[TAG] [off-topic] Weather in Denver

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 09:30:14PM +0000, Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
> On 02/02/07, Benjamin A. Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:25:32AM -0500, Samuel Bisbee-vonKaufmann wrote:
> > > Eh, do not worry too much. Boston is having a rather odd winter with
> > > little to no snow fall. Currently we just have our trademark high winds.
> >
> > ...and bomb scares. Watch out - there are terrrrrrible terrrrorists
> > under every bed!
> >
> > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/nonterrorist_em.html
> 
> ...waiting to attack with shampoo bottles!
> http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/dangerous_conta.html

If it wasn't for the humor in the situation, it would be too ugly to
think about. I had a mostly-empty container of toothpaste confiscated at
the Denver airport (there was maybe half an ounce of toothpaste in
there) because the container was marked '6 oz.' The TSA agent, with a
completely straight face, explained to me that it wasn't the amount
that's in there, it's the amount that could be _mixed_ in there. I very
carefully didn't point out to her that the *required* Ziploc bag was of
the *required* 1-quart capacity...
 

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