Tasked with searching for file pictures of Thanksgiving travel, I encountered this picture of items confiscated from travelers at Newark. This assortment reminds me of a scene in the movie "Airplane!" in which people line up to pummel a panicking passenger, and they're carrying a succession of ridiculous weapons.

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Items ranging from bottles of wine and water to knives, swords and replica guns that were confiscated from airline passengers are displayed on a table at Newark Liberty International Airport on Nov. 15, 2007.