The Cellar - View Single Post - 3/15/2003: Airport security's taken items

chrisinhouston · 03-17-2003, 04:32 PM

When I was 17 or 18 I worked a maintenance job at a hotel that had a polo theme for one of the bars. They were remodeling and I asked for the 4 polo mallets on the wall.

I had a cousin I was visiting for the summer in Minnesota who lived on a farm and had some horses so I thought that it would be funny to give her the polo mallets.

So when I checked my luggage at the Northwest Airlines counter they told me to take the clubs on the plane. But the security folks had other ideas. "Take them back" I was told as they could be used as a weapon to take over the plane. As I recall the clubs were about 5 feet long. I don't know if you could actually swing one on a plane let alone hit what you were aiming for.

03-17-2003, 04:32 PM	#9
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	When I was 17 or 18 I worked a maintenance job at a hotel that had a polo theme for one of the bars. They were remodeling and I asked for the 4 polo mallets on the wall. I had a cousin I was visiting for the summer in Minnesota who lived on a farm and had some horses so I thought that it would be funny to give her the polo mallets. So when I checked my luggage at the Northwest Airlines counter they told me to take the clubs on the plane. But the security folks had other ideas. "Take them back" I was told as they could be used as a weapon to take over the plane. As I recall the clubs were about 5 feet long. I don't know if you could actually swing one on a plane let alone hit what you were aiming for.