In the army to simulate chemical agent tests coming up during training we'd often use Windex. I'd be surprised if sniffers today were not sometimes fooled by everyday chemicals.

I just got back from my trip. :) I'm glad I don't travel much either!

Have fun on your trip Shrug. I'm glad I don't travel much.

My mom is a retired school teacher who lives with my dad who's a banker in FL. They thought they found explosives residue on her, and she had to have a little more intensive search through her stuff. Nothing came of it; they quickly worked out it was a false positive. It's absurd b/c neither of my parents have ever worked around chemicals of any sort and live very ordinary lives in FL.

I travel international sometimes, sometimes after having worked with chemicals and with a checked bag full of electronic parts, and I have never had to do the additional screening. It must be just luck.

I'm not really surprised. It's all an illusion.

Are you as amazed as I am? Safety safety safety.... what b.s.

And I didn't even do it on purpose.... IDIOTS!

Bingo... the tsa thugs stole a bottle of hand soap out of one of my suitcases, fished through another suitcase looking for something suspicious, I figured it was the smoked salmon I had frozen and wrapped in the inside flat, but no, it turned out to be some Mackinac fudge (all the time reminding me I'm not allowed to touch my bags while they search them ... as if I made a move to do so and as if the bags didn't belong to ME!) and then announcing "ugh, that fudge gets us every time"... but apparently the water doesn't get them everytime. I had forgotten it was in my tote..an half full (half empty?) open bottle of water.. gasp!!! I felt so safe after being searched by icky characters with a blue shirt and a badge. WHAT A WASTE OF RESOURCES! Also, we were herded through the 'expedited' security line, where we had the constant reminder being announced that we got to keep our shoes on (imagine how special I felt!), and they were doing random hand swabs to check for....? They also swabbed the inside of one of my suitcases they opened too... what did they just swipe inside MY suitcase?? I mentioned "Hmmm this does NOT feel like freedom" a few times while getting herded, and I think I mooed twice. Stand by for a fun return home flight story... people FREAK me out!

Airplane and water bottle. Only an adept international spy could have smuggled that on board.

Very nice postit placement LS.
On a plane, with magazines referencing the military, a few air sick bags? and a bottle of WalMart water. I think the postit is very appropriate since you obviously got a bottle of WalMart water through TSA, aka Thousands Standing Around. Of course unless there is now a WalMart in an airline terminal?

On a plane. I thought you weren't allowed bottled water.