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The European Parliament has failed to offload the half-dozen body scanners it bought in 2005, shortly before MEPs decided the technology was intrusive - even for normal people. The scanners were bought in the wake of the September 11 attacks, but only turned up in 2005, by which time things had calmed down a bit. They were …

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  1. seanj
    Big Brother

    Power mad? Despot? More money than sense?

    All three of those things perfectly describe the UK "government".

    And yes, I know the country is broke - I still stand by the more money than sense part!

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  2. Citizen Kaned

    or..

    appearing in old blighty pretty quickly.

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  3. iZmOliGy

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    I'm sure any airport in the UK could find a use for them.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Hardly

      Apparently these aren't nearly as intrusive as the ones in use at UK airports.

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Including

      the small regional ones.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    What about porn?

    I know the quality is poor but it strikes me that actually using them to make porn, and in particular 3d scans of real people that you can rotate to view from your angle of choice, would at least get the message across about why people dislike them.

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  5. Brutus

    I'll take them

    £2.50 on a best offer - and I''ll give them good feedback.

    I wonder what the scrap value for them is?

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Brown will have 'em

    I'd suggest contacting Brown, not only would the little despot be interested, if his economic competence is anything to go by I expect he would happily pay 3 or 4 times the original purchase price.

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  7. Anonymous Coward
    Black Helicopters

    And me...

    Here's version #3,395 on the variation of "One interested buyer, please invoice UK Govt."

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  8. Roger Ruffley
    Paris Hilton

    Potential domestic markets for Perv Scanners...

    Flog 'em on eBay, I say. Make some cash. I'm sure there's a whole demographic of society would like the chance to own their own scanner like that! For all sorts of academic research and educational purposes of course.

    Paris... not that you need a perv scanner to see what she's hiding. 'Cause she doesn't exactly hide anything.

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  9. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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    This seasons must have accessory for the evil villains lair

    Just a thought

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  10. Oninoshiko
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    Funny this should come up...

    They just today brought one online at O'Hare in Chicago, Illinois, USA...

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    1. Mark 65
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      For a minute

      I thought I read "bought one online" and I had visions of the O'Hare security personnel hurriedly logging on to ebay to see if they'd won the auction.

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      1. Oninoshiko
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        LOL

        now that you mention is, it does look like that

        ^_^

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  11. scrubber
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    Perv Scanner?

    Please stop calling them Perv Scanners, they do not scan pervs. Not exclusively at least.

    Maybe grumble scanner. Or Nudie Night Vision Approximator.

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  12. Anonymous Coward
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    More details required.

    How many have they got?

    How much would they charge to fit them to the Palace of Westminster with a live feed to YouTube*?

    And when can they deliver?

    *Required to prove my belief that the PoW currently houses the biggest a*** h***s on the face of the planet.

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    1. TeeCee Gold badge
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      "with a live feed to YouTube"

      Ah, the Alimentary Channel!

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  13. Anonymous Coward
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    If they get rid of them at airports

    it will be harder to get the proof that Lady Gaga is a bloke.

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