Transformers Gun T-Shirt

Recently at London’s Heathrow airport, security thought there was “more than meets the eye” regarding a harmless Transformers t-shirt worn by a would-be passenger. Because the overly-cautious security personel didn’t like the idea of a cartoon character with a gun on his shirt, they wouldn’t let him board the plane!

BBC News reports:

“He says, ‘we won’t be able to let you through because your T-shirt has got a gun on it’,” Mr Jayakody said. Mr Jayakody said he had to strip and change his T-shirt there before he was allowed to board his flight. “I was just looking for someone with a bit of common sense,” he said. It’s a cartoon robot what threat is it to security or offensive to anyone at all.”

Another great example of how smart some security guards can be at the airport - and I have met many in my time. I was initially refused entry to the gates at the airport because the B-wing fighter that I purchased while in Paris "looked like a weapon".....
I pulled the 4 inch tall pilot out of the B-wing cockpit and showed it to the guards but they insisted that it was a lethal weapon...
Have you met ridiculous security folk at the airport?