Geologist and his rock deemed a threat. Rock confiscated for the safety of all. Robert M. Thorson, a professor of geology at the University of Connecticut, hassled for his favorite rock writes,

I suppose I could have put the grapefruit-sized specimen inside my sock, swung it around my head like a mace, charged the cabin and attempted to hijack the flight…Perhaps your tax dollars will be used by an internal think tank of agency hire-ups to ponder why on earth a geologist would travel with a rock. Who knows?(No Stone Unturned)

Scary rocks!

Photographic proof of the Gneissian Threat

I for one feel safer knowing that the bureaucracy works tirelessly to protect me from dual-use items such as chunks of gneiss. Thanks, TSA, that was a close one!

via Boing Boing