I'm going to be gone long enough that I'd be checking luggage anyway, but it's fucking stupid that I'm allowed to bring a corkscrew on the plane but not a tube of chapstick. I'll give the TSA three guesses which one I could do more damage with.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2006 2:01:01 pm PDT #8099 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sarameg - Sep 14, 2006 2:03:28 pm PDT #8100 of 10001
Yep. I'm going to seriously have to work not to die from irate eyerolling next time I fly. Or be the crazy person muttering stupidstupidstupidstupiddumbassstupid under my breath the whole time.
DawnK - Sep 14, 2006 2:06:23 pm PDT #8101 of 10001
giraffe mode
I'm allowed to bring a corkscrew on the plane but not a tube of chapstick
The corkscrew and the cigar cutter were a surprise to me when I was looking at the list. I guess because I don't smoke cigars, I don't understand why anyone would need to hand carry their cigar cutter.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2006 2:08:07 pm PDT #8102 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know, right? Knitting needles I can understand wanting to travel with, but in what universe are they less potentially dangerous than YOGURT???
Aims - Sep 14, 2006 2:09:58 pm PDT #8103 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
And how is KY "essential"???
I mean, I know why people take it places, but "essential"???
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 14, 2006 2:10:51 pm PDT #8104 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Depends on how long the yogurt has gone unrefrigerated, i'd say...
and there should be more women.
Isn't the ratio something like 107 men to every 100 women? It's not the huge comic book store-esque mismatch that popular entertainment seems to think.
Jars - Sep 14, 2006 2:11:43 pm PDT #8105 of 10001
What if you have a prescription for yoghurt, for thrush? Can you take it on then? And eat it, if you want a snack?
DawnK - Sep 14, 2006 2:12:11 pm PDT #8106 of 10001
giraffe mode
When we went to England (the day after the bombing plot bust up) I had forgotten that my keychain with my little Swiss Army knife was attached to it and in my purse. The xray guys didn't say anything, and the cute National Guard guy missed it. Of course, they did find the lipstick that I thought I'd lost in one of the plethora of pockets in my travel purse.
Jessica - Sep 14, 2006 2:13:04 pm PDT #8107 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On-topic, via BoingBoing -- Veritas Airlines, where the pre-flight announcements tell you the bald truth:
Your life-jacket can be found under your seat, but please do not remove it now. In fact, do not bother to look for it at all. In the event of a landing on water, an unprecedented miracle will have occurred, because in the history of aviation the number of wide-bodied aircraft that have made successful landings on water is zero. This aircraft is equipped with inflatable slides that detach to form life rafts, not that it makes any difference. Please remove high-heeled shoes before using the slides. We might as well add that space helmets and anti-gravity belts should also be removed, since even to mention the use of the slides as rafts is to enter the realm of science fiction.
Sparky1 - Sep 14, 2006 2:13:43 pm PDT #8108 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
They will let you keep your chapstick, so long as it is a solid stick type. No need to have the chapped lips upon arrival.
I suppose if you had a prescription for yoghurt, you could take up to 4 oz.
(TSA wouldn't let my DH's PB&J on board last weekend.)