File under: Weird and funny at the same time

Go read this story about a man from Iraq who set off metal detectors at LAX, because he had a magnet inserted in his rectum.

Now, never mind what he was doing with a magnet in his derrière, all I could think about was - wouldn't that magnet have attracted the security wand the security staff uses to scan you towards his butt in some mysterious invisible butt-smacking action? In other words - would having a magnet in your bum frame the security staff into looking like they were paddling the guy with the wand? It's like an episode out of Mr Bean.

[shrugs shoulders]