Timeline for Can I have a watermelon in hand luggage?
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| Jun 21, 2022 at 10:58 | comment | added | klaus triendl | 6 years later my question is: did you try it and what was your experience? See also @roman-bodnarchuk's answer. | |
| Jun 11, 2016 at 4:18 | comment | added | Caesar | Don't take your watermelon to Israel. youtube.com/watch?v=DP4xS_7wLyM | |
| Jun 8, 2016 at 18:47 | answer | added | Roman Bodnarchuk | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 7, 2016 at 2:27 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/740007197032251392 | ||
| Jun 6, 2016 at 18:43 | comment | added | phoog | @PLL that's what I normally do, but some airports have over-chlorinated water that is not very tasty, and others have an utter lack of fountains. I've never tried the coffee shop approach. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 17:58 | comment | added | njzk2 | @ИвоНедев I was once refused a camembert cheese because the custom agent classified it as liquid (but the hard cheese I had too was accepted, of course). What classifies and what does not is decided by the agent. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 17:39 | comment | added | PLL | @phoog: if what you want is liquid on the plane, then there’s a much simpler way: take an empty water-bottle through security, and fill it up airside (at drinking-fountains, or at a friendly coffee-shop, or in the worst case from the taps in the washrooms). I’ve done this many times in North America and Europe, and a few times elsewhere, and never had trouble. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 16:18 | comment | added | FreeMan | There doesn't seem to be much of a consensus here. If you decide to try it, please stop back by and let us know how it goes! | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 15:10 | comment | added | Zenadix | You may also wonder if you can fly with a gold bar, a bulletproof vest, or a deactivated bazooka. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 13:28 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | @user568458 Watermelons sold in Central Europe are generally tasteless when compared to regions like Israel. Not sure what the situation in the UK is. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 12:38 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @ИвоНедев Water can't be classified as a liquid? | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 11:09 | comment | added | Joseph | Perhaps if you're Leo Anthony Gallagher, Jr. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 9:31 | comment | added | Иво Недев | @user568458 By the way, you can take up to a 6cm knife with you on board. I've been able to travel around the EU and the Swiss with one, that is more than enough to cut trough the melon to cut the skin, so if I really really wanted to, technically I could do it. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 9:27 | comment | added | Иво Недев | @user568458 I'm visiting my parents in Germany, and its quite popular to eat watermelon during the summer where I'm from (Bulgaria) So I want to surprise my parents with a nice melon to enjoy on our short vacation. Apparently the melons they have access to are tasteless, and I know for a fact that that I have access to are really nice. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 9:22 | comment | added | Joel Damien | I actually chuckled heartily when I read this question on the homepage. I just imagine OP rushing out of security, opening a briefcase, and slurping a crushed watermelon with great enthusiasm. Thanks for the laugh, OP. @phoog, I've never paid for water (or alcohol) on a flight... | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 8:49 | vote | accept | Иво Недев | ||
| Jun 6, 2016 at 3:48 | comment | added | phoog | @user568458 I don't know why Иво Недев wants to do it, but if I were doing it it might be an effort to get a large amount of liquid past security so I don't have to spend $10 on water while waiting for the plane. | |
| Jun 6, 2016 at 1:43 | answer | added | user13044 | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 22:51 | comment | added | user56reinstatemonica8 | Sorry but the curiosity is too much - Why do you want to take a whole watermelon on a plane? You won't be able to slice it with the flimsy plastic knives on a plane, and you can buy watermelons in Germany... | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 22:11 | answer | added | WBT | timeline score: 32 | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 20:24 | comment | added | Berwyn | I don't think it is not allowed, however I would take a whole watermelon rather than a half. It's easier to tamper with half a watermelon and it might be rejected due to that. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 18:54 | answer | added | user4188 | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 18:38 | comment | added | Иво Недев | @Blaszard It does, but surely one can argue it can't be classified as a liquid. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 18:34 | comment | added | Blaszard | It is interesting. But a watermelon has far more water content than 10 sandwiches, maybe exceeding 100ml. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 18:30 | history | edited | Zach Lipton |
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| Jun 5, 2016 at 18:26 | history | asked | Иво Недев | CC BY-SA 3.0 |