Vibrator shuts down Australian airport

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Posted: 10/4/2004 10:45:00 AM EDT

Vibrator shuts down Australian airport

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BRISBANE, Australia, (AFP) - Hundreds of airline passengers suffered disruption to their travel plans when a major regional airport was shut down for an hour after a humming and vibrating adult sex toy was mistaken for a bomb.

The vibrator was discovered at 9:15 am (2315 GMT Sunday) by a security officer who checked out a suspicious package inside a rubbish bin at the terminal cafeteria of Mackay Airport in the northeastern state of Queensland, a police spokeswoman said.

The terminal was evacuated immediately while passengers who had just arrived from a flight, check-in staff, cafeteria employees and hire car personnel were all forced to leave.

Cafeteria manager Lynne Bryant said her staff had been cleaning tables when they noticed a strange humming noise coming from the rubbish bin.

"It was rather disconcerting when the rubbish bin started humming furiously," she said.

"We called security and next minute everybody was being evacuated while they checked it out."

The police spokeswoman said another two flights were expected to land at that stage and alternate arrangements were made for the passengers to collect their luggage away from the terminal.

She said the emergency situation was revoked just before 10:00 am when the package was identified as "an adult novelty device".

Bryant said at the time of the upheaval the airport had been quite busy with two main flights due in and out of the airport - wreaking havoc with people's schedules.

She said in retrospect the humming sounded exactly like a vibrator - but it was better to be safe then sorry.

"You can't afford to take chances," she added.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&u=/afp/australia_air_vibrator&printer=1

Went back 6 pages, didn't see a dupe...

Posted: 10/4/2004 10:46:40 AM EDT

[#1]

"She said in retrospect the humming sounded exactly like a vibrator - but it was better to be safe then sorry."

Things that make you go hmm?

Posted: 10/4/2004 10:47:11 AM EDT

[#2]

Or "bzzzzzzzzz......"

Quoted:
Things that make you go hmm?

Posted: 10/4/2004 10:49:14 AM EDT

[#3]

Posted: 10/4/2004 10:51:55 AM EDT

[#4]

maybe you can afford to take chances.

lady bombs go BOOM

not buzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Posted: 10/4/2004 10:56:10 AM EDT

[#5]

What did the bomb sniffing dog think??

Posted: 10/4/2004 10:56:36 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
She said in retrospect the humming sounded exactly like "my vibrator at home" - but it was better to be safe then sorry.

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:01:46 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
What did the bomb sniffing dog think??

That he was going to get a tuna flavored puppy treat.

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:02:11 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
What did the bomb sniffing dog think??

They shoulda brought in a tuna sniffing cat.

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:03:41 AM EDT

[#9]

The screener should have asked her to prove it worked like the cell phones.

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:08:08 AM EDT

[#10]

Sounds like they were gettin' some bad vibes,huh?

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:08:21 AM EDT

[#11]

Did they use the indefinite article when referring to it, e.g. "a vibrator" as opposed to the possessive "your vibrator" when confronting the owner of the suitcase?

Most of the time it's an electric razor, but 1 out of 100 times it's a vibrator.

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:09:35 AM EDT

[#12]

Do most bombs buzz?

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:16:53 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
The police spokeswoman....
She said in retrospect the humming sounded exactly like a vibrator - but it was better to be safe then sorry.

Voice of experience?

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:21:40 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
maybe you can afford to take chances.

lady bombs go BOOM

not buzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Except "buzz bombs", of course.

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:22:14 AM EDT

[#15]

Posted: 10/4/2004 11:22:57 AM EDT

[#16]

The security guy at the airport in Fight Club was right, the buzzing in someones suitcase could be a dildo!

Posted: 10/4/2004 1:55:58 PM EDT

[#17]

To have it heard humming at that time in a busy airport....it had to of been a "TECHNO RABBIT" Model #143!

Posted: 10/4/2004 2:41:25 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
To have it heard humming at that time in a busy airport....it had to of been a "TECHNO RABBIT" Model #143!

Posted: 10/4/2004 2:45:40 PM EDT

[#19]

Note to self:

Don't let Wife take "TECHNO RABBIT" Model #143 to airport.

Posted: 10/4/2004 2:52:58 PM EDT

[#20]

[LarrytheCableguy] That's some funny shit right there! [/LarrytheCableguy]

Posted: 10/4/2004 3:01:37 PM EDT

[#21]

The obvious solution:
ban all vibrators at airports

Posted: 10/4/2004 3:04:25 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Did they use the indefinite article when referring to it, e.g. "a vibrator" as opposed to the possessive "your vibrator" when confronting the owner of the suitcase?

Most of the time it's an electric razor, but 1 out of 100 times it's a vibrator.

Damnit you beat me to it!

Posted: 10/4/2004 4:39:17 PM EDT

[#23]

143...

That's the model that moans in French?

Posted: 10/4/2004 4:45:16 PM EDT

[#24]

It's embarrassing to have something in your luggage vibrate. No it was not a dildo but my Ultrasonic Toothbrush got activated by accident. The luggage dude looked at me kinda weird

Posted: 10/4/2004 4:58:36 PM EDT

[#25]

was it pre ban or post? did it have a pistol grip? did it have a spare battery well?
did it have a stock that could be extended? what about the muff suppressor ?
oh god, contact Sarah Brady see if she can disarm it

Posted: 10/4/2004 5:03:13 PM EDT

[#26]

I always remove the batteries from my vibrators while traveling.

Posted: 10/4/2004 5:05:08 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Did they use the indefinite article when referring to it, e.g. "a vibrator" as opposed to the possessive "your vibrator" when confronting the owner of the suitcase?

Most of the time it's an electric razor, but 1 out of 100 times it's a vibrator.

Haha, I just watched that movie.

Posted: 10/4/2004 5:49:56 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
Sounds like they were gettin' some bad vibes,huh?

must have been bad to have thrown it away...

Posted: 10/4/2004 5:55:29 PM EDT

[#29]

I swear that the same thing happened to my wife and I on the way back from our honeymoon last year. We were in the Cayman Islands in the airport and we had our bags on a table for them to search. The guy was talking to my wife and I wasn't paying attention then I saw her make a "B" line for the restroom. I was standing there thinking "what is going on" when the guy checking our baggage goes "Sir, can you tell me what is in your bags making that sound?".

As soon as I listened, I knew exactly what it was. I had to pull it out in front of a line of people (family of 5 right in line behind us). and take the batteries out.

I was so embarassed and I was a little upset that my wife took off leaving me there to deal with it.

We laugh about it now.

Posted: 10/4/2004 5:58:55 PM EDT

[#30]

The humiliation...

I bet when they discovered it, every guy in the airport popped one.

Posted: 10/4/2004 6:00:04 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
I was standing there thinking "what is going on" when the guy checking our baggage goes "Sir, can you tell me what is in your bags making that sound?".

I had to pull it out in front of a line of people (family of 5 right in line behind us). and take the batteries out.