Suitcase Stickers Poke Fun at Security

(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - If you thought making a joke about a shoe bomb was a sure way to get yourself in trouble on an airplane, try this one.

A novelty store in Vancouver, Canada, has a trick to get you – or at least your luggage – noticed by airport security. Looking for a way to liven up the mind-numbing wait for luggage at the crowded carousel, Ryan McCormick and Colin Hart, co-owners of The Cheeky novelty shop, developed stickers designed to look like ripped open bags containing any number of illegal, or at least ill-advised, airplane contraband , AOL News reports.

Retailing for $25 an image, these stickers let out your inner criminal, or maybe just your pent up sense of humor. The come with the following warning:

"Take a stand against monotonous travel with Suitcase Stickers. Designed to stick to anything, they will draw attention to your bag making it easily identifiable and sure to make you some new friends. Caution: Some of these stickers may cause offense to airport and immigration staff. But you would have figured that out whilst enjoying those cavity searches."

Always wanted to be Scarface? Your formerly boring piece of Samsonite can now be made-over to look like the bag of a cartel kingpin , revealing a cache of cocaine inside. Prefer kidnapping instead? One model sports a stewardess bound and gagged, writes blogger Dave Ibsen.

But the duo doesn’t actually recommend that you use them for travel . “I’m sure there would be some horrific horror stories,” Hart said. 

In a post-9/11 world, where 100 percent of the cargo on 96 percent of flights originating in the United States is now screened, chances are he’s right.

As of yet, no one has called to complain about being singled out by airport security over their dressed-up luggage, but they wouldn’t get any sympathy from McCormick and Hart, even if they did. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, McCormick says, "We're really trying to get as many cavity searches (as possible at airports) around the world."

Adds Hart: "It's like go ahead, try it if you want , but you're probably going to get a rubber glove up your bum."