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I got an email this morning from Delta letting me know that my flight time for DCon was changed. So this reminded me that I wanted to take a look at what I can and can't bring in my carry-on bag. Browsing the list and a few items popped up as being prohibitted that really made me chuckle. I couldn't believe these things had to actually be spelled out. But I guess if they didn't say it, someone would want to do it. Here's just the ones I found funny:

Ice Axes/Ice Picks
Meat Cleavers
Sabers
Swords
Spear Guns - Who brings... I mean why... I mean ...what???
Axes and Hatchets
Cattle Prods - Damn! There goes my weekend! I may as well stay home!
Tools (greater than seven inches in length) - This one gets me. Because this means I could potentially bring the smallish screwdriver out of my "lady's toolkit" because god knows I couldn't actually stab someone to death with it, being as it is only 6 inches in length.
Stun Guns/Shocking Devices- Oh well take away my cattle prod and maybe I think I have a plan B, but no-o-o-o-o!
Hand Grenades - Let me just let that one sink in a moment

Oh there was plenty more on the list. These are just the ones that gave me pause.

Valli, take the hand grenades out of your carry on.... leave them at home... better yet, pack them in your checked luggage.

got to love airport security.. besides... they give you weapons on the plane..

or is it just me that would happilly kill the annoying person next to me.. with a plastic spoon?

Danyoo wrote:Valli, take the hand grenades out of your carry on.... leave them at home... better yet, pack them in your checked luggage.

The funny part was that most if not all of these items actually are allowed to be checked (not the hand grenades though, but pretty much everything else). So in short, thye don't care if you plan on going on a wild killing spree once you get off the plane. You just can't go nuts and kill your fellow passengers while you're on the plane.

And Ceryn, yes. I don't travel too often. In fact this will be my first flight in several years. But I know that if someone annoys me enough, its easy to imagine how to be creative with weapons. Hell even here at work there have been times when I thought that a handle from a plastic utensil would probably go quite nicely through someone's eye.

Hijacking my own thread. I was reminded of this, from Monty Python and The Holy Grail:

"... and the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy
Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt
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..."

Hmm, I didn't get an email. Better go check Delta's site.

I just hope I can bring toothpaste this time.

"Tools (greater than seven inches in length)"

Doesn't this prohibit 90% of Airline passengers from flying?

Lykeios wrote:"Tools (greater than seven inches in length)"

Doesn't this prohibit 90% of Airline passengers from flying?

*dies laughing*!!!!

*gives Valli da kiss of life*

but yeah, Lyk's right... and that is... damn funny

My recent trip to Florida was kinda cool on the return trip. While in Saint Augastine, I had purchased some pirate gear for me kid. Mainly a sword, an eye patch, and a hook for his hand. I had no room in my backpack for that stuff so i just carryed it all on in a plastic bag. Going through the security checkpoint in Jacksonville was funny cuz hte guy running the x-ray maching thought that i was really trying to smuggle a real sword through. The he saw that it was only plastic. All the other passengers around were laughing histaricly, and all i could say was "its for my kid". Fun times with airport security!

well lets see the military airlines have some rules civilan airlines have other rules and I'll be flying both...

Can I tell you how hard it is to pack for both...