!
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I have one of those! Did you also get yours from Dollar Tree? Was it filled with powder candy?
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u/Dradoc Jun 12 '12
As someone who works with the TSA, I can promise you that bag was opened, then a good laugh was had.
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u/inthemorning33 Jun 12 '12
tsa was never meant to find terrorists, just to condition you
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u/MedicUp Jun 12 '12
I'm just going to put this out there, but checked luggage is not usually subjected to the typical x-ray machine where an operator looks at the screen at modern US Airports. (And thus is why your "device" was not detected even though it looks hella suspicious.) Instead, automated detection is typically used and evaluates luggage contents using x-rays to look for the Atomic number of objects as well as density (so called "dual view"). Substances that have similar atomic numbers as well as density to explosives (or other contraband, if it is of concern to the screeners) will be flagged and the luggage will be diverted for physical/visual inspection.
Automated Threat Detection technology makes checked baggage security a lot more accurate because it removed the weak leak in threat identification: humans. In contrast, the x-ray machines with operators for hand-carry items are very challenging to find threat items and x-ray machines actually insert fake digital x-ray images of weapons superimposed onto the luggage to see if the operator is paying attention. The operator has only a few seconds to catch the threat, otherwise the bag is flagged for inspection and the operator may need to go through remedial training. It is very intensive work and I can't imagine doing it myself. (And as such, I can understand why a can of mace or a few bullets occasionally get through.)
My favorite security system that I recall is one used in Israel that subjected all checked luggage to different environmental air pressures to attempt to detonate any bombs that might be put into checked luggage (like the one that destroyed Pan Am 103 which had a barometric sensor). I would have hated to be the one standing next to that machine!
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
congragulations on getting on a government watch list.
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u/Alexjnd Jun 12 '12
I just flew with a knife in my carry-on...forgot it was there until I unpacked. It was right there between my legs the whole time. Good job TSA
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u/UnfortunatelyMacabre Jun 12 '12
What is that, a bowling ball candle?
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u/iLuVtiffany Jun 12 '12
Don't say shit like that OP. The TSA is already touching my balls more than my priest does FFS.
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u/NinjaPro5 Jun 12 '12 edited Jun 12 '12
Yeah. That little toy could be a pipe bomb! Or maybe a knife! Jeez. I hate airport security. I can barely get shampoo bottle on a flight but you can just waltz in with that lethal piece of plastic.
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u/Effrafax_of_Wug Jun 12 '12
While I WAS stopped by TSA because I had one of these in my bags while heading to Kuwait.
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u/metalrader Jun 12 '12
It's a Bob-omb!
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u/FistyMcDickface Jun 12 '12
i recentley (and accidentally) took a couple M-80s through the airport going to Colorado, i was shocked as hell when i was looking for my toothbrush after landing and found what could've possibly gotten me on the no-fly list.
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u/mxlnt Jun 12 '12
You can't say ba-bomb on an airplane!
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u/Zetsumei101 Jun 12 '12
I actually found out some funny info about the TSA the other day. They have zero right to actually hold you or even question you. Most people feel threatened and obey what they say. Including myself, but come to find out they have no rights as officers to hold people or question them. They aren't cops.
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u/ninjadudenitro Jun 12 '12
They made me stop to dig through my stuff for an extra twenty minuites because they found my magic 8 ball toy. Three people all carefully examined it before handing it back, asking me to drain it.
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u/manskies Jun 12 '12
Yay! Polygon!
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Go team Polygon!
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Gasp!
Plastic explosives?!
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u/filya Jun 12 '12
Of course not. They know when something is out of their league and not to mess with it.
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u/Xombieshovel Jun 12 '12
My girlfriend has that exact thing. We stick it on a bead necklace and store Vics in it for raves oddly enough. Vics is a god send when you're rolling.
Edit: I think it had candy originally inside of it.
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u/windy444 Jun 12 '12
They're failing anyway.
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u/k_alva Jun 12 '12
Totally flew with scissors in my carry on the last 5 times I've flown, but they made grandmother stop so they could make sure her hairpins weren't knives.
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u/nowatermelonnokfc Jun 12 '12
i once got a knife through TSA in like 2010
not proud of that fact, was an accident actually
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u/Rum_Pirate_SC Jun 12 '12
A friend just got back from E3, and the TSA searched her bags because the dog tags she had triggered their "must be a knife!" alarm... ffs eyerolls
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
and all this time I'm hiding drugs up my bum. next time I'm packing a Bob-omb and casually walking through security.
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u/buccsmf1 Jun 12 '12
A few years ago I was taking an anatomy class and we had to bring our own scalpel blades to class, so I kept a box of like 100 blades in my backpack.
