For years, the joke has been the stern-faced, by-the-book security guard scrutinizing a teddy bear “as if there’s really going to be something dangerous inside an innocent child’s innocent toy!”
And this is a two-fer: the bear was “given” to the kid by a stranger! “Who’s going to give me a dangerous object just before I get on the plane? Huh? Ha!”
What parent in their right mind allows a child to accept a gift from a stranger? And how many times do you hear over the loud speaker at an airport 'Do not leave your bags unattended and do not accept packages from people you don’t know?"
From the same article
Do they mean the man and the leg?
. . . And He’s PISSED.
No; the leg was allowed to continue it’s journey alone. The funny thing was that it never really really wanted the man to accompany it on vacation in the first place.
Irwin Mainway would be proud.
The article said the kid was given the bear two days before they left, so it wasn’t a random event that happened at the airport (like going to the bathroom and letting strange men reading Communist propaganda watch your bags). It could have been from a fare type setting, or part of the hotel “customer gift basket” or something like that. And it’s quite possible the parents were present when the child was given the bear, and it wasn’t just a “dark car pulls up to child on the street” scenario. Apparently, the parents didn’t seem to mind because the child didn’t seem in danger from a stalker, but that’s all the more reason to be concerned.
How much does one of those guns weigh? It seems the extra weight would be obvious, but maybe it’s a very light gun? Still seems it would be obvious.