Airport security stop Scottish man for explosives, turns out to be haggis, totally miss dagger
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 01/25/2014 07:44 AM
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A Scottish man traveling to visit a friend in Ireland was stopped by airport security after they noted a suspicious lump of grayish matter in his carry-on bag. They immediately suspected that it could be some type of explosive.
Ian Blake, a well known writer in his hometown of Iverness, Scotland was taken aside so that the security staff could further inspect the item - which turned out to be a MacSween’s of Edinburgh haggis, much to the embarrassment of the crack security team.
Mr. Blake explained "Then they took out the haggis and started examining it. I don’t think it was the plastic wrapping that was suspect, I think it was the actual consistency or denseness of our national dish."
"Maybe they thought I was disguising plastic explosive as a haggis?"
Once they were satisfied that the Haggis was only dangerous upon consumption, Mr. Blake was allowed to continue on to his gate.
Mr. Blake tells the Scotsman, "the ironic thing was I was also carrying my sgian dubh (a traditional single edged dagger worn in the sock). It was inside a pair of shoes in my bag. I thought the scanner might pick up the metal on the sgian-dubh but it didn't. It was just the haggis that they thought might be dangerous."
I have had the opportunity to eat this traditional dish on multiple occasions while I lived in Aberdeen, Scotland - and can assure you the only explosion resulting from haggis comes after eating....
Ian Blake, a well known writer in his hometown of Iverness, Scotland was taken aside so that the security staff could further inspect the item - which turned out to be a MacSween’s of Edinburgh haggis, much to the embarrassment of the crack security team.Mr. Blake explained "Then they took out the haggis and started examining it. I don’t think it was the plastic wrapping that was suspect, I think it was the actual consistency or denseness of our national dish."
"Maybe they thought I was disguising plastic explosive as a haggis?"
Once they were satisfied that the Haggis was only dangerous upon consumption, Mr. Blake was allowed to continue on to his gate.Mr. Blake tells the Scotsman, "the ironic thing was I was also carrying my sgian dubh (a traditional single edged dagger worn in the sock). It was inside a pair of shoes in my bag. I thought the scanner might pick up the metal on the sgian-dubh but it didn't. It was just the haggis that they thought might be dangerous."
I have had the opportunity to eat this traditional dish on multiple occasions while I lived in Aberdeen, Scotland - and can assure you the only explosion resulting from haggis comes after eating....
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