David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
> Mister Bartlett wrote:
>
> []
> > By the entrance to the security check was a huge pile of water
> > bottles - Americans never travel 5 yards without a bottle of water
> > - I suppose they think it stops them being fat - and they are so
> > dumb that they haven't heard of restrictions on carrying liquids.
>
> I saw the same huge pile at Lisbon yesterday. There are a few US
> flights from there (not many)- so I don't think it's just a US thing.
> Actually, I forgot to take sunblock out of my handluggage- didn't
> even remember it was there- and it set off the scanner, and got
> confiscated...
Oddly, my ventolin didn't bother the US screeners. I had one in my little
plastic zip lock bag, but forgot the other 2 in the pocket of my backpack.
They ignored them. And my epipen didn't interest them, either. I had a
doctor's letter and my prescription on the box, but they didn't care about
it.
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