Why is it that UK airports will not allow you to carry on a corkcrew or a pair of nail clippers, whil the TSA, doing security for the country that actually got hit on 9/11, will allow them?
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Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View PostWhy is it that UK airports will not allow you to carry on a corkcrew or a pair of nail clippers, whil the TSA, doing security for the country that actually got hit on 9/11, will allow them? -
Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View PostWhy is it that UK airports will not allow you to carry on a corkcrew or a pair of nail clippers, whil the TSA, doing security for the country that actually got hit on 9/11, will allow them?"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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WTF are you going to need a corkscrew for on a plane?
There are flight attendants to do all that for you..."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostYou can carry nail clippers if it the type with square ends but not the pointed ones.
I'm moe concerned about the corkscrew.....Step outside posh boyComment
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It's security theatre. They make you feel "safer" by having to jump through a few hoops before boarding. Nothing to do with any real threat.Comment
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What I find bloody odd is that while you cannot take anything of use with you on a plane, ie razor deo etc, if you fly business with most carriers they serve you with nice metal cutlery and give you a wet bag with a razor and a can of deo!"Wait, I still function!"Comment
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Originally posted by Swiss Tony View PostWhat I find bloody odd is that while you cannot take anything of use with you on a plane, ie razor deo etc, if you fly business with most carriers they serve you with nice metal cutlery and give you a wet bag with a razor and a can of deo!
Never had a can of deo either, but I'm pretty sure you can take your own little ones if you want."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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I remember reading an interesting comment by a US senator or some such silly old roman rank saying that if we gave you the option of having 2 planes. One with no security and you could go straight on, the other with 4 hours of security screening, which you send your family on?
Kind of made everything else irrelevant I thought. Still wish they would be sensible about it, having no razors or deo, I mean am I the only one who has thought that I could easily tape a blade into the inside of my laptop and it would still work? If your desperate enough you will find a way.
I've had a razor from Singapore Airlines, Quantas and Emirates."Wait, I still function!"Comment
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