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From: greg@nospam.okthx
Bertie the Bunyip wrote in news:fo1ef7$3jo$3
@blackhelicopter.databasix.com:
>>> Remember airline meals with cocktails, real silverware, those trays
>>> with compartments for four courses? Then they added the charge for
>>> drinks (and they never had change for a ten...), then plastic cutlery
>>> (oxymoron of the highest order), then dinners were reduced to
>>> sandwiches, then snacks, then little bags of peanuts and now you get
>>> absolutely nothing unless you buy it. Have your credit card ready,
>>> they still don't make change.
>>
>>> But at least you get to walk around barefoot in the terminal holding
>>> up your pants with one hand and your boarding pass, picture ID, all
>>> the stuff in your pockets, your computer, your cell phone and your
>>> carry-on bag in the other. Try to retain your dignity while you deal
>>> with the 85 IQ rent-a-cop who is protecting the flight from a
>>> terrorist blonde with a tube of smuggled lip-gloss.
>>
>>> Anything that doesn't have an ocean crossing involved is now a
>>> road-trip for me.
>>
>> LOL Ed. I just remind myself we're at war
>
>
> Whjo's "We"? You and your bag of army men?
You. Him. Me. Everybody. It's a global thing. But -- and this is very
important to remember -- ONLY when it's convenient to call it a "war".
Like when trying to raise money, win votes, rally public support for
something unpopular, etc. Otherwise, you aren't allowed to call it a war.
HTH!!
>> I rather thought a sense of humor would prevail
>> when discussing traveller vs bureaucrazy.
>
>
> Some thing s are just serious, goddamint.
Only goddamn terrorists smile and tell jokes.
/frown
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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