Tell everyone a story that almost caused havoc!

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I once went to Milan by plane to spend a weekend there. I don’t need a suitcase full of clothes for two days, so I only had hand luggage.
In Milan I bought a gorgeous corkscrew but then realised that there was a knife attached to it so I couldn’t take it with me on the plane back home.
I actually considered putting the corkscrew in my boot but in the end I didn’t do that.
Lucky me!
I had buckles on my boots that weren’t in any way suspicious at my airport at home but totally were in Milan! Two officers took me to a room where they had a special gear for inspecting shoes. I also had to take them off for them to have a look inside.
Holy cow, if I had been so stupid to really put the corkscrew in my boot, I don’t want to know what would have happened.

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