BECAUSE TO SECURITY PEOPLE, CARTOON CHARACTERS ARE REAL:

A man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, said he was “stumped” at the objection to his Transformers T-shirt.

Mr Jayakody said he had to change before boarding as security officers objected to the gun, held by the cartoon character.

At least in Britain, apparently. Jeez.

UPDATE: A reader emails: “Sounds like a hoax to me. Let’s not dilute real security beclowning with hoax stories. You know, falling for the narrative and all…” Good point, though it’s not as if stories like this haven’t been true in the past, providing at least a superficial air of plausibility.