unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I was in a wing of a building where I had to go thru a metal detector. It was a federal office and they said no guns, knives, weapons of any kind. The woman behind me had a knife in her purse. She asked what she should do with it. The guard said she could throw it out (he pointed to nearby garbage can) or take it back to her car. She left but was back in a few minutes. Given the location of the wing, there was no way she could have left the building, let alone got to her car. So I'm wondering what she did with the knife? I'm thinking she might have hid it in a bathroom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I can’t believe you didn’t follow her. What kind of lousy amateur detective are you, anyway? ;) I’ll bet you’re right that she hid it in the bathroom — where else could she have put it, right? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasc Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Hid it behind a shrub? Who knows?!! That’s weird to not just walk it back to the car. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 She probably hid it. At our courthouse the deputies let you leave it with them. Admittedly it’s a pretty small town and a bit shocking they have metal detectors at all. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Buried it in a potted plant? Wrapped it in a bloody towel and slipped it into someone's open briefcase? Stashed it in the ventilation system? Sorry, too many crime shows... DH brought a steak knife to work in his lunchbox one day without thinking. Security told him he had to take it back to the car, and then he had to eat his chunk of leftover steak like a caveman. Oops. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Now I’m sitting here thinking about where she hid it. And I don’t even know what the building looks like, so I’m grasping at straws trying to figure it out. I really need to get a life. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Buried it in a potted plant? Wrapped it in a bloody towel and slipped it into someone's open briefcase? Stashed it in the ventilation system? Sorry, too many crime shows... DH brought a steak knife to work in his lunchbox one day without thinking. Security told him he had to take it back to the car, and then he had to eat his chunk of leftover steak like a caveman. Oops. I vote for the bloody towel! :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Believe me...my DD and I would have LOVED to have followed her. DD's nickname is Nancy Drew. BUT... DD's boots had already set off the metal detector and I was mortified by everything in my pockets (I had to completely empty them). I have 4 HUGE pockets in my winter coat. I can fit enough stuff in there as I could in a decent sized purse. The guard asked about one thing, "what is this?" Me: "Part of my windshield wiper." Yeah...we didn't want to go thru search/the metal detector again. Edited January 25, 2018 by unsinkable 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 When ds was 14 we were going to a concert at Universal Studios. He had a pocket knife, horrors. haha We buried it and dug it up after the concert. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Now I’m sitting here thinking about where she hid it. And I don’t even know what the building looks like, so I’m grasping at straws trying to figure it out. I really need to get a life. Re the bolded, as the kids say these days: Same. :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 :lol: If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times. The windshield wipers stay on the car when you park it. You’re not supposed to take them off and carry them around. Sometimes I think you will never learn. Also, your new nickname at the federal building is “that crazy windshield wiper woman.†13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Believe me...my DD and I would have LOVED to have followed her. DD's nickname is Nancy Drew. BUT... DD's boots had already set off the metal detector and I was mortified by everything in my pockets (I had to completely empty them). I have 4 HUGE pockets in my winter coat. I can fit enough stuff in there as I could in a decent sized purse. The guard asked about one thing, "what is this?" Me: "Part of my windshield wiper." Yeah...we didn't want to go thru search/the metal detector again. I am laughing so hard at the windshield wiper. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsam Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Happened to my Fil at the Capitol one year. It was a good pocketknife (his words) so he buries it under a bush and dug it up afterwards!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 This thread is fun. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 :lol: If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times. The windshield wipers stay on the car when you park it. You’re not supposed to take them off and carry them around. Sometimes I think you will never learn. Also, your new nickname at the federal building is “that crazy windshield wiper woman.†I am laughing so hard at the windshield wiper. It wasn't the WHOLE windshield wiper*. It was the Clippy-Ma-Jig that holds the Swishy-Swiper to Mr. Arm. *although, maybe that can be an anti-theft technique. Remove your windshield wipers and take them with you when you leave your car. The potential thief would think twice about taking the car with no windshield wipers! If he noticed they were gone. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 It wasn't the WHOLE windshield wiper*. It was the Clippy-Ma-Jig that holds the Swishy-Swiper to Mr. Arm. *although, maybe that can be an anti-theft technique. Remove your windshield wipers and take them with you when you leave your car. The potential thief would think twice about taking the car with no windshield wipers! If he noticed they were gone. I assume that’s the story you’ll be sticking to? ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Back of the toilet. Like in The Godfather. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My dad left his knife on the window sill in SFO (it was pretty high up). He got it on his return trip... Emily 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My dad left his knife on the window sill in SFO (it was pretty high up). He got it on his return trip... Emily That’s so cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I'm pretty sure the windshield wiper part was the topic of discussion at the dinner table of the security guy tonight. Hey, babe, you'll never believe what some lady had in her pocket today. Who carries part of a windshield wiper in their pocket?? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I assume that’s the story you’ll be sticking to? ;) If you see a woman in a big black coat who can't bend her arms... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I'm pretty sure the windshield wiper part was the topic of discussion at the dinner table of the security guy tonight. Hey, babe, you'll never believe what some lady had in her pocket today. Who carries part of a windshield wiper in their pocket?? Me! I shoved it in my pocket when I changed the wipers, then I realized it was fun to slid the piece back and forth bc it make a nice clicky sound. And I didn't want to throw it out. I told DH the story and he made me give him it to him to throw away. :-( 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Nobody else is going to ask why she had part of her windshield wiper in her pocket?! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Lol, you just posted! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Me! I shoved it in my pocket when I changed the wipers, then I realized it was fun to slid the piece back and forth bc it make a nice clicky sound. And I didn't want to throw it out. I told DH the story and he made me give him it to him to throw away. :-( Oh the clicky sound makes all the difference. Dh runs a test lab for switches- mostly military applications- and I LOVE to click those switches! If I had these as a kid I probably would have been less of a pain to the teachers. It's so calming. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 A while back when I had to go to the social security office, and indadvertently had a small scissors in my backpack, I hid it in the landscaping right outside the door. I had taken the train, so didn't have a car to leave it in. It was still there when I went back for it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 A while back when I had to go to the social security office, and indadvertently had a small scissors in my backpack, I hid it in the landscaping right outside the door. I had taken the train, so didn't have a car to leave it in. It was still there when I went back for it. That's what DD and I said! What if she/you took public transport or walked? What do you do with your knife? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Oh the clicky sound makes all the difference. Dh runs a test lab for switches- mostly military applications- and I LOVE to click those switches! If I had these as a kid I probably would have been less of a pain to the teachers. It's so calming. We could probably put Fidget Spinner companies out of business if we collected all the Clicky-Ma-Jigs that people simply throw out (like my DH!) when they change their windshield wipers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My dh just asked me why I laughed out loud. Wipers. Lol My daughter just asked me the same thing. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Maybe she knew someone on another wing and had them hold it for her? (at our courthouse in my home town they would hold it for you. I had to do that once with a pocket knife that was on my keychain) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Am I the only one who is imagining every bush in front of the building is now full of knives and the whole grounds are dug up regularly by people hiding and retrieving their knives? Edited January 25, 2018 by Melissa in Australia 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreen Claire Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My oldest had an interview a while back and forgot he had his pocketknife with him until he saw the 'no weapons' sign. He tucked it in between the cushions of the couch he was waiting on and grabbed it again in his way out. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 We used to borrow my dad’s coat when we were in high school. He always had lip gloss and tampons in his coat pockets. Not that he had to bury them in potted plants when he went to the Capitol to testify before Congress, although he did have to explain to security that he hadn’t worn a suit that morning and his suit that he bought at Garfinkles that morning was hemmed with pins. That happened more than once. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Am I the only one who is imagining every bush in fornt of the building is now full of knives and the whole grounds are fug up regularly by people hiding and retrieving their knives? LOL, no, you're not! I've also been wondering how many people hide them and forget them in the bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Am I the only one who is imagining every bush in fornt of the building is now full of knives and the whole grounds are fug up regularly by people hiding and retrieving their knives? I am, too! I might start digging around outside court houses if I’m ever I need of a pocket knife. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 :lol: If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times. The windshield wipers stay on the car when you park it. You’re not supposed to take them off and carry them around. Sometimes I think you will never learn. Also, your new nickname at the federal building is “that crazy windshield wiper woman.