blue artichoke

I'm an odor terrorist. I tried to take deoderant with me, and as my sensetive skin is best with gels, it was gel deorderant. It was confiscated, and I was surly about it.

You'd think they'd realise that deoderant is not going to be in the hands of terrorists. Talk about a generalization, but I'll say it anyway: Terrorists smell bad. I, not smelling, was clearly not a terrorist and it should have been realised that my gel-product was used for the forces of good.

we could get rid of all those costly conveyor belts and metal detectors in airports, and start doing the sniff test. Stinky? Detained for questioning. Deoderized? Have a nice trip.

They took Julio's toothpaste when we left TYS... brand new tube... The Cincinatti airport was interesting-- in one of the gift shops we went in you could purchase a sewing kit-- with scissors... or a razor... it was a like a Do-it-Yourself Terrorist Kit right there for $5... and as you were already on the you-go-on-and-fly side of the security... Homeland Security ROCKS! :)

If we establish a smell test, some might argue, then hippies won't be allowed to fly. Peaceful, freedom-loving hippies will be detained for questioning and miss their flights.

I welcome the smell test because I do not want to sit next to someone who smells.

And you mentioned the razor, BGC -- what about these dramatic razors we now have? I have that Fusion thing from Gillette -- 28 razor blades or something like that. But I can take that... just not shave gel, deoderant, toothpaste (great, we'll all look British), or shampoo (Unwashed hair? Hippies!).

Is your razor the fancy one that vibrates? I have really been curious - how the heck does vibration help one's shave, exactly? Oh Red Momo, I do hope you can explain it to me.

I think it's all a plot to sell more batteries...

It IS the razor that vibrates. As for it's increased ability in shaving... well... I think it's subjective. I did think it worked when I first tried it, but when you try a new razor, you're alwasy coming from something about as sharp as a slice of cheddar. So naturally I thought it worked better.

And because I'm cheap, I don't have two brand new razors to try head to head, one on each side of my face. I have a feeling I would look normal after such a shave, instead of like the guy in that commercial that has a beard on one side and clean-shaven on the other.

So far I've never had to replace a battery -- the last one I had was the previous Mach 3 Turbo Power (sounds like something Japanese, doesn't it?), and the handle lasted until it got packed away into some unopened box in storage, which was about two years. Sure, lots of blades rested on the end of it, but the battery lasted the entire time.

They need to rethink their plot if it's just a ruse ;-)

Wow, glad I didn't have problems like that. What would I have done if they took my hotel shampoo and lotion - Riley would have been Crushed!