An example of not thinking on one’s feet

The open paragraph really says it all.

CHICAGO - Cook County prosecutors say a 29-year-old man traveling with his mother desperately didn't want her to know he'd packed a sexual aid for their trip to Turkey. So he told security it was a bomb, officials said.

A bomb? Are you kidding me? In an airport, tell them that it is anything but a bomb. Someone this dim-witted should be charged with disorderly conduct for leaving the house…