GAH!
This makes me angry, having spent the last year spending 3 days a week at heathrow. They will not let you through with an Allen key. An ALLEN KEY FFS! A little teeny pointy bit of stick that you could mercilessly poke the other passengers with. Also, apparently I'm not allowed a 120ml bottle of my lens cleaner that stops my eyes from drying out and breaking on the plane.
TWUNT: I'm sorry, we can't allow you to take that on the plane
ME: Well, the thing is that I need this solution to stop my eyes eating themselves. Since I wear hard contact lenses this is the only brand I can buy, and they only manufacture in 120ml bottles. I can't put it into another bottle as this is sterilised, and I don't have the equipment to do that. It is also only 20ml over your limit
TWUNT: Sorry, your rational argument confuses my head.
ME: Also, if you look over there, that mother is being allowed to bring whatever baby feeding equipment she likes on board without being checked, as you seem to have some sort of fear of offending mothers above and beyond your fear of terrorist attacks.
TWUNT: Guuuuuuuurhghghdksdjddd

Here's the thing- if they can make a bomb in a bottle, they can figure out another way of making an explosive with these stupid guidelines in place. And- what I really love- is that there is no security leaving Heathrow. At all. All you need to do is to stick a bomb in a suitcase, take it in through arrivals hall, and dump it with all the other unclaimed bags.

I think I'm done now.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 11:01, Reply)