24 August, 2006

They won't let you bring booze, but you can bring this?

I have been checking the Transportation Security Administration's website quite religiously lately—for good reason of course, seeing that I will be heading towards USofA in a week. Included amongst the list of perennial banned items—such as knives, meat cleavers and sabers—are some newly added hazards such as toothpaste, liquid mascara and shampoo. And they still won't let you bring booze. However, a closer look at the list revealed this interesting passage:

To ensure the health and welfare of certain air travelers the following items are permitted.

• Small amounts of Baby formula and breast milk if a baby or small child is traveling
• Liquid prescription medicine with a name that matches the passenger’s ticket
• Up to 5 oz. (148ml) of liquid or gel low blood sugar treatment
• Up to 4 oz. of essential non-prescription liquid medications including saline solution, eye care products and KY jelly
• Gel-filled bras and prosthetics
• Gel-filled wheelchair cushions
• Life support and life sustaining liquids such as bone marrow, blood products, and transplant organs carried for medical reasons

Well, good to know that during these times of TERROR, the TSA is being surprisingly considerate towards couples/threesomes who prefer their kinky sex in closed quarters well lubricated. Unless I'm very ignorant of the secondary uses of KY jelly—in which case, feel free to educate me, please—this mention is quite specific and interesting. I guess the TSA would rather you occupy you mind with ways to seduce your neighbour than, say, ways to blow up a plane midair.

Also, in conjuction, gel-filled bras are permissible as well. This is probably good news for the lesser-endowed ladies who'd like to attract men into participating in the aforementioned kinky activities in the cramped bathroom.

However, if you scan further down the list, you'd be surprised to discover that corkscrews and cigar cutters are not part of the banned items, which makes absolutely no sense to me. Won't it be more logical to ban corkscrews, which can, I don't know, impale people?!

1 Comments:

Blogger Motto! said...

It may have an industrial application... one thing I had to work on this summer was a bill of materials for repairs on the generator of a powerplant, and one of the items listed was "KY Gel". I can neither confirm nor deny this is the same KY you and I are thinking of. I have no friggin clue what it would be used for and I am sure as hell not about to ask my coworkers.

25 August, 2006 10:28  

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