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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Cheesey terrorist alert

From a Bloomberg article regarding weird stuff brought onto airplanes. Naturally, terrorism should be feared.
The document also describes a checked bag found Nov. 8 in Houston that contained a 9-volt battery, wires, pipes and a block of brown, claylike minerals. On Sept. 16, screeners in Baltimore discovered in a plastic bag in checked luggage with processed cheese taped to a second plastic bag holding a cellular telephone charger.
I suppose it's possible that some terrorists are conducting a "dry run" to probe our security, using cheese as a stand-in for explosives.

Or it's also possible that someone gets hungry late at night in hotel rooms and has a problem losing their cell phone charger, in which case the logical thing to do would be to tape the cheese to the charger. 'Cause a cheese lover ain't going to lose their cheese, now, are they?

It's also possible that terrorists are using clay to simulate explosives, and it's equally possible that artists may take some clay with them when they travel.

Yes, we will likely suffer a terrorist attack again. We support law enforcement and praise the hard working ones who are dedicated to protecting us, as opposed to the ones who would steal our cheese. The threat is real, and reasonable precautions should be taken.

Why people would be wrapping wires around stuff is beyond me, but since 28% of the population is known to be outright crazy, a figure which all recent polling backs up, a lot of this is likely just weirdness rather than terrorism.

Long before Sept. 11, 2001, I took some smoked salmon in a red cooler back to the Midwest, and found everyone was being extremely deferential to me. My wife had to explain to me I was carrying a cooler that was similar to those used to carry organs for transplants. I got some truly odd looks when I snuck a sample of the salmon.

Cheese is also funny, however you slice it. Hand sanitizer, on the other, um, hand, is not funny and it really, really stings if you get it in your eyes.

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