Perhaps airport security can smell when you’re in a hurry, but they decided to delay me on my trip back from Philly. I’d spent too much time borrowing books from my family, and needed to get to my plane. The X-ray turned up something suspicious (Palm Pilot) and they asked to search my bag. I’m innocent, so it’s faster to say yes. He unzips the bag, and the first thing he sees is my sister’s dog-eared copy of George Orwell’s 1984. Good times.
Categories: Me Me Me
9:30 am | 9 comments
July 16th, 2004 at 10:59 am
And the sad part is that the security guy probably didn’t get the humor in that…
No offense to the well read security folks out there.
July 16th, 2004 at 11:08 am
This is way too funny.
July 16th, 2004 at 2:14 pm
He actually did. I said that it’s about the most appropriate book I could have in my suitcase, and he smiled and agreed. So either he got it, or he just smiles and nods at everything a passenger says. Perhaps he doesn’t speak English. Perhaps he is deaf, and was lip reading.
July 16th, 2004 at 2:24 pm
It may have been one of those… “Yeah, just keep it up wise ass. My job is to check your bag and everyone around this damn place is a critic or a comment smiles. Never mind I have the right to throw your ass behind a closed door and screw with your life for a while” SMILES
They normally come with a wink and a little awkward lear as well.
So maybe not.
July 16th, 2004 at 2:25 pm
that is supposed to be the “comic” after the statement “critic or” not the word comment… sorry
July 16th, 2004 at 2:37 pm
Was it also supposed to be “leer”?
July 16th, 2004 at 4:52 pm
damn, I thought we started talking about Shakespeare…
July 16th, 2004 at 7:56 pm
How about a little clemency for those of us fast typist, non-perfectionist types. Doug, I’m sticking up for you, even after that Saved by the Bell comment.
July 16th, 2004 at 11:16 pm
thank you…and yes, I type fast and don’t go back to check… Sujal, we need spell check on this thing.
That’s okay, I was a HUGE Family Ties fan… but thanks for watching my back.
and DMR… “To be or not to be”