Thursday, January 27, 2011

The stupid is strong…

A Canadian couple in Great Britain bought a toy soldier. On their way home the screeners at the airport classified the toy soldier’s rifle, less than 3 inches long, as a firearm. They were not allowed to take it on board the plane and had to mail it home but not before having it x-rayed by the Royal Mail Service. There is a point at which security becomes stupidity. The sad thing is I can see this happening here in the good old USA as well.

H/T to John R.

1 comment:

genedunn said...

Too dangerous to carry on? But evidently safe enough to MAIL ACROSS THE OCEAN. How does mail get across the ocean I wonder... sea monsters?