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Photographer Has Blower Confiscated by TSA Because it ‘Could Fly Like a Missile’
PETAPIXEL ^
| DEC 18,2013
| DL CADE
Posted on 12/19/2013 2:15:28 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
It’s common knowledge that the Giottos Rocket Blowers and the TSA don’t get along. In the past we’ve told you to just leave it at home unless you want it confiscated with no more reason than “it looks like a bomb.” But the reason photographer and Canon Rumors forum user Surapon got was a whole lot more entertaining than that.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: blower; tsa
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posted on
12/19/2013 2:17:25 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
TSA agents are quite simply some of the stupidest people in the world.
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posted on
12/19/2013 2:28:17 AM PST
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Wow! That thing looks dangerous! Made of rubber and used to gently blow dust from a camera lens, it could be used to act as a missile. Kind of like how a muzzie could convince an 88 year old granny to use her knitting needles to take over a plane.
Yep. I see the logic.
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posted on
12/19/2013 2:31:17 AM PST
by
Wingy
To: SWAMPSNIPER
For too many people, fantasy is reality. There is no logical thought process with these TSAers. It is image over substance—quite a racket for these union grifters.
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posted on
12/19/2013 2:36:18 AM PST
by
jonrick46
(The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Looks like an armor piercing mortar round to me.
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posted on
12/19/2013 2:38:25 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Looks like it just might get up enough kinetic energy to viciously rip through a center wing tank.
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posted on
12/19/2013 3:06:48 AM PST
by
Artie
(We are surrounded by MORONS)
To: Conspiracy Guy; SWAMPSNIPER
Theoretically, then, I could use Pinky as a spear.
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posted on
12/19/2013 3:08:46 AM PST
by
Salamander
(Hey, Jack the Ripper, won't you come on over... hook me up to the power lines of your love...)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Looks like an armor piercing mortar round to me.
You're partly right, Conspiracy Guy. It's actually a Glock AK-47 assault sniper high-powered armor piercing weapon of mass destruction spray and pray battle rifle that has no place in our children's schools.
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posted on
12/19/2013 3:13:39 AM PST
by
Standing Wolf
(No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
To: Salamander
Heaven help you if you ever get pulled over and your snake pokes its head out of the window in the cop’s face. :)
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posted on
12/19/2013 3:19:30 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
That’s a hoot. TSA employees are as stupid is as Obama does.
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posted on
12/19/2013 3:24:27 AM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Proof (as if it were needed) that they don’t hire these people for their intellect. Lowest common denominator + guns + permission to get as personally invasive as they think they can get away with + perpetual employment guarantee. What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
12/19/2013 3:45:10 AM PST
by
Pecos
(The Chicago Way: Kill the Constitution, one step at a time.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
These people (TSA) are, by far, the stupidest a-holes on the planet!
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posted on
12/19/2013 3:49:28 AM PST
by
Stingray
(Stand for the truth or you'll fall for anything.)
To: Salamander
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posted on
12/19/2013 4:16:22 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: Standing Wolf
I need me one of them there Glock AK 47s. Do they have USB port to recharge my Android?
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posted on
12/19/2013 4:19:17 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
“Photographer Has Blower Confiscated by TSA Because it ‘Could Fly Like a Missile’”
Besides which, some TSA agent decided he needed it and wanted it.
To: jonrick46
“There is no logical thought process with these TSAers”.
Actually, that is the first question on the application test. If you have no logical thought process, you automatically pass and don’t have to go any futher except to get measured for your new uniform. (sarc)
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posted on
12/19/2013 4:51:00 AM PST
by
DaveA37
To: lowbridge
And was too cheap to pay a few bucks.
Stories like this are why I don’t want to fly and take a camera along.
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posted on
12/19/2013 4:58:48 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I have to fly tomorrow.
I have stripped down, bathed, washed my hair, changed purses, washed all my clothes, and packed everything in a new satchel, because the last time i flew, I was put through a body search.
Evidently, everything I own SMELLS like I have just been to the range.
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posted on
12/19/2013 4:58:50 AM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
12/19/2013 4:59:19 AM PST
by
Vinnie
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