Tisha Presley, bound for Fort Bragg, North Carolina, hurriedly sipped from her bottled water before going through security at the Atlanta airport.
"I assume before too long we'll be naked on the plane -- and that's fine with me," she said.
Boyd sees the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's ban as a knee-jerk reaction that leaves Americans no safer than they were before the 9/11 attacks.
"Remember Richard Reid, the guy who tried to light up his shoe on the airplane? After that we had to take off our shoes. Imagine what would have happened if he had hid that bomb in his pants," Boyd said.
You know, this may not be such a bad idea in this 38 degrees heat of Shanghai... I started perspiring this morning within the two minutes I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom.
Just trying to find some humour in this hot, uncertain world...
thank you for flying with the united airlines of undignified paranoia, you will be de-clothed, de-loused and de-brained while we ship your sorry carcass across the hemispheres.
ReplyDeleteoh and buckle up.
I love humanity, they continually show much promise.