Last night about 1am, I stuffed most of the small bits and bobs into my Billingham camera bag along with the Nikons, lenses etc.....left this morning for Pisa airport in a mad hurry ......and never thought that the Billingham’s contents would cause a furore at the scanner as i tried to board the plane.
Eventually after the bag was disected, almost pulled apart by the over zealous security on it’s first scan, i realised what the were looking for !!
I asked the girl who was rummaging all through the pockets, compartments and padded areas......’momento.....scuse...." then lifted out the pair of furry black handcuffs that were inside an inside pocket.
She said I couldn’t board the plane with them.....they were dangerous !!!????

Eh....am I missing something here??
....How are a pair of ’fun S&M’ handcuffs dangerous in a plane of 200 people!.....what exactly could I do? They are totally useless for anything other than a bit of fun....and the furry black padding? well they're not exactly Federal issue !!

...anyway....

I eventually gave in and gave them to her saying.....’’ok.....I give in....you keep the f****g handcuffs and have somefun tonight with your man when you get home !"