Klingons flying through US airports take note – the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will make you check your traditional weapons including bat’leths.
PROVERB:
“LeghlaHchu’be’chugh mIn lo’laHbe’ taj jej.”(“A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye.”)
Klingon Honor Guard manual, pg 47
– Angry Nerd WIRED (@AngryNerdWIRED) October 13, 2014
While not officially found on the TSA’s prohibited items list, a smaller version of the double-grip fictional megaweapon was removed from a carry-on bag at Puerto Rico’s main international airport last year, as revealed by a TSA blog post this week.
The agency said 2015 was a busy year after screening more than 700 million passengers, about two million per day, and 1.6 billion carry-on bags.
While this was the only Klingon weapon confiscated last year, a similar bat’leth was discovered at New York’s LaGuardia airport in 2012.
Among the other notable baggage discoveries last year were live dogs, a knife disguised as a miniature Eiffel Tower, and an alarming amount of throwing blades, including another fictional weapon – Batman’s ‘batarang’ version of a boomerang.
Bat’leths and Klingons have long captured the imagination of Star Trek fans.
This blacksmith/TV host got to make the authentic weapon on his show.
“Star Trek” is known for its epic battle scenes, but the original series also had its less-epic, more-ridiculous fights as well.
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Via RT.