Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Baggies

Alright, we need to lay the groundwork here a bit. Yes, I like Ziploc baggies. Great invention as a food storage option and well other item storage too..... So on the whole, baggies are cool.

Point number two, it has been well and duly established that I am certainly not a Raving Fan of the W. I have quietly stewed of his misuse of the English language, muttered to myself when he speaks on TV. I have shaken my head when certain decisions have been made. I will even admit to yelling and throwing pillows at the TV. On occasion I have even resorted to counting the days until election day.

Now then the meat of the post. I really resent that I have to pack my "liquids & gels" or in German - Flussigkeiten (translation: toothpaste, make up and lotion) into a quart size Ziploc bag. I mean, packing is tough enough, but seriously - I want to take the make up I want to take. I have a number of very nice make up bags - which are designed for the task of taking one's make up and other overnight items along. NOTE: I am not that big into make up, but a girl does have her own routine.....

It is seriously stupid that we all have to go thru this Ziploc bag routine, put the bag on the screening belt separately and the whole smear! I mean, my make up bag could go on the belt. Besides, I firmly believe that this whole gel bomb thing - was a plot by certain fringe groups, to see just how high they could get us all to jump....

Only W and his highly intelligent associates would think that this is making any of us safer from terrorism. I mean, totally not on purpose mind you, but on the return trip from Germany - I had liquids and gels - not in a baggie and not on the belt, which I did not notice until I was unpacking at home. No one noticed! No one! and I went thru security at three airports and a few times more than once.....

The only people benefiting from this farce, in my opinion, is ZIPLOC and the kiosks and restaurants at the airport - in the sterile zones - who can sell you water at totally inflated prices. That is it, as far as I can tell.

Oh, well - if I need something - that won't fit in my baggie - I am sure I can find it in NYC.

1 comment:

IHateToast said...

so behind...

anyway, when my mom left us (aus) last year, she remembered to put all her drippy stuff in the suitcase or just gave it to us.

what she got taken from her was her lipstick (dangerous... especially in the creases of an older woman). they did NOT take her swiss army knife that she forgot about. yup. my mom had a s.a.knife in her purse. that was okay, but lippy wasn't