Hey folks,
All great answers - thanks!

Actually, in my younger days (mid-30s now) I would have used many of these and probably would have thrown in a few of my own. But now I'm at the point where I'm just too fed up to even bother. That being said however, I no longer intend to play the question game.

While I am never overtly rude, I simply will not tolerate anything more than what is absolutely required from me at the checkpoints. By the way, it was a "trained" document checker (aka, just got fired from her position as lead cashier at Kroger last week) that asked me that question. There were two of them and they were both asking every pasenger. Does anyone know:

a.) WHY they would ask this
b.) WHAT exactly do they think this will accomplish

BTW - had my first request to go though the ATI and declared my first opt out. Will post details on that thread.