I once watched a woman smuggle a full bottle of Irish whiskey through security by claiming it was “holy water from Lourdes.” The guard, a man with the patience of a saint, actually asked her to “recite a prayer over it.” She did—a prayer to the god of “going out with a bang.” The whiskey got through. Morale: confidence and a straight face are 50% of the battle. But if you try that with a liter of motor oil, you’ll be ejected.
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Another traveler brought a five-liter box of wine on board, hidden under a coat. The X-ray technician literally laughed out loud. They didn’t confiscate it—they just said, “Nice try, but you’ll have to drink that in one sitting, because we don’t have a fridge.” He did. He slept the whole way to Brussels.
