[Sca-cooks] Fruitcakes are dangerous was original fruitcakes

[Sue Clemenger]

*snort*
I brought an entire suitcase of books, judicially padded with laundry,
back from Europe with me last year, and no one so much as blinked. 
Risked putting their backs out lifting it, yes, though! <g>
--maire

Johnna Holloway wrote:
> 
> This just in from the FAA-- (made ABC News this am)
> 
> Do not pack food or beverages in checked baggage.
> Due to their organic contents, foods like cheese, chocolate,
> or fruitcake can be mistaken by bomb detection machines for explosives.
> 
> There you have it---  fruitcakes can show up as bombs.
> 
> But then so are books--
> 
> Do not stack books, spread them out.
> Bomb detectors can't scan books that are clumped together.
> 
> Johnnae llyn Lewis
> 
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