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Haha, no. Can you imgaine the scene if I were to walk through security, get passed, then in front of all the security staff, and passengers, pull a bomb like device out of my bag and start laughing?

Pretty much yes. Just make sure it's large and jagged

No. I can't imagine I, or the person searching me would enjoy that.

All the items are reused too, so the other assessors wouldn't be too impressed either I imagine.

I'm not sure if I would do the job in the US. Having recently flown over here, and made the trip in and out about 10 times, people are a lot more serious and thorough.

Sometimes you can tell that the officer is panicking, like when they are patting you down after setting off the detector, and they find a big knife in your sock. Every item I take through is plastered with security IDs, so once they see the item, they calm down. That few seconds is priceless though. I've never been treated poorly by anyone who has found stuff on my person or bag.

The people manning the loading trays however, they can very often be pricks to everyone (understandable at times, when you realise how clueless most people are about air travel)

I've read there was a very distinctive smell of decomposing bodies around concentration camps, and that it would travel as far as nearby towns, compromising the locals ability to claim they knew nothing about what was going on. How far out did your grandfather notice the smell?