# Good thing I wasn't planning on going to the airport anytime soon...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 30, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thing-i-wasnt-planning-on-going-to-the-airport-anytime-soon/565804 "2010-12-30T06:34:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thing-i-wasnt-planning-on-going-to-the-airport-anytime-soon/565804/1 "2010-12-30T06:34:05Z")

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I was about to use one of those chemical cold-packs for a sore foot, and, instead of activation, I get covered with a fine mist of ammonium nitrate and water.

Bomb-sniffing dogs in UTAH just woke up. Argh.

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**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thing-i-wasnt-planning-on-going-to-the-airport-anytime-soon/565804/2 "2010-12-30T06:54:48Z")

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Good thing it didn’t have diesel fuel in it.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thing-i-wasnt-planning-on-going-to-the-airport-anytime-soon/565804/3 "2010-12-30T08:23:54Z")

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Sometimes, I wish they came with a gallon of kerosene and a book of matches.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-thing-i-wasnt-planning-on-going-to-the-airport-anytime-soon/565804/4 "2010-12-30T13:21:24Z")

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> [@Darth\_Nader](#):
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> I was about to use one of those chemical cold-packs for a sore foot, and, instead of activation, I get covered with a fine mist of ammonium nitrate and water.
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> Bomb-sniffing dogs in UTAH just woke up. Argh.

But did it help the foot? We might have a new treatment plan! I see web pages..books..infomercials..$$$$ 🆒

-D/a