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Related: About this forumFlorida traveler stuffed gun into a raw chicken and tried to bring it on the plane, TSA says.
Well, duh! Who uses a raw chicken?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-gun-raw-chicken-carry-on-bag-plane-florida/
Florida traveler stuffed gun into a raw chicken and tried to bring it on the plane, TSA says
BY EMILY MAE CZACHOR
NOVEMBER 8, 2022 / 11:35 AM / CBS NEWS
A prospective air traveler was roasted by the Transportation Security Administration on social media on Monday after officers with the federal agency said it caught the person trying to conceal a gun inside a raw chicken stashed in their carry-on luggage.
The weapon was flagged by TSA at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, where officers found it wrapped in what looked like thin paper packaging and hidden inside a raw chicken.
A post shared to the official TSA Instagram account on Monday included photos of the uncooked bird being examined in an airport security screening area and the gun once it was removed and unwrapped. Its caption leaned heavily into Thanksgiving-themed puns, starting with, "There's a personal fowl here..."
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BY EMILY MAE CZACHOR
NOVEMBER 8, 2022 / 11:35 AM / CBS NEWS
A prospective air traveler was roasted by the Transportation Security Administration on social media on Monday after officers with the federal agency said it caught the person trying to conceal a gun inside a raw chicken stashed in their carry-on luggage.
The weapon was flagged by TSA at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, where officers found it wrapped in what looked like thin paper packaging and hidden inside a raw chicken.
A post shared to the official TSA Instagram account on Monday included photos of the uncooked bird being examined in an airport security screening area and the gun once it was removed and unwrapped. Its caption leaned heavily into Thanksgiving-themed puns, starting with, "There's a personal fowl here..."
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Florida traveler stuffed gun into a raw chicken and tried to bring it on the plane, TSA says. (Original Post)
sl8
Nov 2022
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Better Days Ahoy
(706 posts)1. Yeah, because the scanner won't see THRU the Faraday Chicken
Wow. Bottomless stupidity and hubrus in Florida.
riversedge
(73,134 posts)2. The stupidity of some people still amazes me.
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)4. You'll never hear me say "I didn't know people could be so stupid".
It would be stupid to say it.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)3. Add a charge for bringing, a raw chicken aboard.
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