My mom is a malpractice attorney and I remember that at one of the law firms she worked at they had framed pictures of x-rays showing all the stuff left inside people.
In a related story, I remember reading about some Italian guy who never could understand why his hip hurt after his car accident several years earlier. Turned out the force of the impact drove the coins in his pocket into his hip and he never knew.
Airport security is outrageous. I have a trip coming up and all my expensive bondage toys wont be allowed in carry-on. Grrr.
Luggage does get lost or damaged sometimes, but I think your toys will probably be okay. Watch out for signs of use, though—who knows what goes on down there in the baggage area?
I'm already checking $1500 of guns, armor and ammo through. I'd rather take the toys with me since they are rather personal and I'd hate to see anything happen to them. Plus, quality leathergear is not cheap!
I suppose it depends on the mix in your toy bag. One of my running jokes with elflet is "silk scarves don't show up on the metal detector". (The leather/rivets cock ring I was wearing as a bracelet got me wanded, but that was okay. After I got past security with it, I handed it off to him to wear. :-)
OTOH, I declined to bring my athame, Splendor, on that trip to Boston, precisely because it's too precious to risk losing in checked baggage. Some toys are just toys, but the ones that have names aren't easily replaced, Visa card or no Visa card.
Well, that's why I chose to wear it through myself -- if they got snippy, it would be easy enough to remove from my wrist.
(There was the time, years ago, that I went through the OKC airport wearing my leather vest under my shirt, and that set off *all* the metal detectors.)
I just had this image flash through my head: Air Marshal Dominatrix Program
Yep, she shows up in leather and razor stilleto boots with a ton of weapons/toys of mass destruction, and brings terrorists to their knees. Kneel before me, bitch! I'll show you what you can do with that C-4! And more creative ways to use that plastic spork!
That is majorly fucked up. Wow. I can't imagine the discomfort this guy musta gone through. Sex must have been a bizarre experience, if he was having any at all.
I'm kinda surprised at the $97 K settlement. I would have thought he would have been awarded a larger sum.
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In a related story, I remember reading about some Italian guy who never could understand why his hip hurt after his car accident several years earlier. Turned out the force of the impact drove the coins in his pocket into his hip and he never knew.
Airport security is outrageous. I have a trip coming up and all my expensive bondage toys wont be allowed in carry-on. Grrr.
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Luggage does get lost or damaged sometimes, but I think your toys will probably be okay. Watch out for signs of use, though—who knows what goes on down there in the baggage area?
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Why won't they allow it as carry-on? I would think that at least some of it would be not all that "weaponlike".
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OTOH, I declined to bring my athame, Splendor, on that trip to Boston, precisely because it's too precious to risk losing in checked baggage. Some toys are just toys, but the ones that have names aren't easily replaced, Visa card or no Visa card.
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(There was the time, years ago, that I went through the OKC airport wearing my leather vest under my shirt, and that set off *all* the metal detectors.)
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Yep, she shows up in leather and razor stilleto boots with a ton of weapons/toys of mass destruction, and brings terrorists to their knees. Kneel before me, bitch! I'll show you what you can do with that C-4! And more creative ways to use that plastic spork!
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I'm kinda surprised at the $97 K settlement. I would have thought he would have been awarded a larger sum.