What a weird world...

I'm one of those people who, while I may get annoyed at the security precautions when travelling, I completely understand the necessity of it all. Even when I went through a couple of years when, every time I flew, me and my bags got searched...because surely I look like a terrorist.

Anyway, we flew to Tennessee out of BWI yesterday (Chris officiated his nephew's wedding today). After our carry on items went through security, a woman, holding Chris' laptop bag, came over to Chris and said, "We need to take a look at the scissors in your bag." To which Chris replied, "I don't have any scissors in my bag."

After checking a couple of the pockets, she pulled out a pair of scissors. Chris had needed them for work one day and had forgotten that they were in the bag. Anyway, she took the scissors over to another woman to ask her about them.

Of course we never expected to get them back. But the two women walked over to the table and held the scissors up to a measuring tape attached to the table and then handed the scissors back to us. We asked her about it and she said that as long as they weren't over 4 inches from the screw to the tip, we could take them aboard.

Excuse me...WHAT?

So they don't think that someone could use a 3 inch pair of scissors to stab someone? Hello.

I can't believe that you have to have 3 ounce bottles of liquid in ziplock bags, but we can walk on board with a pair of scissors with a near 4 inch blade. Wow...what a country.