The National's Matt Berninger Accidentally Causes Airport Evacuation

"Publicity stunt"! "Mongo"! ALL CAPS FOR NO REASON! I applaud everyone here for a) bothering to get so worked up over the story of a simple, kind of funny mistake and b) proudly announcing their ignorance of just about everything while being furious at something that affected them in no way. Congrats to all!
Oh, and "The Nationals"' latest album debuted at Number Three, Einsteins. But don't worry about it: it's probably not for you, because it requires some actual attention, and you haven't listened to that Ke$ha album in, what, an hour? Best get back to it. Plus, someone else you've never heard of has probably made an innocent mistake you can criticize as a "publicity stunt"! Get to work, Internet! Stupid dismissive remarks aren't going to make themselves!

Can always buy another one and have it sent via the mail (as long as that doesn't shut down UPS).

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Alianna, You said, "He didn't make a big deal about it". That is the problem. Have you already forgotten about all the people who died in airplanes on 9/11? Have you been so out of the loop that you don't know that with all the regulations that have been passed to keep airplanes, their passengers and airports safe? Do you REALLY think that the people inspecting the baggage just thought "what the...."? Would you have wanted to be on an airplane with employees who would just say, "Well, maybe it's a Japanese cookoo clock just made to look like a bomb? It could have been a tragedy. It's truly sad that some folks want to just brush off events instead of making people pay for their "naive" judgements.

So, he bought a gag gift - he didn't put it in his carry-on, he put it in his suitcase and it got all the way from wherever he started out to Hawaii. It wasn't drugs, it wasn't explosive, he just probably got randomly searched and they went WTF???? Could happen to anyone - I have had that little note in my suitcase more than once that says security checked out my bag. Yeah, he was a little naive, but please, he didn't make a big deal of it, someone else thought it made a good story!

The Nationals? Is that like the baseball team that doesn't really have a name- so, they just call 'em the Nats. LOL

Mongo make stupid. Mongo big dork. Mongo named Matt.

Just another publicity stunt.

Every airline sends a list with every ticket they sell letting you know what you can and can not take on an airplane in your checked and your carry-on luggage. They even tell you how to pack certain things and where to place them in your luggage so things like this don't happen. If he had just taken the time to read the material that was sent with his ticket he wouldn't have waisted everyones time and money that day. 5 minutes of reading can go a long way in saving 100's of thousand of dollars and thousands of people time and frustration. Next time you fly, please be considerate of your fellow passengers and be a well educated and prepared traveler.

who is stupid enough to buy a clock that looks like a bomb and pack it in his suitcase? what a complete *.

The "singer" is a moron, but now he is famous. I used to fly.
BHMc