†You are rather hysterical tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Me! I shoved it in my pocket when I changed the wipers, then I realized it was fun to slid the piece back and forth bc it make a nice clicky sound. And I didn't want to throw it out. I told DH the story and he made me give him it to him to throw away. :-( Go get it back out of the trash! You can hide it in the bathroom or bury it in the yard! We could probably put Fidget Spinner companies out of business if we collected all the Clicky-Ma-Jigs that people simply throw out (like my DH!) when they change their windshield wipers. Now I want a Clicky-Ma-Jig. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 We were recently at a minor league hockey game. At the entrance gate, they were scanning people using handheld wands. Dh and I walked alllll the way back to the car so he could put away his weapon, which had been strapped to his ankle. We got back to the gate. The guard scanned dh ONLY from his waist up, and he let me go through without scanning me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Am I the only one who is imagining every bush in fornt of the building is now full of knives and the whole grounds are fug up regularly by people hiding and retrieving their knives? Who knew burying knives was so common? Are you guys also carrying small shovels around? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Go get it back out of the trash! You can hide it in the bathroom or bury it in the yard! Now I want a Clicky-Ma-Jig. Are you due for new wipers? :D (Don't think it didn't cross my mind about getting my Clicky-Ma-Jig back! DH mentioned recycling it since it is all plastic but we have an enormous recycling tote . It probably fell the very bottom bc it is so small.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I usually stick my pocket knife in an outside plant tub when I go into Boston city hall, where I have no car. Security used to hold it for you but they won't any more. (My own town hall wouldn't think twice about a pocket knife.) I've only lost one knife that way. I left my phone in a plant tub once when I had to go into a court house. There wasn't time to go back to my car with it. Burying it is a good idea. I hadn't thought of that. My husband gave his to a grandfather going the other way to give to his grandson, when he forgot and tried to get on a plane with it. I'll have to tell him about the window sill. That's a good idea, too. Nan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Unsinkable, my husband is more understanding about clicky things. He gave me a tiny container for a pocket fiddle that has ridges along the corners to hold the lid down at various levels. It makes a very satisfying series of clicks when you push or pull the lid. : ) Nan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My daughter just asked me the same thing. :) My dh did, too. Had to read him the thread out loud. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Dh runs a test lab for switches Dude, that's a JOB?? I know the mental image I have of your dh running around clicking switches like mad all day isn't correct, but I'm going to pretend that it is. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I am, too! I might start digging around outside court houses if I’m ever I need of a pocket knife. sounds like a good place to swipe with a metal detector 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Ugh, I have forgotten multiple times about security at government buildings. Once I traveled to DC for a very important meeting with the IRS and an international client. Everything was going great until I realized I needed my driver's license to get into the IRS building. I had left it somewhere because I wasn't driving that day. :P If that happened to me, most likely I would be in too much of a hurry to walk back to my car, so I would hide the knife somewhere. As long as it's on that side of the security barrier, I'm allowed to have it, right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 One problem with having an older favorite 2-piece suit - my favorite has metal buttons. It has made for some interesting moments when traveling with male colleagues. :/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I thought this thread was going to speculate why she had a knife at all. I was going to guess to cut a dessert. But then I got darker thoughts and just hope she wasn't a danger to anyone. I'm like hmm what kind of knife? And I'm glad I got to the thread after we found out why OP had a wiper part. Made me laugh out loud. Lots of people carry utility knives with them. My husband once mailed a knife back home when we were getting on a plane and he realized he had his in his pocket. Fortunately there was a post office right there and he had time to stuff the thing in a jiffy bag and get it mailed. This is one of the best threads ever! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Lots of people carry utility knives with them. My husband once mailed a knife back home when we were getting on a plane and he realized he had his in his pocket. Fortunately there was a post office right there and he had time to stuff the thing in a jiffy bag and get it mailed. This is one of the best threads ever! At any time, my boys are each carrying between 0-3 knives, each. It's very convenient. I carry a Swiss Army knife in my purse that my dad brought me from Switzerland in 1985. However, I have 0 windshield wiper parts. :Lol: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 My dad left his knife on the window sill in SFO (it was pretty high up). He got it on his return trip... Emily This is what a friend did (on top of a door frame in the airport)--he went to Japan for a week, & it was there when he got back. ;-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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