I don't know HJ. It is difficult to believe that anyone, including this 16 year-old, cannot be aware that the world of air travel has changed after 11/9/01.
If it really was his first trip away, then I would have thought that he would have been slightly cautious of doing anything that might be "wrong". Joking to people in authority is usually done by people who are over-confident .
Next time your car is stopped by the police, why not tell them that there is a body in the boot, that you have just left the pub, and ask them if they would like to sample the powder you have in a little bag. How they will laugh!
Last edited by newswatcher; 14th Mar 2003 at 13:19.