In honor of all who are traveling by air during this hectic holiday season, allow me to refer you to this pithy and only slightly exaggerated tale of airport security goofiness from our man in Canada, Halfacanuck. For those in the blogsphere who don't know, the whole "airport security" thing pretty much pegs out my absurd-o-meter.
Thanks for the linkage and blogrollage. It really is absurd, isn't it? I must say, though, once I've eventually emerged harried and blinking from the frantic molestations of airport security, I get a feeling of safety unparalleled by any other circumstance. It's probably a false sense of security, but at the time it seems real enough. It's almost worth it.
ReplyDeleteOh, and thanks for the trackback -- my first! I'm ludicriously pleased about that.
ReplyDeleteSo pleased I inserted an unnecessary vowel into the above comment for people to locate as a fun game. I'm going to stop commenting now.
ReplyDeleteYou just keep on commenting; it's ok by me. I'll just send the extra vowel to Wales, where there is a perennial shortage. :-D
ReplyDeleteSo I lied about stopping commenting. Couldn't resist posting a link to this, in case you're the one person in the universe who's not already seen it. Gotta love The Onion.
ReplyDeleteActually I have seen that particular one (and it's dang funny). I'll be the only person on the planet who hasn't seen/heard something else, though...I'm pretty sure about that.
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