TSA declares - after 9 years - that plastic kiddie wings are OK, not weapons

[wsuffa]

Read it and weep: Link

This practice had been curtailed in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks. If I told you the curtailment was done as a cost-cutting measure, well, that would be embarrassing enough (a set of wings can't run more than a penny or two). Actually, it's worse than that. The real reason is almost too pathetic to be believed: Transportation Security Administration banned the distribution of toy wings because of the small metal pin affixed to the backside.

 

[Jim Logajan]

Taken from:

http://xkcd.com/651/

Comic strip author notes:
"A laptop battery contains roughly the stored energy of a hand grenade, and if shorted it ... hey! You can't arrest me if I prove your rules inconsistent!"

Psst: Don't let TSA know, OK?