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Full disclosure: My 3-year-old wants a Minion's Fart Gun badly and like the hypocrite I am I cannot allow the gun aspect or the nonstop farting sound into my home.
Despicable Me was a huge hit. They've made a sequel and a spin-off Minions film was just released this summer. This is the "Fart Gun" that all children who see this movie want.
You press the button and it makes comical fart noises. Watching a toddler press the button over and over and over and over ... again is funny, then amusing, then annoying, and then hilarious again. It's the kind of present that friends and family give your child and you are both excited for your child (every kid wants a Fart Gun—every single one) and are profoundly furious at the gift-giver since they aren't going to have to listen to and negotiate with a drunken monkey child that won't eat their dinner because they alternately cry and make Fart Gun noises.
Well, you know who doesn't find this funny? Dublin Airport!
A family in Dublin has discovered the harsh reality of airport security restrictions after their toddler’s Minions toy was confiscated for posing a ‘threat’.
The toddler had a Minions Fart Gun taken off them at Dublin Airport on Saturday because toy guns – especially those with a trigger mechanism – are on the prohibited items list.
Dublin Airport responded to inquiries:
A spokesperson for Dublin Airport explained why the toy had been taken away from the child: “Toy guns and replica guns are on the prohibited items list and we urge people to check this before they travel.
“We don’t make the rules but we apply the rules consistently; anything that is a replica gun with a trigger mechanism on it is listed as a prohibited item.”
Toddlers everywhere are shaking their fists at airport security.