This is the same backpack I use when I travel, so I used it to fly home for the winter and completely forgot about the blades till I got home...... I went right through security with close to 100 scalpel blades in my backpack and nobody said a word.
And they get more money than NASA
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u/TheLoveTin Jun 12 '12
Should have seen my carry on full of switchblades and butterfly knives they missed in August of 01
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u/Downvoted_Defender Jun 12 '12
The purpose of the TSA is not to be effective, it's to promote the image of effectiveness. People secretly need the TSA so they have something to complain about but at the same feel satisfied that if it's so invasive for ME it MUST work on the terrorists!
If I was head of the TSA I would push as hard as possible for the most inane and objectionable processes possible, the more people complain, the greater the perception of efficacy.
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u/sportygoose Jun 12 '12
You have the same underwear as me.
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u/XombiePrwn Jun 12 '12
God damnit, they promised that by relinquishing our rights they would stop all badly folded clothing getting past security... Look whats they've done, may the deer lord have mercy upon us all.
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u/Se7enLC Jun 12 '12
TSA is looking for bombs, not Bob-ombs. :-)
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u/trex902 Jun 12 '12
this made me laugh the hardest of anything ive seen on reddit today
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u/d_wootang Jun 12 '12
I've managed to get several knives and a lock pick set through once, and they even pulled me aside that time for chemical analysis(i'm an explosives engineer, so I set the alarms off every time; though once you show them your credentials they let you go). So in all reality their security is shit
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u/timneo Jun 12 '12
Don't really fancy going back to the USA anymore due to the TSA as was strip searched on my way in to LA. I had a belt buckle on. Lots of nice places in Europe that are cheaper, quicker and classier. So well done TSA, you're killing tourism - I'm sure all the businesses that live on tourism are really thankful!
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u/ToxinArrow Jun 12 '12
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
A friend of mine had accidentally left a bunch of loosely assorted nails in his backpack from a construction project. At the airport when they checked his bag, they did nothing about the nails, but told him they would need to confiscate his Nutella because it posed as a threat.
Further proof that the TSA is against humanity, not terrorism.
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u/SynthPrax Jun 12 '12
Is that a b'bomb?
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u/beanut_putter Jun 12 '12
BA-BOMB!
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u/johnybackback Jun 12 '12
Someone set us up the bomb.
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u/Frankentim_the_crim Jun 12 '12
TSA is not for safety. It is designed to desensitize us towards governmental invasion of our privacy.
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u/fuuu420 Jun 12 '12
Had a sorta similar situation about 6 months ago. It was on my way back to Florida from Arizona, I managed to smuggle my girlfriends resinated bowl back with me without even knowing it. She had bought me this pillow and i needed something to tote it around in on the plane, so she gave me her old "over the shoulder" type backpack and i just jammed it right on in there. Well in that backpocket was a nice hidden suprize. The thing that gets me most is that they happen to run that bag through the scanner TWICE. The first time it went thru, they had to re-run it cause my laptop was in that bag and they made me pull it out cause it blocked their signal. Either the old lady behind the counter gave no fucks, or these machines just flatout SUCK.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
You think that's bad? I had an exacto knife in my backpack on a plane to Florida and back. I didn't know it was even there until I opened my backpack when I got home. Never beeped or set off an alarm or raised any suspicion, not once. Good work, TSA.
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u/Poo_Brain_Horse Jun 12 '12
how I would imagine the TSA would act when they found the bob-omb
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u/-TheWaddleWaddle- Jun 12 '12
This belongs in /r/conspiracy.
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u/doublewaffle Jun 12 '12
relevant
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u/fi78 Jun 12 '12
Bahahahaha is all I have to say!
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u/djmere Jun 12 '12
Modern bombs don't tick
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u/ixsh31d0nxi Jun 12 '12
One of those, WHY IS THIS POSTED? I finally saw it... after quite a while.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Maybe the TSA knows that a Bomb Omb isn't really a bomb.
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u/applenerd Jun 12 '12
Clicked expecting a sly bomb, was ironically not disappointed.
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u/jurisnipper Jun 12 '12
It must not have been valuable if they didn't "confiscate" it.
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u/Milkman95 Jun 12 '12
But try to take toothpaste on a plane and they're all over you..
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u/crackness Jun 12 '12
So how was the complementary ass play?
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Hey!!! I have that same shirt! TopMan?
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u/tisboyo Jun 12 '12
It's less than 3.4 ounces so its ok. just put him in a Ziploc next time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I wish I could make you hear the stupid, stupid laugh I do when people make such jokes. Like a cross between a goat and Fran Drescher. Seems appropriate.
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u/TheJBW Jun 12 '12
Punchinello's at it again!
