[ornornor]

I had cheese confiscated in Brussels “because we can’t tell the difference with C4 on the machine”

I suspect they just fancied a nice lunch.

Meanwhile I’ve flown a few times with a forgotten pocket knife in my carry on and more than 100mL of water. Nobody died and the plane landed safely at destination.

[BenoitP]

Now that's understandable. A lot of explosives are organic compounds (as in organic chemistry), just like food. And chocolate will have better energy density than most of them (not having to bring the oxydizer)

[ornornor]

We’ll never know. It also clearly smelled like cheese. Anyway, I avoid flying as much as I can because it’s an exercise in frustration.

[markus92]

That's not just Brussels, cheese really does show up as C4 on the x-rays!

[marcosdumay]

How nitrogen-rich is that cheese?

[ChoGGi]

Did you lick the cheese?

[ornornor]

I should have. Or maybe that's what they wanted!

[mrguyorama]

Once they have given you a reason something needs to be confiscated, there is 0 chance of you changing their mind with any logic, because they would rather look like an idiot than be wrong, because the TSA is a playground for low intelligence authoritarian types.