John Potter: Trick or Treaty

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2001

"Speaking of violation, you�ll never guess what happened to me in the airport in Salt Lake City on my way to D.C.!

I passed through security with flying colors � no knives or fingernail clippers in my possession � and then I proceeded to Cinnabon, where I spread my extra icing on my minibun with the big plastic knife that they provide for you. Just like always.

I go on to the gate, ready to board the plane. I�m standing in line behind a guy dressed in blood-stained camouflage clothing, and standing in front of a guy who obviously had just won a Charles Manson look-alike contest.

A Delta airlines security agent pulls ME aside for a �random security check!� Yeah, check the guy with braids and icing on his face.

So I get pulled aside, in plain view of EVERYONE at the gate, with THREE guys who can barely speak English. One of them stares at my boarding pass as if it�s a fake, while another one rifles through every single item in my bag, and the third guy waves the magic metal-detection wand all over me, which of course beeps loudly at my CROTCH. . ."

Get the Story:
Treaty, personal violations all in one trip (The Billings Gazette 11/24)

Relevant Links:
John Potter - http://hometown.aol.com/indinartist/jpotterhome.html

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