# This fruitcake will self destuct in 10 seconds. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 25, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638 "2004-11-25T15:41:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/1 "2004-11-25T15:41:32Z")
From the [TSA](http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=183&content=09000519800e12f4) Important Public Service Announcement: > [@](#): > > Do not pack heavy food items in your checked luggage. Foods such as fruitcake may cause the airport screening machines to alarm, thus slowing down the security process. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/2 "2004-11-25T15:59:39Z")
So they’re wise to the old ‘file in a cake’ trick? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/3 "2004-11-25T16:10:23Z")
Is that a Yule log in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/4 "2004-11-25T16:16:02Z")
Yeah, in case anyone’s wondering, I suspect the highly organinc nature of a fruitcake and it’s density will probably trip the explosives detectors. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/5 "2004-11-25T17:28:49Z")
> [@trupa](#): > > highly organinc nature of a fruitcake Like, we eat things that aren’t organic? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/6 "2004-11-25T17:29:52Z")
> [@trupa](#): > > Yeah, in case anyone’s wondering, I suspect the highly organinc nature of a fruitcake and it’s density will probably trip the explosives detectors. Fruitcakes are organic? Are you sure? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/7 "2004-11-25T17:40:18Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Fruitcakes are organic? Are you sure? If you make them right, they’re positively orgasmic 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/8 "2004-11-25T17:50:20Z")
S’funny - over the course of the years, I’ve worked with a couple of fruitcakes who were prone to exploding. Don’t think I was tempted to pack any of them, though… ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-fruitcake-will-self-destuct-in-10-seconds/276638/9 "2004-11-25T18:48:35Z")
Now I’m going to have to mail the fruitcake my folks made. I _was_ going to take it back to school in my luggage. Yes, I like fruitcake, but it’s got to be the good stuff (made w/lots of booze).