I went through airport security with four different liquids on my person: a vial of perfume, a bottle of hair detangler, a juice box and some patchouli body lotion. Is security sleeping on the job or what? I actually didn’t mean to smuggle these over the border. But since I don’t associate any of these liquids with potential hazard, I forgot. At check-in they even asked me if I had any liquids in my hand luggage. Since I wasn’t planning to bring down the plane, I guess it just slipped my mind.
I do love the expression “on my person.” It rejects all slavery.
-Do you have any liquids on your person, ma’am?
-I carry most of them inside, thank you.
I do wonder how much good it does making everyone throw away their liquids and fluids at airports. Aren’t there other ways to screen for danger without trashing everything wholesale? We must be talking mountains of (wet) plastic garbage. We could start a new ocean.
Friday, July 11, 2008
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Going through customs earlier this week I forgot about the bottle of cherry liqueur in the middle of my hand luggage which they found and confiscated. hrumph!
You could have used the option of drinking it all before letting them dispose of the bottle. I guess it wouldn't be an option though.
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