I’m not sure if it’s stupidity, bravery, or mindless adherence to directives at work, but doubt getting on an airplane today is the brightest idea in the world.
I’ll say ‘hi’ to our TSA buddies and let you know how that works out.
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Random Thought #16
Posted in Humor, Official Random Thought with tags airport, flight, humor, random thought, TSA on September 12, 2011 by BrainRantsThe Adventures of Fred: Road Trip
Posted in Family, Fred, Humor, Travel with tags Fred, humor, no pants, road trip, travel, TSA on September 2, 2011 by BrainRants
- Fred!
Update from the road here today. We Di decided that we’d go to Mom’s house for Labor Day. Normally, in the past, this then would have truly been a weekend of Labor. However, thanks to many long weekends in the past, Mom’s house remains ready to sell (anyone need a really great house in Illinois?)(silent ‘s’).
By now many of you have vicariously experienced my Epic Vacation from Hell here, and know the depleted enthusiasm we now have for road trips. Even the 5-hour journey to Mom’s pushes the limits of tolerance. I can also tell you that there are more exciting drives to be had than the one across Missouri. Not that Missouri is a bad place. The roads are well-maintained, but they’re awfully straight. There’s not a lot of variety to the scenery either, and out in the middle-ish part the number of radio stations drops to three-ish.
Anyway, we made it just fine. Di endured several naps while I remained awake and driving. Fred elected to come along since he’s not been on a road trip for over a year. Normally Fred travels in my carry-on for Army travel. Initially this was an issue but I explained about TSA to him and how they’d probably either profile him or freak out about his lack of pants. So Fred kicked it on the dash, getting some sun. Which is easy for him without his pants. He offered to drive but I pointed out that his wee little legs wouldn’t reach the pedals, and that I thought we’d covered that on a trip to Fort Campbell.
The point here I suppose is that for anyone concerned out there, both Missouri and Illinois are still there and they look much the same. I had a reflective moment while driving – well, actually about 360 reflective moments of driving – that it had been a while since I’d been out. At first I was trying to figure out how to drive without pants myself. After that, I was trying to rack up some good rants to unload and realized that this entire three-month blog effort to date has been completely between visits with Mom. We’re looking forward to a good visit with no house projects.
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