This Just Smells Bad

Charles Oliver | 8.18.2015 6:00 AM

(Toys R us)

Security officers at Ireland's Dublin International Airport seized a toddler's Minions Fart Blaster toy gun. Airport officials say firearms and firearm replicas are barred from commercial flights.

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Fist of Etiquette 10 years ago

The airport will return the toy to Fitzpatrick upon their return to Ireland from the United Kingdom.

There was a time when Irishmen would willingly die to send farts the English crown's way.
LarryA 10 years ago

"But Fart Blaster guns are made of plastic!!! They're undetectable by scanners!!!"
Peter Duncan 10 years ago

I Fart Blast in your general direction!!
Edzhead 10 years ago

With today's 3-D printed guns, who's to know what's inside anything, and this thing has a trigger. It does sound silly and is quite improbable but I'm surprised it hasn't been used in a movie yet.

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