Name That List #3

Jenny submitted a "name that list" challenge. So here goes. What is this a list of?

Plastic fake swords, golf clubs, a hammer, cordless drill, kitchen knives stolen from restaurants, a bowling pin, a chain saw, circular saws, ninja swords, nunchucks, mini Louisville Slugger bats, machetes, a deer-hunting kit, fuzzy handcuffs, crutches, ulus (round Eskimo chopping blades), a Sit'n Putt (a short-handled putter designed to be used while you're on the potty), piñata sticks, and 25 lbs of Swiss Army knives.

The answer is in the comments.

Answer: items confiscated by TSA at airport security checkpoints that are now being put up for sale at state surplus property agencies.

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Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 15, 2008
Category: Quizzes | Name That List

Comments

I'm curious why the Sit n Put was confiscated. What trouble could you POSSIBLY cause on an airplane with that?

Posted by Ryan in Philly on 10/15/08 at 02:06 PM

I was going to say: things that could be, but shouldn't be, used to pleasure a woman.

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 10/15/08 at 02:18 PM

Obviously Ryan, it's a security risk. You could club someone with the putter.

http://www.stupid.com/fun/PPUT.html

Posted by Madd Maxx on 10/15/08 at 02:21 PM

Sarah Palin's storage shed!
(you know, since we didn't get her in on the footy pajamas)

Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 10/15/08 at 03:36 PM

Years ago (long before 9/11) I learned that you cannot even carry on an unstrung recurve bow (archery bow), even if you have no bowstring or arrows with you. But the guy in front of you can carry on his 3 1/2 foot long massive umbrella with a pointy steel ferrule.

Posted by BikerPuppy on 10/15/08 at 03:40 PM

That's a good point, Big Gary, I didn't think of that. I guess the TSA actually HAS done something right!

Posted by Ryan in Philly on 10/15/08 at 04:18 PM

BikerPuppy-- After 9/11, while working at Ottawa International, a captain with whome I worked had his lapel pin confiscated by security. A lapel pin. The captain.

Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 10/15/08 at 04:56 PM

You can't have fuzzy handcuffs on a plane now? Wonder what that's doing to the mile-high club members...

Posted by jswolf19 in Japan on 10/16/08 at 06:40 AM

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