24 August, 2006 | Leave a Comment

My Jo Malone perfume did not travel well — the plastic bottle I poured it into leaked in my suitcase and now there’s only a tiny bit of perfume left! What a tragedy! I had put the bottle in a zip-loc bag and amazingly, none of the perfurme escaped the plastic bag; otherwise, my clothes would have been ruined. Packing toiletries is difficult. And I think these new travel restrictions are just window dressing — at the airport they put my carry-on luggage in the x-ray machine but did not even open it. Do shampoo bottles show up in an x-ray machine? I doubt it. My bag could have been loaded with all sorts of ‘contraband’ and they didn’t even care. Yet they made me take off my shoes! As with most of these anti-terrorism regulations, these restrictions will not prevent anything from happening and are a complete waste of time and money. They’re just put into place to give us a false sense of security. If they really wanted the plane to be secure, they’d ban all hand luggage.

Can I send al-Qaeda a bill for my perfume?

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