Sharp objects, firearms, ammunition and axes are just a few of the things you can’t take on airplanes in your carry-on bags or on your person.

For a list of other items, including cattle prods, saws and dynamite, consult the Transportation Security Administration’s “What Can I Bring? list.

The list is long. But there’s a common sense reason for most of the prohibited items.

Still, not everyone has common sense. Nor is everyone honest. As we learn from TSA’s annual Top Ten list of ‘catches’ which includes pot hidden in a jar of peanut butter, firearms hidden inside inside everything from a teapot to a stroller, plus live snakes in someone’s pants.

Below the video of TSA’s Best Catches for 2024, you’ll find the list from a few previous years, including our favorites from TSA’s original social media guru, Blogger Bob Burns. We still miss him and his weekly, very scary, report of the number of firearms found at airport checkpoints.