28 September, 2006
Cell Phones and Toothpaste
So…
I flew to Portland yesterday. Lovely city. Nice airport.
I almost fell out of my seat laughing when we were told to turn off all electronic equipment and cell phones as they might interfere with the navigational equipment of the plane. I can’t carry toothpaste on the flight with me because I might be able to bring the plane down, somehow, even though nobody has ever figured out how, but I and every other person on the flight can carry on a cell phone and a laptop computer and nobody says boo. Well, they say please turn them off, but nobody ever actually CHECKS. Carrying more than three ounces of deodorant can get someone on the no-fly list, but “please” is enough to make us safe on the personal electronics front.
Silly old TSA.