Common sense suggests that anything that in any way looks like it might be sharp and/or pointed and/or resemble a gun will terrify airport security, no matter its actual nature, size, scale vs. the actual object, or practical threat potential to human beings or the structure of the aircraft. They will probably confiscate your NRA-issue cufflinks that have tiny silver pistols on them. (At first glance it seems that one of the confiscated objects is a cardboard cutout of a semiautomatic pistol but that’s hopefully just because they didn’t want to hang the actual pistol on the tree. OTOH, I wouldn’t be surprised if the cardboard cutout is the actual confiscated object, you never can tell.)
Also, how is the flight attendant to tell that the object you’re poking them in the ribs from behind with is actually a banana? Nah, all of that nasty contraband must be taken away from you.
