OK, so I’m on my way to Melbourne to attend some spiffy training.

On walking through the security gates, I was selected as a random patch test. I’m not sure how random this event is, because I get caught every single time. Must be my troublesome nature preceding me.

Anyway, this time was a little different. While my stuff was being dabbed with a magic wand, the security alarms went off behind me. I was immediately thinking “I wasn’t... I didn’t...” (part of the troublesome nature I mentioned before), but the lady security guard who was attending to me said, “That guys has just been nabbed for an explosive material”.

A number of other security personnel started paying particular attention to bloke who was nabbed.

It couldn’t possibly be my flight. I mean really, what are the chances?

Life is never boring.

Interestingly I’m writing this blog entry from the domestic Qantas departure lounge in Brisbane.

Update:
I’ve finally made it to my hotel in Melbourne. I was delayed by about an hour. The reason: three people managed to get through the security without being scanned. I only found out the reason for the security breach on the late news here in Melbourne.

Could they have been a decoy for the bloke earlier? ...well we can’t live in fear can we? And it would have made for a more interesting flight than it actually was.

Update:
Just to ensure you the “random” patch test is indeed NOT random for me, I was “selected” once again for a “random” patch test on my way from Melbourne to Brisbane. Once again my troublesome nature is preceding me.