There's a great story
in the current edition of Private Eye about a woman who was prevented from taking nail scissors on a plane from New Zealand. When she got on the plane, she smelt petrol. She was confused, as she knew that planes don't run on petrol. Investigation by a steward showed that the petrol smell was coming from an overhead locker. It was caused by a leaky...chainsaw. That had been brought on by a passenger - allowed as the inspectors hadn't got "chainsaw" on their list of prohibited items:

click for story, scroll down several paragraphs

I absolutely HATE the farce that is airport security. However, I take great pleasure, in saying loudly in the queue, as everyone gets more and more irate around me, in the manner of Walter off the Big Lebowski: "Well, this is all SO WORTHWHILE. After all, it's part of the War on Terror. And WE'RE WINNING THIS WAR, YES WE ARE".
( I_Was_Mordred, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 10:37, Reply)