19Oct/095
Bag Check
by Jeff
Image text: A laptop battery contains roughly the stored energy of a hand grenade, and if shorted it ... hey! You can't arrest me if I prove your rules inconsistent!
It's never a good idea to mention what possibly dangerous stuff you have in your bag at the airport. Probably better off just buying a new water after the check point. No matter the inconsitency of the rules. And the joke in the image text is that you can very easily be arrested on inconsistent rules.
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October 19th, 2009
it is SO HARD to not go through a list of things you’re carrying that are more dangerous than the thing they’re complaining about if you get hassled by security, though!
… yes, I’ve been there. But I managed to not speak.
November 20th, 2010
He has a very valid point. However when laptop batteries “explode” they mostly melt down their plastic encasements… and if you are not quick enough, your plastic laptop. The biggest hazard is the toxic smoke that is being emitted.
June 15th, 2011
Am I the only one that’s thought how bad it would be if someone had a billy joel album on shuffle on their iPod, forgot where they were and started singing aloud to Miami 2017 (See the Lights go out on Broadway) or something else similar to that scenario? If you don’t know the song, you can find the lyrics at
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1602
or hear it at
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DXA8IwfPUTqg
November 18th, 2011
win the battle… lose the war
December 26th, 2011
Heh. Creeped the hell out of a passing National Guardsman when I glanced at the just-refilled tank of a water cooler and remarked “now that’s a lot of bomb fuel.”
He basically demanded an explanation on the spot, so I gave him the 25-cent rundown on water cracking and the chemistry involved…edging toward the bus stop the entire time. I half thought he was gonna grab me when it finally rolled by and I set a world record for boarding a bus.