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gregvk wrote in
news:Xns9A385C8FACA9FA7E90087C86051@127.0.0.1:
> 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
>
) LOL!! ;)
Bertie
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