Can’t sleep… clowns will eat me!
Oh thank goodness for TSA – I feel safer, now!
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Pat Cashin’s CLOWNALLEY.NET: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…Part Two
So after leaving the DeSantorium at 6:15 I high-tailed it back to Chicago O’Hare, driving like a stunt man in a Burt Reynolds movie. I made it to the Enterprise car rental with plenty of time to drop off the car and take the shuttle back to the airport.
Once there I was told that my flight was jam-packed and was asked if I wouldn’t mind taking the 12:00 flight which still had 25 seats available. I agreed and THAT was the moment that everything else went to hell in a handbasket.
The TSA confiscated my makeup box, which has always flown in my carry-on luggage for the last 5 years.
Why is my makeup in my carry on bag? Because ALL of my costume is in my carry on bag!
If I get to town and my prop case doesn’t arrive I can always head over to Home Depot or WalMart and scare up what I need to fill out two or three ring gags and some walkaround but if the costume, shoes, wig or makeup aren’t there then I’m royally screwed, so they always fly with me. Those things can’t be easily replaced in Anytown, USA.
Well, the makeup box doesn’t fly with me anymore. It has been thrown into the trash in the interest of National Security. It’s greasepaint, neither a liquid nor a gel, and all less than three ounce maximum.
Whatever. It sucks, but whatever. I can always go out and buy another box, brushes and makeup.
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I heard about this. It’s absurd and mean!
I think their main purpose now is just to humiliate the passengers as much as possible. Everyone take off your shoes now!