It's a Dangerous World

Via Tom Palmer, a genuine CNN headline:

Dangerous objects still allowed on planes
Corkscrews, walking canes potentially lethal weapons
Thursday, January 15, 2004

"Michael Boyd, an airline industry analyst with the Boyd Group in Evergreen, Colorado, said nearly anything from shoelaces to hangers could be dangerous."

I already bought "scanner-friendly shoes" to keep TSA folks at bay! Should I now splurge on shoelace-less ones?!