Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

... last time I flew from Heathrow to Boston and back (before all this liquid scare) I distinctly remember signs at security that banned coffee cups from going through security (hot liquids, bad, plus of course it's difficult to x-ray a starbucks cup without fear it might topple over and either create mess or short out the expensive xray machine ... and it would be a great cover for smuggling something through the scanners, getting the TSA person to hold the cup while you went through the metal detector and then having them pass it around the side to you...