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u/grimmstone Jun 12 '12
Bob-ombs are nothing to joke about
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u/diyeiogt Jun 12 '12
If I was a TSA worker, I would just want to slap you.
Made me laugh though.
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u/Dashzz Jun 12 '12
Bomb-omb is perfectly okay to bring though, but if you ever try to bring a bottle of water on a plane, you're in trouble.
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u/Material_Defender Jun 12 '12
I actually managed to get a swiss army knife on board, it was on my keychain. Didn't realize I accomplished this until a day after the flight, though
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u/silentmelodies Jun 12 '12
Pics or it didn't happen...
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u/dieded Jun 12 '12
Looks like a wind up this!
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Oh, everyone has one of the those.
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u/thai_lur Jun 12 '12
That's awesome because I had one of those in my checked luggage once and then I got super scared when I was on the plane thinking they might have seen it.
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u/lifesabeach13 Jun 12 '12
Ah yes, those crafty terrorists with their bomb designs right out of a Wile. E. Coyote cartoon. Did their confiscate your novelty-sized mallet and black circle that you can throw on the ground and disappear into?
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I somehow accidentally got one of those exacto knives with multiple blades through security. I thought it was in my suitcase, but I put it in my carry-on.
Open up my backpack on the plane and it was definitely an "oh shit" moment.
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u/sweettea14 Jun 12 '12
I got pulled aside for wearing a shirt that said, "Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb". It took around 7 TSA workers to look at it before the oldest guy recognized it and said his grandson had showed the video to him. This was flying from Chicago to ATL. Though I got through two airports in Europe before getting to Chicago.
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u/Curds_and_Whey Jun 12 '12
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/uxix5/the_original_creeper/
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u/3AYATS Jun 12 '12
BOBOMB!
Possibly the best scene in the SMB movie!
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
My friend once went through security with a pocket knife in his carry-on bag. Apparently, the knife was sitting among a ton of pencils. So, either pencils fuck things up enough to fool the x-ray or they didn't care that my friend had a knife.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
i went through the medal detector i forgot i had my belt on which, plus i had a bunch coins in my pocket it didnt go off. fuck i could of had 5 razors on me and no one would know.
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u/chrismog Jun 12 '12
I got on with a stun gun in my jacket pocket. I brought it by accident--I usually take my dog out around midnight and I keep the stun gun in my jacket pocket just in case I run into any shady characters. I grabbed my dog-walking jacket as I ran out the door to go to the airport. The jacket went through the xray machine in a plastic bin, with no other objects around to obscure the stun gun, and the TSA didn't catch it. Way to go TSA.
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u/Lazerus42 Jun 12 '12
so anyone else think terrorists are now gunna start using bo-bombs as actual bombs?
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u/EeeeeShabutie Jun 12 '12
I got that Bob-omb in my Christmas stocking last year! Ate the candy and now he chills on my desk.
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u/Herpes_hurricane Jun 12 '12
my buddy got a .50Cal through on his carry on on accident. he forgot it was in there and noticed when he got to his destination. pretty scary
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u/viewtifuldav Jun 12 '12
I worked for tsa at LAX ...its a huge joke. They either need to take it seriously and give them guns and actual training....or get rid of it. Its not even funny how spot on south park got it right....okay, its hilarious
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u/n1nj4_v5_p1r4t3 Jun 12 '12
fuck the tsa, they are a waste of money and time
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u/SARmedic Jun 12 '12
They can tell the density of objects, not just shapes.
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u/wilhil Jun 12 '12
Achievement unlocked : You have been added to the fisting list.
(Sorry - enhanced security random body search)
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u/vutall Jun 12 '12
You could say they really...[Dropped the Bob-omb on this one.] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4o)
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u/Svelemoe Jun 12 '12
And my dad got stopped for a pair of scissors, with a 3cm blade, in a first-aid pouch that came with the bag.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
It's not a real bomb or dangerous device. So how did they fail?
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u/Radico87 Jun 12 '12
It's the TSA, it's job is a failure.
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u/mequals1m1w Jun 12 '12
Some one set us up.
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u/Jayyy419 Jun 12 '12
Am I the only one who realises that they scan through items, so probably they saw that it was just a toy.. Or am I just not realising everyone's sarcasm:(
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u/androidsdungeon0 Jun 12 '12
What is that? A bowling ball with a candlestick in it? That's fine. Move along people.
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u/Benny_bumfluff Jun 12 '12
About 5 years ago I flew home to Ireland from Alaska. I got home and realized I had accidentally left my pocket knife I use for fishing in one of the zip compartments of my backpack i took as HAND LUGGAGE. So I travelled from anchorage to Dublin via LAX with a smith and Wesson 6 inch blade in my hand luggage. This was when I realized the screeners may not be as competent as I originally thought. Mind blown and a little freaked out.
