save me from the fish!
I was led back to the US Airways ticket counter, stocking-footed and alone, where the agents reasserted that they did not see a problem for me to have a fish on board, properly packaged in plastic fish bag and secured with a rubber band as MJ was. But the TSA supervisor was called over, and he berated me profusely. He exclaimed that in no way, under no circumstances, was a small fish allowed to pass through security, regardless of what the ticket agents said.
i’m glad we have a whole new federal department taking care of these threats. surely an investigation will reveal the lapse in security that allowed lara hayhurst to commit this vicious crime.
fortunately, steps are already being taken to ensure that in the future, both lara and her fish will be shot before the fish has a chance to grab the flight controls.
we really have sunk this far. i am embarrassed.
update (2003.12.30): metafilter has it.