Toy dog causes stink at airport

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[martin_fierro]

Toy dog causes stink at airport

A novelty dog toy which breaks wind as it bends over has sparked a major security alert at a US airport.

Page designer Dave Rogerson said he could not believe what was happening to him when the life-size mechanical terrier set off an explosives detector at Norfolk airport in Virginia.

Armed security staff sprang into action after something in the dog's "wind breaking" mechanism apparently registered as the high explosive TNT on their sensitive equipment.

Mr Rogerson, 31, from Leeds, was grilled by FBI agents and looked on in amazement as they took a series of swabs from the replica animal's rear end.

They eventually returned the dog but stopped Mr Rogerson taking his planned flight to Charlotte, North Carolina, and rerouted him via Philadelphia.

"They told me its was the highest reading they had for explosives and they took it very seriously," said Mr Rogerson. "They were very jumpy and convinced there was something explosive in the dog."

Mr Rogerson, who was heading home from the US when the incident happened earlier this month, said he was not formally arrested but was held for a number of hours for questioning.

He said the situation was made worse because he had placed his passport and boarding card under the dog as it passed through the sensor machine.

When the agents demanded his papers he had to tell them they were in the isolation zone around the dog.

Mr Rogerson said: "They were very, very serious. They weren't aggressive but I got a real grilling.

"I couldn't believe where the FBI agents were putting their swabs. They must have got whatever it was off the dog because they let me have it back."

Mr Rogerson said he has named the dog Norfolk, after the airport.

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Eat enough Chalupas, and your gas would be explosively decompressive, too.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Just filled in the last blanks on my christmas list.

[Charles Henrickson]

It was a terrierist, after all.

[snopercod]

Afghan hound?

[martin_fierro]

Doubtless a member of Al-Canus.

[martin_fierro]

Mr Rogerson, 31, from Leeds, was grilled by FBI agents and looked on in amazement as they took a series of swabs from the replica animal's rear end.

Now there's a gig.

[Sir Charles]

One day it will be something like this that will blow a plane out of the sky and we'll wonder how security could be so lax. This kind of incident serves as a sort of pressure relief valve, funny to all but those involved. When will people start to realize the old days are over?

[goldstategop]

Now who would buy a toy dog replica that passes wind?? ;-)

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

"Special Agent Smith, here, will be taking a swab of your toy dog's anus."

Paging Steve Martin! We have your next comedy movie screenplay ready!

[Charles Henrickson]

Airedale?

[Charles Henrickson]

"Cry havoc and let rip the dogs of war!"

[TheCrusader]

"This kind of incident serves as a sort of pressure relief valve, funny to all but those involved."

Yeah, that toy doggy got his first rectal exam, nothing funny about that.

[martin_fierro]

Who better to be a terrierist?

After all, all dogs go to heaven.

[martin_fierro]

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
And inside a dog, it's too dark to read."

- Groucho Marx

[doberville]

Here's a true story: We were awakened at 4 AM by the Fire Department (and a very loud alarm ). "We have received an abnormally large gas presence at your residence." What the. . . .?

Looking around, one of the Dobermanns' beds was located right under the gas alarm. Dog flatus at dangerous levels.

This has happened twice.

(We moved their beds.)

[martin_fierro]

Testify.

Few things reek like dog flatus -- The Meeses From Another Species!

[Calpernia]

>>>Now who would buy a toy dog replica that passes wind?? ;-)

Allow me to introduce you to my son. Prince of Potty Humor.

[I_dmc]

That headline should win an award.

[ErnBatavia]

Flatulence Ping List pingerootus!