“I don’t care how fucking runny it is. Fetch hither le fromage de la Belle France!”
AFP New EU carry-on rules keep exploding camembert off planes:
Such were the instructions being given to passengers leaving France Monday as new EU-wide restrictions on liquids and soft products came into effect to prevent terrorists smuggling explosives on planes.
According to detailed advice given by the Aeroports de Paris managing company that runs the capital’s airports, some of France’s most favoured comestibles have fallen foul of the new rules.
“As a general rule, any malleable product is forbidden,” it said on its website.
You can turn just about anything into a Monty Python sketch, if you just try a little. Like a lot that’s happened in the past five years, this would almost be funny if it wasn’t so stupid and disturbing.