Originally Posted by
whirledtraveler
Why isn't the rule just something like have no more than 3 bottles of fluids of less than 3 ounces apiece?
Maybe it's just because someone in the TSA figured that people like to keep all their toiletries together in a bag.
And maybe they thought that the baggie rule would be easier for arithmetically challenged TSA staff and passengers. (Imagine some of the people you meet in airports trying to work out if six 1.5oz bottles is equivalent to three 3oz bottles).
BTW - More than three 3oz bottles fit into the standard sized baggie.