Funny story...
In the early 80's my parents went to Malta on holiday. They used to sell a lot of old artifects left over from WW2 there at the time. My brother bought an old decomissioned British hand grenade (he still has it).
When they went to the airport my mother actually had the hand grenade in her hand, waving it up above her head, and went to security with it saying "its ok its not real"....
Amazingly they let her on the flight with it. What do you think would happen now if someone tried that?
2006-08-25 07:45:37 · 22 answers · asked by Millsy 3 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Health & Safety
lol...that is a funny story. It's amazing how much things have changed. Today, she would probably be tackled by a swat team, shackled, strip searched, and confined to a tiny cell while they processed her as a terroristic threat to society...she would be branded for life!
2006-08-25 07:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think gypsy rose is the closest, but I think charges would not be filed. For the people who think it wouldn't go down this way, did you read about the Indians in Amsterdam? The entire plane was emergency landed and they were detained, questioned and searched, for using laptops and sharing cell phones.
http://indiaenews.com/2006-08/19899-india-deplores-detention-12-indians-amsterdam.htm
they were stock traders - ooh scary!
2006-08-25 11:23:17 · answer #2 · answered by Johno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably get jumped by the staff. Hey, now that you say that, I saw a guy piloting what looked like a small LST in a Dutch canal and probably got it the same way. Worked fine, too.
2006-08-25 07:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, things sure have changed. Today she would probably be surrounded by a special forces team while the airport was evacuated.
2006-08-25 07:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Lauren 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I imagine they would be knocked to the ground, held at gunpoint with search dogs barking in their faces, pulled up and handcuffed. Then they would be led away to a little room where they would be intensely questioned with no lawyers present, and charges would no doubt be filed.
2006-08-25 07:48:22 · answer #5 · answered by Gypsy Rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your Mother would be thrown to the ground by 18 SWAT team members! LOL
Times certainly have changed.
2006-08-25 07:48:04 · answer #6 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will have guns pointed at them, and when they find out it's fake off to court they go and they won't take it lightly, considering the distribution caused at the airport.
2006-08-25 07:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all flights would be delayed for 6 months and your family would spend the rest of their days in a smelly cockroach infested maltese prison
2006-08-25 07:48:34 · answer #8 · answered by Hitcher In The Picture 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she'd be pounced on by armed police & all your family would be carted away for questioning if of course the police aren't operating a shoot on sight policy!
seriously that happened?? good story!
2006-08-25 07:48:27 · answer #9 · answered by tjstarbe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judging by the reactions on the news, she would probably be shot.
2006-08-25 07:49:05 · answer #10 · answered by paul m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