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Kelly Vinnicombe bought a candy-filled Bugs Bunny water pistol in an airport gift shop.


Kelly Vinnicombe bought a candy-filled Bugs Bunny bunny

delivers chocolates, etc., to children. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 487]

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 water pistol in an airport gift shop. But when the 6-year-old and her family tried to board a flight from Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994.  to London, security stopped them and told them they'd have to register the toy as a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. . After questioning the family for an hour, officials tagged the water pistol and stored it in a separate part of the plane.
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Title Annotation:Brickbats
Author:Oliver, Charles
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Date:Nov 1, 2006
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