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IP: It works better when it's on
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:41:37 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgb () kgb com> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 08:30:46 To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: It works better when it's on The metal detector beeped as I walked through it at Midway in Chicago yesterday. Not unusual; my belt buckle sets it off about 50% of the time. I was waved aside to be wanded. I stood there for a minute, ignored, while the private security person doing the wanding leisurely discussed her break schedule with a co-worker. When she finally started, I noticed something unusual: her wand was silent. It passed over my watch: nothing. My rings: nothing. My belt buckle: nothing. "Ok," she said, waving me on. Puzzled, I asked her, "Is that thing working?" She looked at the wand. She made an adjustment. It began beeping. "Guess it works better when it's on, huh?" I'll feel much better when airport security is staffed by people who are in their current positions because they couldn't master the shake machine at McDonald's. Regards, KGB ----- Kevin G. Barkes Email: kgb () kgb com | Web: www.kgb.com 1512 Annette Avenue | South Park, Pennsylvania | 15129-9735 Phone: 312-925-9627 DCL Dialogue on line: http://www.kgb.com/dcl.html KGB Report http://www.kgb.com/kgbrep.shtml Random Quotations Generator: http://www.goodquotations.com For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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