Goodbye hand sanitizer, hello chapped lips
I get the feeling the TSA didn’t like my previous post so much.
I flew home from NY the other day and I got my hand sanitizer and my tube of lip gloss taken from me going through security. No matter, I still had my backup jar of lip gloss in my purse. Well, I had it until the TSA came to our gate before boarding and had people randomly going through all carry-ons. So they came to my backup jar and said it couldn’t go. I didn’t understand so the TSA guy and I had a little conversation. This is how it went:
Me: So how come this can’t go?
TSA: Because its a liquid.
Me: No, its pretty solid actually. Here feel it (this was acceptable because he had gloves on).
TSA: No, its a gel so it can’t go.
Me: I thought they said that lipstick and the like were okay.
TSA: Solid lipstick in a tube is okay, other stuff is not.
Me: This is the same as lipstick though. Like if a took a tube of lipstick and smashed it into a jar, it would be the same consistency as this.
TSA: Yeah but its not in a tube.
Me: So what you’re saying is, if I were to take all my lipgloss out of this jar and put it into a tube, it would be okay?
TSA: Yeah.
Me: Ooookaaaay.
I figured I wasn’t going to get anywhere in this conversation and I wasn’t about to argue logic with a kid who was just repeating the foolishness passed down by the US Govt. I got on the plane and licked my lips the whole way. Ugh. Thank goodness I have backup backup lipgloss at home. Yes, I have a lot of lip gloss because my lips tend to get dry. I should probably drink more water or something.
Meanwhile, I ended up doing the touristy thing while I was in New York. Statue of Liberty, Empire State, the WTC site, then finally dinner in Times Square. You can check out my touristy pics if you like:
Aug 21, 2006 – 186 Photos
Of course I got my New York Pizza the night before tourist day. Pizza 33 (Thoity-thoid and thoid) is the best pizza I’ve had in NY. Everyone was telling me to go to a Ray’s pizza but I couldn’t find one in the area I was staying in. Maybe next time.
Meanwhile, speaking of pizza, remember my post about pizza and chocolate? Well it looks like Domino’s took that post to heart (yes of course Domino’s monitors my blog, thank you very much) and have introduced brownie bites as a dessert. Three cheers for chocolate!
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