22 August 2010

Things you can't carry as hand baggage on a flight

Knives, scissors, meat cleavers, portable power drills, hockey sticks, bullwhips, dynamite, pickles and spices...

Via the Telegraph's weekly "Sign Language" feature.

8 comments:

  1. And Franfurt Airport allows small pocket knives again -- but forbids mascara bottles. Go figure.

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  2. I'm even more interested by the arrangement of the items. Numbers 19 through 45 are alphabetical, including all of the second column, as are 46-64 and 67-83. It's as if they had an alphabetically-arranged list, and then cut it into sections and rearranged them.

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  3. I noticed that too - it's most curious. I have no explanation.

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  4. #84: "Chilly Powder"

    Is it okay if I heat it up first?

    #82: "Disabling Chemicals or Grass"

    "Disabling grass"? Is that to prevent hay-fever attacks?

    Also, appalling spelling. Apparently no crossover between DHS and Department of Education.

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  5. DHS = Dept Homeland Security??

    I don't think this sign is connected with our ridiculous bureaucracy in any way; according to the link, it's a sign in Mumbai.

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  6. D'oh! These days I assume that whenever there's some "ridiculous bureaucracy" involved, it's ours. We're just so damn good at it...

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