�a4���AIs this CNN or the Onion�a4���� The question has become something of a cliche over the past nine years or so. Every time a terrorist invents a new way to try to bring down a plane, you can guarantee that either the American or British government will enact a piece of bizarre knee jerk legislation to firmly lock the stable door after the terror-horse has bolted.

Box cutter hijackers No airside butter knives!

Shoe bomber Passengers must remove shoes before boarding!

Underwear bomber Genital scanning for all!

And so when I heard that a Somali al-Qaedan had planted a cellphone bomb inside a printer cartridge on a cargo plane, I knew it was only a matter of time until&8230'.

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�a4���ABritain is cracking down on security in the wake of the cargo plane terror plot by banning printer cartridges in hand luggage�a4����

Are you freaking kidding me Printer cartridges

I feel like Tom Lehrer after Kissinger won the Nobel peace prize. I literally don�a4���a4�t know how to parody this' it simply defies comical exaggeration. Here, for the benefit of travelers, is a full list of things which are now banned on transatlantic flights&8230'

Finally I feel safe.

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