Had you going, didn't I. Well I guess if the safety pin is over a certain size then they would object, wouldn't they. "Only pampers or huggys allowed on the flight maam, we'll have to confiscate that safety pin, its over 1" long."

We have imbeciles for government officials.

-- Guy Daley (guydaley1@netzero.net), November 02, 2001

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Imbecilic is too gentle a word.

-- Big Cheese (bigcheese@mutimax.net), November 02, 2001.

This is sanity gone A.W.O.L.

-- RogerT (rogerT@c-zone.net), November 02, 2001.

Paranoia wins. Think of how the terrorists must be laughing at us.

-- Sparky (case@webtown.com), November 02, 2001.

They are turning this country upside down with fear, anxiety, and just plain nuttiness. This is the most idiotic precaution I've heard of yet.

-- LillyLP (lillyLP@aol.com), November 02, 2001.

If they can create fear like this just on air travel, think of what they can do on everything else like bridges, hi-rise towers, pipelines, nuclear facilities. They can bring this country to a virtual hault.

-- R2D2 (r2d2@earthend.net), November 02, 2001.

And, through all of this Wall Street just keeps sailing along. Anthrax? What's that? Terrorists? Who are they? Where's Polly Anna when we need her?

-- Wayward (wayward@webtv.net), November 02, 2001.

It's only a matter of time before they start confiscating false teeth if they are too pointy!

Imagine, sorry sir, you can't fly unless you have your incisors grinded down. Vampires will have to fly the old fashion way, I guess.

How about long nails?????

BTW, unless airport security staff is screened better all the the security is useless. All a group would have to do is place someone in one of these positions, and they could smuggle weapons in.

-- K (infosurf@yahoo.com), November 03, 2001.

good one Guy.

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-- (perry@ofuzzy1.com), November 03, 2001.

heh heh heh! Vampires.

-- number six (!@!.com), November 05, 2001.