Transformers t-shirt threat

[Agent]

Oh noes! Optimus Prime on a plane!

Heathrow T5 security tackles Transformers t-shirt threat | The Register

[TAKTAK]

how, what, why?

[Sk!mD4Rk]

A security threat?, an imaginary robot holding an imaginary gun?
Just.. speechless... Utter madness

[MadduckUK]

he should have taped some tinfoil and circuits to his clothes like that ******* yank a while back

[Lee H]

Yeap... it's Paranoia gone mad.

I've read about the woman who was asked to remove her jewellery because she had a gun shaped necklace around her neck and now we have t-shirts that cannot be worn due to a fake robot with a big gun.

Do they expect us all to react to this 'shirt' by going " OMG - I see a gun, I want to run around a plane and blow all the heathens out of the sky".

To be honest I'm more disheartened that someone has to think this low and decide what people can and cannot see on a plane as it might make them nervous.

What's next to ban? I reckon they'll ban Action films on long haul flights incase all the explosions make me want to go to the toilet and mix hydrogen peroxide and a few other choice chemicals

[directhex]

A security threat?, an imaginary robot holding an imaginary gun?
Just.. speechless... Utter madness

a PICTURE of an imaginary robot holding an imaginary gun

[MadduckUK]

rather than the real imaginary robot holding said imaginary gun?

[directhex]

rather than the real imaginary robot holding said imaginary gun

right.

[shadowmaster]

I heard about this on news yesterday, its ridiculous but it was funny though.

What would they do if you had a tatoo?

[MadduckUK]

right.

now, if that had turned up i dont think they would have had a problem, probably a lot of ooh's and aaah's and legroom arguments

[Agent]

I wonder if I'd get stopped if I went in my 1UP T-shirt, on the basis that I may have mushroom based drugs on me?

[Stringent]

Thats funny, but stupid.

[staffsMike]

I wonder if I'd get stopped if I went in my 1UP T-shirt, on the basis that I may have mushroom based drugs on me?

Probably get yourself a body cavity search for that.

This is insane, its a cartoon..

"I am not a terrorist bomber

FCUK OFF!"

(as in french connection..not trying to beat the swear word filter )

[Main]

...and my faith in humanity moves down a peg.

[IBM]

It's not suprising when you hear about one officious twit demanding something like this, but when he's backed up by his supervisor, it's got to mean they've got something on their employment policy.....

Question 1. Any previous criminal convictions?
Question 2. Do you hold a full driving licence?
Question 3. Are you a complete gimp?

[Agent]

What actually happened:

T5 Transformers t-shirt bust: Shock snap | The Register