> -----Original Message----- > From: MedCat7 at aol.com [mailto:MedCat7 at aol.com] > > In a message dated 2/9/2005 3:07:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Howard > Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> writes: > > >Trouble is - the enemy will move to the next target while we are worried > > >about fingernail clippers. > > > > > The whole fingernail clippers thing is ridiculous. I'd be more worried > about the fingernails themselves. I have long, strong nails. They can do > more damage than the clippers and have worse long term effect, like an > infection after being scratched. Clippers should be allowed onboard to > defend against long nails :o) "Oh no! They have fingernail clippers! Watch > lose strings on you sweaters!" > -C Not having bothered to ask at the security desk the last time I flew, I'm curious as to whether they allow the good old ball point pen. You know, the kind that come in bags of 20 for $5. Those are rather more deadly than any fingernail clipper or Zippo (or Bic, or even the "turbo" butane lighters) that I've ever seen. "Sit down and shut up or I'll singe your eyebrows and clip little crescent shaped chunks out of your body!" Um, yeah. Now, if someone brandished a ball point at me, and looked like he'd be willing and capable of stabbing me with it, I might be rather more deterred. So, are office supplies banned in general?