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Subject: [Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Thu Mar 27 01:38:02 2008

I got a big reaction to marzipan bars in my hand luggage (I often bring some 
home to England from Germany)! I assume they thought they were plasic 
explosive. Great amusement when they saw what they actually were!
Frank


----- Original Message ----
From: joe leung <jcyleung8@shaw.ca>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, 27 March, 2008 6:17:55 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search

Greg,

Checking for plastic explosives?

Joe L

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jcyleung8=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+jcyleung8=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of GREG LORENZO
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:41 PM
> To: Leica Users Group LUG
> Subject: [Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search
> 
> I'm just back from flying down to Phoenix to assist my parents in getting
> back home to Calgary. As usual, my girl's presented me with 'a list of
> their demands' which I always get when I travel somewhere without them.
> One of the list items I packed into my checked luggage for them was a
> multipack of Canel's gum. The Canel's package consists of 50 or so
> individual cellophane wrapped packages of a chicklet like gum not
> available here in Canada.
> 
> Well the good TSA people at Sky Harbor decided to cut open about a dozen
> of these leaving the remains to be scattered in my bag. For some reason
> they mostly opened the white (spearmint) packages?
> 
> I'm not sure why they did this as they didn't bother to enclose a note of
> explanation. Funny, if a bit annoying.
> 
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