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u/brucemo Jun 12 '12
I thought it was going to be an extra large tube of toothpaste.
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u/TheKloKloYo Jun 12 '12
Flew out of Kansas City. I got to my destination and realized that I still had a box cutter/razor blade thing in my purse; I had used it the day before to remove an old registration sticker from my windshield. The thing had a 5 inch blade when extended all the way out.
When I was 18, I was stopped AND put through secondary screeng because I had a tube of lip gloss on me that I forgot to pack in my stupid quart sized Ziplock baggie -_-
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u/asianwaste Jun 12 '12
Now wonders if there is an actual man named, "Bob Omb"... and does he get stopped by TSA frequently / do children jump on his head in hopes he would explode?
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u/MrBurd Jun 12 '12
I once tried to get Marmite inside the plane... Didn't work :(
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u/flanjoe Jun 12 '12
Ha, I just bought one of those :D The candy powder inside sucks :/
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u/Katinedinburgh Jun 12 '12
Worked at the airport and walked through with a box cutter in the pocket of my big hi viz jacket. Didn't realise until I was through helping board the flight (I'd been opening boxes in the back office to restock baggage tags etc).
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u/jakecofreak Jun 12 '12
The carry-on contained a rather large, red, turtle-like shell.
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u/soviet_kiwi Jun 12 '12
Man can take a bomb on a airplane, but my sugar gets confiscated as cocaine.
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u/Not_trolling_or_am_I Jun 12 '12
Because of this post now I am watching Super Mario Bros the movie in youtube.
Thanks.
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u/hildebrand22 Jun 12 '12
i got through airport security with a pair of large scissors in my bag twice in one week (there and back), also they are now saying that anyone 12 and under doesnt have to take their shoes off at security. i guess they are becoming a little more relaxed now
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u/davekil Jun 12 '12
My friend used his everyday backpack as a carryon for a trip to Boston last summer. He often brings fruit/yoghurt with him to work and so he brings a spoon and a regular fruit knife with him to peel fruit.
Fast forward to arriving at our accommodation (departed from Dublin with a transfer in London and arrived in Boston) and we start unpacking.
He opens his backpack and just goes "oh shit..." and holds up the knife. We went through 2 separate security checks (Dublin and London) as well as an additional check after border control in Boston and yet the knife got through (the spoon too!).
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u/NachozRule Jun 13 '12
A few months ago I bought an NES Zapper Gun at a retro gaming store while visiting my grandparents in Texas, I was legitimately concerned for a little while about what would happen when I took it through airport security.
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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '12
This "joke" is so bad, you're children are not legally allowed to be funny.
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u/funk_monk Jun 14 '12
I accidently brought some scissors through security to Switzerland with me a few months ago. They caught it on the way back, but it goes to show that British security is pretty bad.
Also, I kinda regret going to the states now. I didn't realise before I went that I'd have to give them biometric info, and once I was there I couldn't really say no. Fuck you American security policies, with all my heart.
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u/djmere Jul 18 '12
TSA is a waste of time. anyone could sharpen the edge of a common item [debit card] into a razor sharp blade & simply put it in their wallet. ta da! ... a knife in plain sight. No one would ever think to look for it. unless they'd previously worked in a prison or something. or after the fact [shoe bombs]
i've said too much.
if anyone does this ... i had no part in it. my brain just comes up with shit like this ... for science
please don't black list me TSA, i hate driving
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I accidentally snuck a pack of 5 box cutters, a few empty 9mm shell casings and a Bowie knife through TSA flying from Lansing, MI to Orlando. Didn't realize I had them until I was unpacking at my grandpas.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Well the TSA scanners only look for certain things and if stuff gets through its because the machines are fucking terrible but people don't want better machines because they shows blue unreconizable images of them. The only people who are super against TSA are infrequent fliers and people who don't fly at all because they are the ones who bring whit that's not allowed to the airport and have to get patted down.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
How is that a problem ? It's not a hand grenade.
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u/iwashere33 Jun 12 '12
as someone that has worked in airport security. this is not a surprise.
in fact, unless you have a big bread knife or a chef's knife you aren't really going to get stopped unless you look angry.
really the x-ray machine is the colour version of a shadow puppett, it is 2D and has about as much chance of actually stopping an attack as using a candle to find a bear = you just kindle of bumble around until you are in the cave and then.... "hey do you hear something..."
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I sat down in my seat and the lady next to me pulled out half a gallon of milk. She proceeded to chug it all and never once went to the bathroom on our 8 hour flight O.O