Originally Posted by
thomas199023
Did have some interesting looks from the TSA Smurfs in the US when giving them the passport...

On a side note, I think that TSA smurfs and CBP agents are the ones who know very well how crappy the quality of the biometric US passports is compared to that of European ones. Since they raised the passport fees in the USA, the State Department could at least make the bio page from polycarbonate plastic material with laser-engraved photo and the signature... Oh well, too much to ask, I guess