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Yet another reason not to fly to the US
Mar. 27th, 2008 05:53 pm...Or at least, not from Lubbock, Texas.
Woman Told To Remove Nipple Rings For SoCal Flight. Charming. Hm, if you can see the bloody things, and your metal-detector beeper only goes of in their proximity, it's probably reasonable to expect that that is all of the metal that is on the individual's person. And I haven't heard of any l33t ninja tactics for threatening airline pilots with nipple rings yet. Maybe you could sharpen up a barbell end? I think the plastic cutlery is more of a worry, personally.
I have been beeped by a metal detector - in San Francisco, ironically enough. I explained what it was, they waved the hand-held detector in the general area, and that was fine. Needless to say, this was before 9/11 (I would expect them to actually ask to see the area these days).
It makes me wonder how sensitive these metal detectors might be, though. Unless the woman concerned was wearing 0ga rings that weigh an appreciable amount, what else would trigger it? Watch out if you wear an underwire bra in Lubbock, Texas, eh?
Woman Told To Remove Nipple Rings For SoCal Flight. Charming. Hm, if you can see the bloody things, and your metal-detector beeper only goes of in their proximity, it's probably reasonable to expect that that is all of the metal that is on the individual's person. And I haven't heard of any l33t ninja tactics for threatening airline pilots with nipple rings yet. Maybe you could sharpen up a barbell end? I think the plastic cutlery is more of a worry, personally.
I have been beeped by a metal detector - in San Francisco, ironically enough. I explained what it was, they waved the hand-held detector in the general area, and that was fine. Needless to say, this was before 9/11 (I would expect them to actually ask to see the area these days).
It makes me wonder how sensitive these metal detectors might be, though. Unless the woman concerned was wearing 0ga rings that weigh an appreciable amount, what else would trigger it? Watch out if you wear an underwire bra in Lubbock, Texas, eh?