This oughta be interesting.

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Stick of Dynamite Found Aboard Plane By KRISTEN HAYS AP Business Writer HOUSTON — A stick of dynamite was found in a college student's checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight from Argentina, authorities said, in one of six security incidents Friday affecting U.S. flights. Federal authorities were investigating why the student, who got off the Continental plane in Houston before it continued to Newark, N.J., had the explosive, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said. She said the student did not appear to be connected to terrorism. Houston Fire Department Assistant Chief Omero Longoria said the man told authorities he works in mining and often handles explosives. Longoria said federal officials were investigating whether the explanation was true. ___ August 25, 2006 - 6:03 p.m. Copyright 2006, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

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I remember a few years ago, we had a guy who jumped back through security and ran from airport security. Turns out he had left his camera on board or something like that. He was a fairly local fellow too. They shut down the entire airport while this guy just went lollygagging around the airport. In the end I think all charges were dropped, though he might've paid a big fine.

Funnier story--A year ago I was flying to London with my wife to go to a wedding. We flew through the night so that we could sleep on the flight and wake up the next morning in London. When arrived in London we exited the plane in Gatwick and went through customs as you normally would. It wasn't until we were about to purchase our Tube tickets that we realized we had left our "hanging bag" hanging next to the cockpit of the plane we had already gotten off of. This was not a good thing. My suit was in that bag. My wife's brand new dress was in there. I didn't come to London to blow my wad buying doubly expensive European formal wear. Fuck. Panic. How long ago did we get off of that plane?

Fortunately, I am a little more rational than the first guy was. At least I was at that time. Even with the wife in an angry panic behind me, I didn't try to run through Customs in reverse. I found the first Delta flight agent I could find and begged for assistance. They were all to eager to help out, managed to contact the plane/flight attendants who confirmed that they had found my bag. They even flagged down a courtesy cart and drove it down to me at the customs desk.

Why am I telling these stories? Lol. It's Friday night and I am officially on vacation. Woohoo! Get your drink on. Fuck yeah.