From: Brett Hutley (brett_at_hutley.net)
Date: Sun Oct 31 2004 - 13:55:57 PST
On 01/11/2004, at 5:30 AM, Jim Witte wrote:
>> I'm sure, too, that you know: no pointy things. I lost my very nice
>> mechanical pencil because it was, well, pointy.
>
> Hmm, but this seems selectively enforced with knitting needles. I
> went to Florida, and when I got there, I realized there two long, metal
> knitting needles in the bottom of my bag ("I had forgotten them! I
> SWEAR!" as I'm dragged off in leg-irons to Guantanamo for
> "processing"..) They didn't say a thing at security...
*snip*
A friend of mine suggested that they just arm everyone on the plane. As
you step aboard, you get *given* your complementary box cutter :)
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