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Man's BLT Sandwich Sets Off Airport Bomb Detector

When Flying, Leave the BLT Home
We all know there's no such thing as a free meal, but these days even an included meal on a flight is hard to come by. If you're not willing to cough up a couple of bucks for a box of individually packaged semi-edibles, you're going to go hungry on that coast-to-coast flight. So, more and more people are packing meals, and if you're one of those frugal brown baggers, keep this in mind: Leave the BLT at home, lest you be forced to eat it in a bomb-proof room.

One German man was attempting to get through security for a flight when his suitcase set off the bomb detector alarm. He was a bit nervous as his wife had packed his lunch and apparently they'd had a bit of a spat before he left, so he wasn't sure just what was actually in the lunch bag. As it turns out, it was just a bacon sandwich, and bacon apparently has the same density as common explosives, setting off the alarm and causing all sorts of commotion.

So, while bacon may be the ultimate sandwich topping, it's not a particularly good travel companion -- not just because of what it does to your arteries. [From: Boing Boing Gadgets]

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