[sammyg2]

I was in Philly once, and decided to get my little girl some sort of gift. I saw a small pewter liberty bell in the curio shop and thought that'd work. It was about 2" across and was a pencil sharpener. The kind you stick the end of a pencil into it and turn it and it peels away the wood.
I could not cut my finger with it if I tried.
So what if it cost about 10 times what it should have, i thought she might like it.

Then, the TSA double-naught spy saw it in the x-ray of my carry on. RED ALERT RED ALERT!

The ran the wand over me, patted me down, pulled me tO the side and dumped everything out, asked me what it was and where I got it.
I pointed RIGHT THERE IN THAT SHOP 35 FEET BEHIND YOU!!!!
They even had their two buddies with M-16s standing by, just in case.

Eventually they let me go but they kept the $8 liberty bell. for their own kids most likely.

You can kiss up all ya want but they are $12 an hour mo-rons AFAIC.