to fly: get naked

Margaret Pilarski

editorial assistant

i'm a feminist, and if you're reading this then you are too, you just might not know it yet. i like to eat cheese and travel, but i'm usually broke and/or spending my money on shoes and cocktail rings. i love dogs, rain, and driving offensively (and putting the last comma in a listed series). i'm se...

Monday, January, 28, 2008

TSA tester slips mock bomb past airport security.

do you think we’ll ever be able to relax? now I’m sure they’re going to make us take off our socks and shoes (ma’am, is that a metal toe in there? does your iud double as an explosive? can you prove that your baby’s teeth are metal and not bomb fuses?).

and also, at the end of the article, what is with the sports metaphor?

...Back at the Tampa checkpoint, a member of Jason's red team is holding court with a group of screeners, including the one who missed the fake bomb.“Today ... was a scrimmage," the red team leader says. "Every day, every time a passenger is coming through -- that is game day."

i hate sports metaphors. why can’t it say:

“today was an exclusive pre-sale. every day, every time a passenger is coming through – that is a final clearance.” [margaret pilarski, fighting trite stereotypes with trite stereotypes since 1984.]

and anyway, i’ve heard of more than one person realizing after their flight that he/she was actually packing heat in their carry-on. this always reminds me of the snl skit where a group of people are training for homeland security.. i can’t find the clip of it, but this page has some screen shots and comments on the sketch.

my brother is training to be a pilot, looks like he’s gonna get a lot of my business.