When airlines insist you need to check in all weapons, they're not just talking about knives and other garden-variety nasties. Nunchakus are also frowned upon, as one Chinese man found out recently.

He was carrying a pair of the traditional kung-fu weapons in his handbag, but was forced to check them in before boarding a flight from the Guangzhou Baiyun international airport in Guangdong's capital.

It's a strange thing to stash in your man bag, but the passenger had a completely reasonable explanation. He's simply a big fan of Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou. He bought the nunchakus in an effort to get his kung-fu skills up the standard of his idol.

As the weapons were confiscated, I guess he'll never get to find out whether he could have become the next kung-fu master. But something tells me they're not the kind of items a rank amateur should play with anyway!

[Source: China Daily]
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