I’m headed out to the West Coast at an ungodly hour tomorrow morning, as one of the faculty accompanying the students who are presenting at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. I’m looking forward to the trip, other than the bit where I have to get up at 4am to go to the airport.
Prior to departure, I decided to check the current Security Theater status, and looked at the Official List of Things You Can’t Take On Planes. The TSA helpfully provides a very long table of items that you might be thinking of bringing on the plane (lacrosse sticks, flare guns, cattle prods, nunchakus), and whether they’re allowed in carry-on luggage (no) or checked bags (yes). Way, way down at the bottom of the list, we find:
Snow globes and like decorations regardless of size or amount of liquid inside, even with documentation.
These are not allowed in carry-on luggage.
You just know there has to be a story behind that. What it might be, I can’t imagine, but there must be something.