Pistols on a Plane

It’s the prequel to “Snakes on a Plane.” We all know that the follow-up to the series will be “Badgers on a Hovercraft.” Anyway...

I tried to bring my cylinder heads as carry-on to my flight from Indy to El Paso. You might think this is crazy, but I had already brought my BMW’s cylinder head AND camshaft as carry-on from ELP to IND last year. I didn’t have as much luck this trip. I was escorted from the airport with my carry-on in tow. They informed me that I could check them, but having seen baggage handlers handle baggage, I knew that wasn’t in the cards. They said I could bludgeon someone, which I laughed at after looking at my 35 lbs of books, laptop, etc in my other carry-on bags. I jumped the bus back to my truck and left them there. I will have to mail them home, well packaged, at a later date.

Anyway, this brings me to the title of the blog. During my last trip from ELP to IND, I had stopped off at the NMSU bookstore and bought a pennant for my desk. I put this in my checked baggage, and when I arrived to Indy, it was gone. I had heard stories of people having stuff stolen out of there checked baggage in El Paso, so I don’t doubt this is what happened. I bought a replacement for the pennant on this trip, as well as a vanity plate for a friend at Cummins who went to NMSU (which has sharp edges, I could decapitate someone!) and a pistol. The pistol, shown here, is a sweet alternative to the usual typical foam finger. I am interested to see if anyone will complain about it at work.