Tulsa International Airport security officials shut down a checkpoint Wednesday after they found a possible explosive device, which turned out to be “novelty item.”
No one from the Transportation Security Administration has explained what the “novelty item” was, but I’m guessing vibrator.
Whoopee cushions, chattering teeth, invisible ink pens and other back-of-the-comic-book-letdowns aren’t usually equipped with wires, rounded objects or dangerous vibrations (I’m still guessing.)
TSA moved the waiting passengers about 300 feet away from the “novelty item,” probably to prevent anything from spreading. (Yes, still guessing.)
If it’s what most people who were born with heads suspect, then how awkward was it for the passenger and staff? What rigorous tests did security do to make sure the device wasn’t explosive?
Sight?
Sound?
Smell?
Demonstration?
The stopped passenger should’ve done their research. The TSA has a list of items not allowed on flights, which include tools greater than 7 inches in length and meat cleavers.
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TSA in Tulsa is a joke. One time they made me throw away about a 1/4 ounce of lotion that they found and on the same flight my co-worker got on the plane with a 10 inch knife. They also have the body scanners so they can see your pecker.
Great reporting. I love reading an entire piece based on a not-so-funny guess. Keep up the good work…
TSA everywhere is a complete waste of time and money. We know who terrorists aren’t, what they don’t look like, and where they don’t come from. Every time an 80 year-old woman or a 5 year-old kid gets pulled aside for “screening” we cede more freedoms to the government. I don’t give a shit whether it’s Obama, G.W., Clinton, or f-cking Jesus in charge of TSA. Not letting me take a full tube of tooth paste (or vibrator) on a plane does not make the world safer.
This reminds me of the scene from Fight Club: “Of course it’s company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a novelty item…always use the indefinite article a novelty item, never your novelty item ” – Airport security officer.