[Leica] OT: Weird TSA Luggage Search

[jcyleung8 at shaw.ca (joe leung)]

Greg,

Checking for plastic explosives?

Joe L

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> 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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