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Science Fair Entry Shuts Down Airport Terminal

Posted by Soulskill on from the baking-soda-volcanoes-impress-the-stewardesses dept.

OverTheGeicoE writes "A graduate student was returning home from a science fair in Omaha with his handmade entry in his carry-on luggage. When the TSA discovered it, they shut down the airport terminal for several hours, until they could determine it was harmless. All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again, so before you fly with your homemade Minty MP3 player, make sure you take a look at TSA Blogger Bob's warning or it could wind up looking like this."

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  1. Watch the video on the linked site. by mingot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Listen when he explains the FOUR items that each IED has: 1. Power Source 2. Initiator 3. Explosive Material ... I feel so damn safe.

    1. Re:Watch the video on the linked site. by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 5, Funny

      Listen when he explains the FOUR items that each IED has: 1. Power Source 2. Initiator 3. Explosive Material ...

      4. Profit!

  2. In this post-9/11 world, we can't be too careful by jmcbain · · Score: 5, Funny

    We live in a post-9/11 world. We have to forfeit some of our rights in order to fight the terrorists. If you're not doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to fear. Think of the children.

    Vote Palin 2012.

  3. And aparently some people in Omaha by kelarius · · Score: 3, Funny

    really are that stupid since the very next day some idiot was trying to bring homemade fireworks onto the plane.

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    Personally I'd rather have my idiots at home glued to the TV than out doing idiotic things
  4. oblig. Monty Python by DeadCatX2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cleric: And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

    Brother Maynard: Amen.

    All: Amen.

    King Arthur: Right. One... two... five.

    Galahad: Three, sir.

    King Arthur: Three.

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