10
Aug
2006

bananas Food fight?  Yes, that is a banana in my carry on...
…and yes, I’m happy to see you, TSA inspector.

At Dulles International Airport near Washington on Thursday morning, one traveler reported that screeners were also making passengers remove all food items from their carry-on luggage for inspection, and one passenger was told to peel her banana.

I got nothin’. You?

(hat tip to Chief Produce Correspondent Dr. Vino)
(image)

Categorized in: TSA, airport security, liquids
2 Comments

2 Responses to “Food fight? Yes, that is a banana in my carry-on…”

  1. Andrew Says:

    “I got nothin’. You?”
    Only the obvious: when we have to unpeel our bananas, the terrorists have won.

  2. eyeno Says:

    Hmmm….. perhaps the Monty Python sketch from all those years ago about armed combat with fruit wasn’t comedy but a dire prediction of things to come.

Leave a Reply