Man's Penis Pump Gets Mistaken For Bomb

A judge has decided there is enough evidence to prosecute a man who says an airport security guard misheard him when she thought he said that the device in his backpack was actually a bomb.

The man, Mardin Amin, says he actually told the guard the small, black object was a "pump" � as in a penis pump. But he was embarrassed to explain the object in front of his mother, who was traveling with him, so he whispered to the guard. However, she misunderstood, and thought he said 'bomb'.

"His mother is standing there so, under his breath, he says, 'It's a pump. Put it away. Put it away'", his attorney said.

She added that Amin, an Iraqi, has a thick accent and she herself had trouble understanding him until he brought the pump to her office and showed it to her. She said Arabic speakers sometimes have trouble distinguishing the sounds "p" and "b."

But the judge decided there was enough evidence for the case to move forward after the female security guard testified that she heard Amin "clearly" say the word bomb.

So Amin has been charged with disorderly conduct and could face up to three years in prison if convicted.

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