I don't know which ones I may have already told you about... gosh. There's just so many. I wasn't personally involved in most of them, but even at a little aiport like mine there's a lot of odd things.
We did have a guy attempt to bring a hand grenade through in his hand luggage. One of those classic old pineapples. Yes, it HAD been hollowed out, but you can't know that when you see it on the x-ray. And he must have known that there was going to be a big sh*tstorm about it, because he sent his family through a different lane. He probably figured he could get away with it, because he was a rich guy. They even had brought their au pair with them on vacation.
The PVC pipe, capped on both ends and filled with human feces was a good one - it's made it into the national training thingies. The airport was shut down and evacuated. I think the thing that got people the most worried was that when the guy handed the bag with that in it to the baggage screener he said, "I'm really sorry about this." Turned out he'd been on a kayaking trip and hadn't had a chance to get rid of it.
There was the 80 year old woman with the gun hidden in her jewelry. She was telling the search person exactly what was in each pocket of her bag as the search was going on, until the gun was pulled out, and then all of a sudden she was senile and had no idea where she was. I love to tell that one to the little old ladies who ask why I'm searching them - "Obviously I'm not going to be a problem! I'm 80 years old!"
I personally have found a variety of sex toys and kinky stuff, including once a butt plug at least a foot long and nine inches in diameter.
But one of my favorites of all time was the person who packed everything including the kitchen sink. :)
About you... You keep your personal life a great mystery, and mystery begs curiosity. However, since you have not chosen to talk about it on LJ I feel as though I shouldn't ask about it on LJ.
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Date: 2008-02-16 05:35 pm (UTC)We did have a guy attempt to bring a hand grenade through in his hand luggage. One of those classic old pineapples. Yes, it HAD been hollowed out, but you can't know that when you see it on the x-ray. And he must have known that there was going to be a big sh*tstorm about it, because he sent his family through a different lane. He probably figured he could get away with it, because he was a rich guy. They even had brought their au pair with them on vacation.
The PVC pipe, capped on both ends and filled with human feces was a good one - it's made it into the national training thingies. The airport was shut down and evacuated. I think the thing that got people the most worried was that when the guy handed the bag with that in it to the baggage screener he said, "I'm really sorry about this." Turned out he'd been on a kayaking trip and hadn't had a chance to get rid of it.
There was the 80 year old woman with the gun hidden in her jewelry. She was telling the search person exactly what was in each pocket of her bag as the search was going on, until the gun was pulled out, and then all of a sudden she was senile and had no idea where she was. I love to tell that one to the little old ladies who ask why I'm searching them - "Obviously I'm not going to be a problem! I'm 80 years old!"
I personally have found a variety of sex toys and kinky stuff, including once a butt plug at least a foot long and nine inches in diameter.
But one of my favorites of all time was the person who packed everything including the kitchen sink. :)
About you... You keep your personal life a great mystery, and mystery begs curiosity. However, since you have not chosen to talk about it on LJ I feel as though I shouldn't ask about it on LJ.