Traveling with boules

Lots of players are asking me how I manage to fly around all the time with boules in my carry-on luggage.
Here's my advice:

1) take the boules out and put them separately, clearly visible, in one of those plastic baskets. Like you'd do with a laptop.

2) tell the TSA inspector, if possible before the basket goes through the machine, that you have 3 ( 6, 9, whatever..) "bocce" balls with you.
If I see the word "bocce" doesn't register, I usually make a quick bowling movement as well.
Once or twice the inspector called in a supervisor, but so far I haven't had a problem.
In the US that is.
In France boules are NOT allowed in carry-on...