Reply #39: an interesting theory [View All]

[iverglas]

but no.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2173150.stm

A doll caused a security alert at an American airport because its two-inch plastic gun was considered a dangerous weapon.

Judy Powell, 55, from Walton on the Hill, Surrey, bought the GI Joe toy in Las Vegas and packed it in her hand luggage.

But security staff at Los Angeles International Airport refused to let Mrs Powell on board the plane with the replica rifle.

Mrs Powell had to put the gift - minus the rifle - in her suitcase so it could go in the aircraft's hold.

... "If GI Joe was carrying a replica then it had to be taken from him."

A grandmother, or anybody, who buys one of those things for a child needs psychotherapy.