DURING BOARDING ON MD80S; PAX MADE COMMENT ABOUT KNOWLEDGE OF A BOMB. CABIN WAS SEARCHED AND NONE FOUND. FLT PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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PAX IN SEAT XX ASKED ME TO OPEN NICORETTE PACKAGE FOR HIM. HE SAID TO ME; 'I HOPE THERE ARE NOT ANY BOMBS ON BOARD TODAY.' MY RESPONSE WAS THAT SUBJECT IS NOT A JOKING MATTER. WHEN HE WAS SEATED IN SEAT XX; I STOPPED MY ACTIVITY TO GO BACK TO REAFFIRM WHAT HE SAID TO ME WAS SOLELY JEST. HE STATED THAT HE HAD HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT THAT THERE WAS A BOMB ON BOARD OUR FLT TODAY. HE TOLD ME THAT HE DID HAVE A CHEMICAL IMBAL; AND WAS TRAVELING TO HOSPITAL TODAY. WHEN I RETURNED TO FIRST CLASS; I INFORMED THE CAPT OF THE INCIDENT. WE BOTH AGREED AT THIS POINT HE HAD NOT POSED A SERIOUS THREAT. WITHIN A FEW MINS HE CAME BACK TO ME TO SAY HE HAD JUST SEEN THE SUITCASE BOARD THE ACFT. IT WAS 2 BINS BEHIND HIM AND WE SHOULD CHK IT OUT. I FELT THE NEED TO TELL THE CAPT THIS NEW INFO. AT THIS TIME; THE GND CREW WAS INVOLVED. I INFORMED THE GND STAFF WHO PAX SEAT XX WAS; AND HIS TRAVELING COMPANION; HIS FATHER IN SEAT XY. THEY TOOK BOTH GENTLEMEN OFF THE PLANE. WE; THE FLT ATTENDANTS; WERE THEN ASKED TO GO THROUGH ALL OVERHEAD BINS; UNDER SEATS IN SECOND AND FIRST CLASS CABIN AND LAVATORIES TO LOOK FOR A 'SILICA BLACK SUITCASE WITH A HANDLE AND SILVER AROUND THE SIDES.' WE DID THIS. WE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT FIT THIS DESCRIPTION. THE GENTLEMEN WERE REBOARDED FOR THEIR TRIP TO BWI. CAUSE OR PROB: MENTALLY UNSTABLE PAX MADE AN IMPROPER STATEMENT.