What Not to Pack
If you think you've heard it all, wait till you hear what someone packed while traveling through a New York airport:
Yesterday morning, JetBlue had to evacuate a terminal at JFK because officials found suspicious items in someone's checked luggage. What were they?
According to Reuters, they were "a couple of World War Two replica grenade paperweights."
Whaaa? Who packs grenades in their suitcase? Whether or not they were actually live, wouldn't grenades seem like something to, I don't know, not pack?
I for one would be pretty upset if my flight were delayed because of someone's dopey packing decisions. Wouldn't you?
By Christina Talcott |
September 23, 2008; 9:55 AM ET
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Posted by: Chasmosaur | September 23, 2008 3:25 PM
I just let my gilfriend carry the plastic explosives in her luggage in the shape of sex toys and there is never a question. The high tech gizmos and dogs just cant detect these explosives.
Have a great day.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 24, 2008 6:30 AM
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When my grandmother passed away last year, the grandkids were all sent home with certain mementos.
One such memento was a large, WWII artillery shell of my late grandfather's (he used it rather whimsically as a pencil and tool jar - my grandmother kept it for sentimental reasons). Luckily, my brother - who traveled by car - took that home.
I'm sure in a carry-on or checked luggage, that would have caused an absolute TSA hissy fit.