Nitroglyce-what-now?
I was planning to use this space for wailing and gnashing teeth over the FUBAR state of the airports in London right now and the fact that I’ll be trying to get onto a plane from Gatwick on Saturday morning, then continue with some snarky predictions about how the whole situation would be handled by airport staff (who, let’s face it, are malicious sub-human troglodytes at the best of times.)
This guy beat me to the punch though:
“Because the plot involved taking liquid explosives aboard planes in carry-ons, passengers at all U.S. and British airports, and those boarding U.S.-bound flights at other international airports, are banned from taking any liquids onto planes.”
Sir, I’m going to have to take this bottle of water away from you since it might be a liquid explosive, and I’m going to have to mix it with all of these other bottles of possibly liquid explosive, and I’m going to have to dump them all in this trash can… together. Nevermind that the plot specifically mentions mixing chemicals and/or nitroglycerin… which explodes if handled too roughly.
Also, via bOINGbOING, have a picture of a lady pouring her ‘dangerous’ bottle of liquid into a giant tub full of many, many other ‘dangerous’ liquids.
