# Body images on office copiers give way to airport security full body scans-Woo Hoo! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-images-on-office-copiers-give-way-to-airport-security-full-body-scans-woo-hoo/230976 "2004-02-24T20:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-images-on-office-copiers-give-way-to-airport-security-full-body-scans-woo-hoo/230976/1 "2004-02-24T20:48:54Z")
You’ve got to love [the imagination of people](http://www.9news.com/storyfull.aspx?storyid=24705&1). It never takes long before someone figures out how to do something the inventor never thought of, along with an amusing result. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-images-on-office-copiers-give-way-to-airport-security-full-body-scans-woo-hoo/230976/2 "2004-02-24T20:54:01Z")
Reminds me of my girlfriend, putting her violin through the x-ray at a small underused airport, muttering ‘wonder what it looks like?’ - the security guy says ‘well, it looks like a violin, come round and have a look if you want’, and we stand there for 5 minutes watching other peoples stuff getting examined. And yes, this was post 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-images-on-office-copiers-give-way-to-airport-security-full-body-scans-woo-hoo/230976/3 "2004-02-24T21:10:50Z")
Man, I always miss out on all the fun. I’ve never gotten to see what my brain looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-images-on-office-copiers-give-way-to-airport-security-full-body-scans-woo-hoo/230976/4 "2004-02-24T21:17:15Z")
So, is it wrong to take my Christmas presents to the airport and use the machine to find out what I’m getting? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-images-on-office-copiers-give-way-to-airport-security-full-body-scans-woo-hoo/230976/5 "2004-02-25T02:55:59Z")
A few years ago, I was getting something of the top of a bookcase. I had recently gotten a new dining room set. My old chairs were covered in fabric. The new ones are wood. Thus, socks no longer provided enough traction when standing on a chair. When I started falling, I managed to twist and hop to the floor landing on my feet instead of my face. However, I whacked my right foot into one of the chair’s arms with a great deal of force. I knew immediately my over 20 year streak of unbroken bones was over. I decided to get an x-ray to be sure it wasn’t serious. I also brought along a wooden puzzle I’d had for over a decade. Neither I or anybody I’d shown it to, had any clue how to take it apar. Weaker, less patient folks had begged for permission to cut through a dowel and discover the secret. But now, if only I could convince the technician to x-ray the puzzle, I would finally know. How to convince them? What would I say? What would it cost? I asked politely and the technician x-rayed the puzzle-from two angles, at no charge. Unfortunately, the x-ray was no help at all. A few months later, I was attempting to solve the puzzle using an old theory. The thing came apart in my hands. Now that I know what to look for, the x-ray clearly shows how to solve the puzzle. So far though, none of my friends has managed to solve it.