Bad news for travelers who use lighters to light up smokes!!!!

[scooby_doo_m2002]

http://www.insightbb.com/story.aspx?...c.xml&top=NEWS

[pachitom]

They will never get my Pachislo lighter that I received today in the mail.... Its great....

[johntofva]

Ahhhh.......I had always thought they were banned. Don't they fall under the ruling about flamables.

[d mowery]

Never fear - The Shadow can take all your new lighters just send them to me and I will send you a beautiful certifacats for a box of matches and you can use the certificate at any place US money is acepted - so pack um up and keep out of trouble , PS they will be very safe with the Shadow
Don

[logicprobe]

So that dork Richard Reid is the reason we have to leave our lighters at home, as well as take off our shoes at a security checkpoint.

All because he tried to light his sneakers on fire... with matches.

And matches are OK to take on a plane... because he might have succeeded if he tried his stunt with a lighter, but didn't succeed with matches.

Some things are just hard to figure out when it comes to the government. :confused:

[slotter]

The government said they couldn't find matches in the suitcases or on a person so no sense banning them. HELLO!??? Instead, they banned lighters, since they CAN find lighters when going through security. DUH!

[d mowery]

Is that ALL lighters or just Butane ones as I think also that Butane wa supposed to be banned all along , WOW that streched my 2 brain cells to the max
Don