New prohibited thing: string

broin

I went through security in Dublin Airport recently and a lovely man took me aside. He had a root through my hand luggage and eventually settled on a roll of electrical tape and a handful of string, which he confiscated. (I am one of those people who carries a LOT of emergency kit - ex theatre techie). I was told that tape and string weren't allowed on board. Obviously, I asked if I'd heard him correctly, and the lovely man confirmed I indeed had.

Now, I can't see anything here about string, so I assume the lovely man was just trying it on.

kaki

String, really? Mad, I wonder if it was because you had electrical tape as well...otherwise, by the same logic they could start confiscating ties, shoelaces, dental floss...

Well, anything can be ussed as a weapon and all that....

Kotek Besar

..another case of Dublin airport security staff making the rules up as they go along.

gandalf

broin wrote: »

I went through security in Dublin Airport recently and a lovely man took me aside. He had a root through my hand luggage and eventually settled on a roll of electrical tape and a handful of string, which he confiscated. (I am one of those people who carries a LOT of emergency kit - ex theatre techie). I was told that tape and string weren't allowed on board. Obviously, I asked if I'd heard him correctly, and the lovely man confirmed I indeed had.

Now, I can't see anything here about string, so I assume the lovely man was just trying it on.

Unless you have a dodgy mullet and look like Richard Dean Anderson I can't understand why he confiscated those items. I don't remember seeing them on any lists of prohibited items?

broin

Well, obviously this made me want to make an entire jumper out of string, so I could unravel it onboard and declare 'Ha-HA!'

chelseavera

Strange one this - but does anyone out there know if I can carry on a pot of home-made jam? Odd I know - but would like to bring some to family in uk.

andyeire

chelseavera wrote: »

Strange one this - but does anyone out there know if I can carry on a pot of home-made jam? Odd I know - but would like to bring some to family in uk.

P
I would say no jar would be over 100 ml. Contents would be liquid. And the glass would be a weapon. You would have to check it in luggage.

Improbable

They should just eliminate carry on luggage and be done with it. Would be much simpler. Just restrict it to people with medical needs or something.