What if they weren't kidding after all?

All those teachers, I mean. The ones who kept claiming if you got caught passing notes in class it'd go on your permanent record. I always thought that permanent record thing was sort of like the Easter Bunny, or Iowa. But what if they weren't kidding? Damn. I'm screwed.

Telegraph | News | Airline passengers face lie detector tests:

The machine asks four questions. The first is for full identity, while the second, unnerving in its Soviet-style abruptness, demands: “Have you ever lied to the authorities?” It then asks if the passenger is carrying weapons or narcotics.