Take Me To Havana, I’ve Got A Snow Globe & I’m Not Afraid To Use It
I’ve had more than my fair share of run-ins with airport security – it seems that a pair of jeans, some combat boots, an ear ring, long hair, a leather outback hat, and few tattoos, somehow make me a suspicious character…. now it appears that I’ll be joined in the “enhanced security check” pat-down line by those ne’er-do-well security threats carrying snow globes home for xmas.
Pity the lowly snow globe with white flakes raining down on a snowman or Santa Claus tucked inside its liquid dome.
Try packing this favorite travel souvenir in your carry-on luggage and taking it through an airport security checkpoint this holiday season, and chances are you’ll have to leave it behind.
“Snow globes are not permitted to be carried through security checkpoints,” said Transportation Security Administration spokesman Dwayne Baird.
I keep hoping that someday people will reach the point where they say “enough, this is beyond stupid, and we’re not gonna do it anymore“…. I’m not gonna hold my breath, and I know it’s a very faint, but maybe if enough baby Jesus in a manger snow globes are confiscated this season it will be picked up as part of the annual war on xmas propaganda — anybody know Bill O’Reilly’s email address, he’s good for that sort of thing.
I think you pinned it exactly. It’s just more politically correct Christianophobia manifesting.
You can bet if it was one of those “Mohamed on a camel in a sandstorm” swirly globes,
the customs officials wouldn’t dare touch it.
An organized boycott of air travel would probably do the trick in bringing back reason to security measures.
“christianophobia” ?
Of course because only Christians celebrate winter.
Exactly. When was the last time you saw a snowman in Mecca? HMMMM???
@balbulican – “…Mohamed on a camel in a sandstorm swirly globes, the customs officials wouldn’t dare touch it. “– Balbul
Ahh, I see, this is sarcasm.
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So SL, why don’t you just grow a really big bushy beard, a round cappy thing on your head and wear long flowing robes if you don’t want to be hassled every time you travel.
“Ahh, I see, this is sarcasm.”
Nope. Parody. Sorry.
@balbulican –
“Nope. Parody. Sorry” – Balbul
Ok, right you are.
‘Mohamed on a camel’ sounds like a cigarette commercial.
I was thinking Rightwing Christian porn, actually.
No, no. THIS is rightwing Christian Porn.
Gee, some people will go any where for a good cigar.