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Reminds me of something that happened through my own stupidity.
I'd been working in Holland - flying to Schipol each week.
About 4 weeks into my contract I got stopped at the bag security - you don't put bags through until you go to the gate for the plane.
The guy looked at me as my bag went through quizically.
"Can you put your bag through again please sir?' he said in a voice like Shaun Connery.
'Of course'.' I replied.
'There seems to be a problem here, can we search your bag?" said the Dutch Shaun Connery man.
He went through my bag and pulled out my keyring. I could see the problem straight away.
I had a keyring with a bullet on it. It was a real bullet - but a novelty really, a present to me.
"We'll have to call the military police sir" said Shaun.
"I don't have a gun." I replied.
To cut a long story short I missed my flight, the military police arrived and quizzed me hard. The best bit was when they asked me if it was live bullet. I replied,
"I doubt it - it's got a bloody big hole through it and is attached to a key ring"
I was delayed for 6 hours. Bizzarely my offloaded baggage got lost ended up in Croatia.
So if you're a terrorist, carry a fake bullet and stick the bomb in your luggage - job done.