mechanical toy "break wind" dog triggers airport bomb alert

[papau]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/3213403.stm

Bomb alert over 'break-wind' dog
The mechanical toy dog sparked an airport security alert

A novelty toy dog which breaks wind sparked a major security alert at an American airport. Page designer Dave Rogerson's life-size mechanical terrier set off a security detector at Norfolk Airport in Virginia. Armed security staff were alerted when the toy's wind-breaking mechanism registered as a high explosive on sensitive monitoring equipment. Mr Rogerson, 31, from Thorner, Leeds, was questioned by FBI agents and looked on in amazement as they took a series of swabs from the mechanical toy's rear end.<snip>

[Feanorcurufinwe]

1. Why use a mechanical dog for this when the real kind do it so well?

[papau]

2. Good Question ....... :-)

:-)

[Mikimouse]

3. Old dog farts could be classed as WMDs

My father's aging Lab can clear an entire large room in under 20 seconds! Now, if we could only put that in a spray can, we would never need mace or pepper spray again.:silly: