Ham???
Jan 22, 2007 | 4:24 pm
#1
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Ham???
Barbara Ehrenreich, the journalist famed for "Nickel and Dimed" and "Bait and Switched", has the following on her blog (http://ehrenreich.blogs.com/barbaras_blog/) today:
"When I flew to Seattle last week, airport security gave me trouble over the four pound ham I was carrying. Several TSA officials gathered to consider the question of whether ham is a gel, to which I retorted: If ham is a gel, so am I. I suggested that they biopsy it for hidden box-cutters. I offered to divide it into 21 three-ounce chunks, each appropriately stowed in a Ziploc baggie. But no deal."
The remainder of the piece is about the minimum wage, but this really caught my eye. It must have been a lunch time flight.
I hope the sandwiches were good, boys and girls!
"When I flew to Seattle last week, airport security gave me trouble over the four pound ham I was carrying. Several TSA officials gathered to consider the question of whether ham is a gel, to which I retorted: If ham is a gel, so am I. I suggested that they biopsy it for hidden box-cutters. I offered to divide it into 21 three-ounce chunks, each appropriately stowed in a Ziploc baggie. But no deal."
The remainder of the piece is about the minimum wage, but this really caught my eye. It must have been a lunch time flight.
I hope the sandwiches were good, boys and girls!
Jan 22, 2007 | 5:24 pm
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Join Date: May 2001
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Was it a canned ham? I could easily beat someone to death with a four pound canned ham. Sounds like a weapon to me. Not too much different from the commemorative bricks that have been disallowed.
