Detroit North Terminal dump

Detroit airport terminal reopens after suspicious device removed

Of course the device wasn't removed until all the passengers in the terminal were. April Fools fun with the TSA...

So scary and suspicious a device, TSA dare not describe it.

From comments:

And there are more reports describing the terminal dump, for a device now described as "a decorative item":

 

Probably a laser pointer.

 

Maybe it was a water filter again.

 

TSA: When it absolutely, positively has to be FUBAR today.

or

TSA: We put the F in FUBAR.

 

Probably a scary paperweight.
All the authorities were called. Detroit Metro issued a press release praising the interagency deployment, all triggered by the TSA panic at the carry-on X-ray screen. The news reports "no one was hurt."

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/04/01/metro-airport-north-terminal-evacuated/

 

Or a purse with an artistic representation of a gun on it.

 

Or a fancy wristwatch.

 

I vote a tiny eyeglass screwdriver.

 

A cupcake in a jar.

 

Or a decorative vibrator.

An encased mini-steampunk Tesla coil perhaps?
No matter. Planes left without their passengers safely.

 

Hey, some of those water filters look like a pipe bomb on xray - dead serious.

 

Sure they do, Rugape. Just like all TSA employees are "federalized" and "professionalized," and the Ekman Behavioral Detection stuff has basis in science.

Oh, wait. No, those are lies, too.

 

Yeah, some of them really do, especially on xray where you can't see the actual item(s)...

http://blog.tsa.gov/2012/07/tsa-week-in-review-cornucopia-of.html

 

Since we'll have to wait for the scary item at DTW to be trotted out, what's more likely, a, b, or c?:

Your guess?

a) radiation detector

b) dildo

c) lunchbox

 

OK, script for using all three above items at one time.

 

Sure they do. I note that the X-rays of the item in question are not provided for comparison.

TSA employees are stupid. That's why they do things like strip all of the lens caps (front and rear) from a collection of lenses, making a sloppy pile of them before touching the front and rear glass elements of the lenses with their fingers before spending several minutes trying to unscrew a circular polarizer, barking at the owner when they try to point out how to do it, and leaving the pile of dirty glass and caps for the owner to reassemble.

A plastic pipe with a ceramic filter in it doesn't look anything like a pipe bomb on an X-ray, except to someone whose sole remaining potential for "earning" a paycheck is predicated on making the general public believe that they're in extreme danger at all times from dem eeeeebil tewowwists.

 

I think it's more likely...

D) A cupcake in a jar.

 

And pump bottles of shampoo look like IEDs. Good thing the TSA makes extensive use of Explosive Trace Portals / Explosive Trace Detection.

 

Water Filters

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...5.0j8j0j1.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.8.img.WclfvxT5W2g

Pipe Bombs

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...12,d.dmQ&fp=12c03cd74b194d6f&biw=1229&bih=760

Ok, some are cylinderical in shape. So?

Knowing the typical TSA screener if they find either they will probably pick it up and try to figure out how to make it work.

 

You, sir, are a sick and twisted individual. I like that.