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Subject: [Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu Mar 27 03:17:09 2008
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Frank,
Aaaah! Niederegger L?becker Marzipan - the very best!
Maybe it goes back to a case at BOAC many years ago - someone discovered 
that drugs embedded im Marzipan fooled the noses of sniffer dogs, after 
that, some aircrews were caught smuggling narcotics hidden in oranges.
Douglas

FRANK DERNIE wrote:
> 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
>
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> ----- 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
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> Greg,
>
> Checking for plastic explosives?
>
> Joe L
>
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>> -----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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Replies: Reply from leica68 at gmail.com (Parker D. Haeg) ([Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search)
In reply to: Message from frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE) ([Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search)