Items banned by the Eurovision Song Contest

Or hedge-clippers…

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Scissors? Knitting needles?

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no making scarves to get through the boring parts.

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Still more permissive than TSA.

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Oh good, there won’t be a problem when I show up with a long-bow, bastard sword, halberd, and Bohemian earspoon, as long as I remember to leave my pocket-knife at home.

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Perhaps a slight encumbrance penalty, but some people’s D&D characters seem to manage.

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Can I bring my lovely horse? with his fetlocks blowing in the.wind?

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When I saw Obama at SXSW all that was banned was like… guns, knives. That kinda thing. Totally had an umbrella, laser pointer and other random shit in my backpack, no one cared.

Does Eurovision need to be more secure than a presidential speech?

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Damn you’re good. First thing I thought of when I read the article was “gotta find an image of a Beagle Bros disk sleeve”…

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Also, the list maintains grammatical parallelism (every item is a description of something which is banned) until the second-to-last entry, “All liquids must be stored in containers of less than 100 ml”, which should really be “Liquid in excess of 100ml per container”.

Hmm - it’s all caps though, so it technically says 100 megaliters…

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That’s what the walking sticks are for.



http://shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=922

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“Lost in translation” issue, probably.

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On a similar line, what on earth is a “very light” and why can’t I bring mine in?

I like that drugs sit between “cups & mugs” and “food”. There’s a little window into the designers train of thought there.

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A flare gun. Makes sense to ban them, I must admit.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/very_light

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Call me old-fashioned, but this looks like neither a stick nor a pole to me…:flushed:

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And why is “selfie stick” singular? Is it an uncountable noun in some European language?

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Down with this sort of thing!

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THIS IS EUROVISION!!!

It is the continuation of politics by other means.

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Only if it is a certified guide horse.

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