The 7 dumbest things ever done by airport security

TSA can suck it, i almost always miss a flight thanks to them...must be my skin color...blue.

After that attack on Bush yesterday, Maybe the airport security should start confiscating peoples shoes.

when i was going through the airport in philadelphia i was brought aside because, stupidly, i scooped my brass knuckles into my carry-on, which probably looked great on the xray screen. after they confiscated them and scolded me, i got on the plane. mid flight i discovered that the knucks had taken their attention from the 650,000 volt tazer that was also in my bag. oops!

ball point pens any one ... eating utensils that are already on the plane -- the TSA is only there to provide the pretense of safety and security.

There are multi thousands of these morons similar to the air port staff in all walks of life all around the world who are incapable of reasoning.

I imagine when these people wed, possibly inbred, all the blood relatives of the bride and groom sit at the same side of the church/chapel/registry office.

Incidentally I was watching a film on tv last night and the hero killed a man by sticking a carrot through his opponents eye and into his brain. Dose this mean carrots are now on the list of dangerous goods?

Just a thought !

When you give some poor schmuck that much power it goes right to their head. Now they have to power to decide if they want to let you on that plane or not. Common sense goes right out the window.

Bureaucracy....

If you want an excess of insane rules plus the complete absence of all executive responsibility for wrecking something - Bureaucracy.

So, we are all terrorized and intimidated and forced just a little bit all the time.

Thanks, terrorists, You won.

Very Good TSA!! Ya never will get me on a plane, if I ever will make it to Europe, I'm swimming!!

Oh, I forgot to tell you, they took my sunscreen--more than 4 ounces!

Then there are people like me--I board the plane with 24" stainless steel fishing leaders which you could "choke/kill with" in seconds, fishing hooks large enough to catch sharks, fishing licenses from all over, a filet knife, a jack knife...and I show it to them, and it goes right back into my carry on bag---I must have good security clearance. Just don't know how I got it...

I hate the taking off of the shoes cos I hate bare feet on the iarport floor ...ew

My 1 yr. old had to take off his shoes..............

Airport security is definitely flawed but better than none. I haven't heard of them catching a single terroist though. They usually harrass old folks and women with babies.

I travelled a lot for my job and once got through TWO major airports with 3 boxcutters and a whole can of lighter fluid. This of course was purely accidental on my part but when I got to my hotel, unpacked my backpack and discovered my mistake I was VERY concerned.

My prior trip through TSA they took a calighraphy pen from an 8 year old so he couldn't stage a coups.

Airport security is a huge joke and what you encounter on your trip is based purely on the mood of the workers at that particular time.

It's absolutely NUTS to think any terrorist would use his own given name while flying on a plane he intends to overtake anyway. I could've started a pretty decent fire with that lighter fluid and a match, then tossed 2 boxcutters to my buddies in the front of the plane and viola! Now I'm captain.

Sometimes, I wish I had done just that.

having just spent twenty hours of my life on an airplane this week, i can totally relate to this.

Airport security is definitely worse in the US, they've just got all swept up in a media fueled terrorism fear and have gone a bit mad.

WTG security! Good thing they are on top of everything, especially laser boobs, you never know how a terror attack is going to happen these days!

I dread going through security. Usually the workers are rude and unhelpful and it's just way too stressful for everyone involved. This all really is getting way too ridiculous. I mean, ripping piercings out with pliers? Denying children food? Putting injured people in harmful situations? All in the name of "security"? This isn't security anymore, it's hysteria.

The last one's the best. The fact that they actually check the pilots of the planes before they get on the flight. If the pilot wants to commit some damage, he doesn't need a knife; the airline itself gives him a plane full of fuel.
If you can't trust the pilots you hired yourself, well, shit.

Game over, man! Game over!