I'm just through the screening and they asked me to remove the laptop from the bag but the lcd remained in there. They were looking at it for a minute but then did not say a word :) thanks guys On 8/6/08, Josh Koffman wrote: > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Alan B. Pearce wrote: >> I do remember carrying a small scientific telescope in hand luggage when >> boarding a flight at Orly Airport in Paris, which had part of the mount >> still attached. Going through the x-ray it did look just like a gun. >> Produced an interesting few minutes while the security satisfied >> themselves >> as to just what it was. Smiles all round at the end though. > > I once (stupidly) carried a small plastic baggie with a couple of back > pills and a lactaid pill in it through security at Schiphol in > Amsterdam. It never occurred to me that they might not be very pleased > about me carrying seemingly random pills about. I told them I'd be > happy to show them the pill bottles if they went and retrieved my > checked luggage. After a few minutes they let me through thankfully. > Oops! > > Josh > -- > A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools. > -Douglas Adams > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Rudonix DoubleSaver http://www.rudonix.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist