I have been x-rayed, frisked (with clothes), and ordered to strip down to my underwear in my many international travels. I prefer the x-raying. Here, in Vietnam, when you get off the plane and go through customs with your luggage, they x-ray everything--explain what the tuba is and everyone is happy and no muss or fuss.
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