Hence the "semi-literate" comment. That is, I'm betting this isn't actually official TSA policy, it's one not-too-bright person's interpretation of said policy.
Whatever happened to the still beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore.
Giles ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 1:39:34 pm PDT #7390 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 2:22:01 pm PDT #7391 of 10002
"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
Am I the only one who would be incensed enough by this to follow up with written complaints to the guy's supervisor's supervisor's supervisor?
Anne W. - Apr 18, 2005 2:26:41 pm PDT #7392 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
No, Matt, you're not the only one. Two books is what I consider a minimum for carryon.
In other news, I have been packing up books all day long and taping them away into dark little boxes where I can't get at them. This makes me sad.
meara - Apr 18, 2005 3:32:47 pm PDT #7393 of 10002
Two books is a minimum when I'm flying to North Carolina from DC. Anywhere farther? Requires more. (Though given the number of times I've been delayed at Dulles going to NC, two is pretty minimum too).
I would SO throw a shit-fit if they tried to tell me I couldn't bring more than 2 books on a flight. I wouldn't particularily care if they told me I couldn't get on that flight, after throwing said shit-fit. Becuase really. If I"m flying to Cali, and can't have books? What's the point?
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 3:39:44 pm PDT #7394 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
"You took away my books and left my vibrator. Should I take this as a suggestion?"
DavidS - Apr 18, 2005 5:37:33 pm PDT #7395 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
If I"m flying to Cali, and can't have books? What's the point?
Note to people hosting meara: Please check your area for all used bookstores before she arrives. She will particularly want Very Fat Very Out Of Print Science Fiction Books From Series.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 6:13:20 pm PDT #7396 of 10002
"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
I fear I'd prove the moron right by demonstrating how books can be employed as offensive weapons.
Yes, I'd no doubt be restrained and subjected to a cavity search afterwards, but at least the one I got would be a matter of policy rather than medical necessity.
Jesse - Apr 19, 2005 5:41:22 am PDT #7397 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I picked up Michael Connolly's The Narrows yesterday, in a reading material crisis. I've liked his stuff fine, but in the beginning of this book, they talk about the Clint Eastwood movie of Blood Work, and the book The Poet, and it's just weird. I don't know how I feel about characters in my book knowing they are characters in a book. Alternatively, I don't know how I feel about pretending The Poet was nonfiction.
Calli - Apr 19, 2005 5:43:54 am PDT #7398 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My last plane trip, when I was traveling with friends, with drinking strongly encouraged, and, in short, with every possible non-book entertainment in an airport on hand, I took four books. And a magazine. Two books? Dude.
Fred Pete - Apr 19, 2005 5:54:26 am PDT #7399 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Two books?
I might be able to get by with 2. If one of them is 800 pages or so.
And I can pack the rest in the bags I check.