Grenade Giveaway

Various civilian and military government agencies exhibited at a public-service event on the Washington Mall this past week. Some of the free souvenirs on offer were a little unusual, as one giddy blogger reported:

The best and most alarming freebie was the Army's squeezable hand grenade, illustrated above. When I saw the tempting display at the Army booth, I said "Ooh! Grenades!" and asked nicely for one. The soldier eyed me uncertainly, and said "It's for stress reduction". Oh, right — as if a grenade has to be squeezable for stress reduction purposes! The grenades proved to be very popular souvenirs, and I wondered briefly what the TSA chaps at the airport would do when tourists started turning up at the airport with grenades in their luggage.

Comments

[Martin Owens]

What will TSA do? Probably let 'em through without a blink, especially if something homicidal is scrawled in Arabic on the outside.

But woe betide the next grandma with extra large knitting needles, or whose hand lotion is 3.25 ounces instead of a straight 3 .....

[fish]

Just tell the TSA that they're limes....you should sail right through.