allot to German news site Nachrichten , a rider at the Linz airport place off alarms when his grip full of Baron Verulam was slip for a turkey . The story was translated with Google , so it ’s high on hilarity and low on falsifiable item . Apparently when take to identify the suspicious cloth in his luggage , the passenger replied , “ There is fat inside . ” This explanation understandably fail to relieve worry and the passenger was forced to remove the offending pork barrel products from his suitcase . Evidently , bacon has a like “ nuclear density ” to certain type of bomb calorimeter . The other point accompany the Viscount St. Albans were weird enough to warrant an investigation anyway : He also had a hotel - quality galvanizing shoeshiner and a bundle of some sort of electronic doll with wire and batteries . It seems that he was concerned that the bacon actually might have been a bomb plant by his alienated married woman , who packed it for him , but finally it was determined to be a safe , if eccentric , item for carry - on . No word on whether the new “ checkpoint favorable ” base are bacon - compatible . [ Boing Boing ]
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