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Re: General discussion on current situation
« Reply #72 on: Saturday 23 May 20 15:56 BST (UK) »
I had my favorite dental tool [used to pry small specimens out of rock crevices] confiscated at the airport.  I couldn't convince them that it was not a lethal weapon.
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Re: General discussion on current situation
« Reply #73 on: Saturday 23 May 20 16:01 BST (UK) »
My daughter had a bottle of perfume confiscated at the airport once because it was called “Flower Bomb”....  ::). not a cheap perfume either!
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Re: General discussion on current situation
« Reply #74 on: Saturday 23 May 20 16:05 BST (UK) »
We were in a queue at security a couple of years ago and a person in front of us had a walking stick confiscated.
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« Reply #75 on: Saturday 23 May 20 16:37 BST (UK) »
Perhaps it was one of those swordstick type ones. I once saw something that had a big heavy metal handle, and that the bearer of seemed not to need at all for assistance, queried.
OH's usual travelling stick is telescopic - a "Chris Brasher" one, and it always goes through with no problems.
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Re: General discussion on current situation
« Reply #76 on: Saturday 23 May 20 17:21 BST (UK) »
I was once stopped for a security bag check coming through the airport in Guernsey. The first thing the chap came to was a bottle of Woods Rum. “Great stuff” he said. “Drink it all the time” - he didn’t look any further!

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« Reply #77 on: Saturday 23 May 20 17:26 BST (UK) »
I was once stopped for a security bag check coming through the airport in Guernsey. The first thing the chap came to was a bottle of Woods Rum. “Great stuff” he said. “Drink it all the time” - he didn’t look any further!

BUT did you keep it, or did he?

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Re: General discussion on current situation
« Reply #78 on: Saturday 23 May 20 17:33 BST (UK) »
I did but I got the impression that he’d have been more than happy to have shared it!

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« Reply #79 on: Saturday 23 May 20 17:42 BST (UK) »
Very glad that you won the competition!
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Re: General discussion on current situation
« Reply #80 on: Saturday 23 May 20 17:54 BST (UK) »
We were in a queue at security a couple of years ago and a person in front of us had a walking stick confiscated.
Maybe anecdotal, but I once saw a report that a pilot had accidently left an eating knife (not a carving knife) in his hand baggage. It was confiscated, but he remarked that if he wanted to cause any trouble on the flight deck he would probably use the axe by the pilot's seat!