Begin forwarded message: From: Ted Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 23, 2006 3:32:33 AM EST To: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Ted Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Sweet moment in airport security Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Dave-- Last week I went through security at Newark. I had just put my carry-on, pocket stuff, laptop and shoes on the belt and was standing in stocking feet waiting to go through the metal detection arch. A dozen people were in line for the arch ahead of me. I looked down. There was a bin full of discarded bottles. Most, but not all, were plastic. I espied a long, thin bottle of dark fluid. "Tawny Port," it said, "20 years old." Unopened. I picked it up. Nobody cared. I opened the plastic. Nobody cared. I uncorked it. Nobody cared. I took a fine, heady draught of very very nice port. Other passengers were curious but declined to share it with me. Regretfully I put it back in the bin and strode through the arch, feeling for once that I had not been violated, but elevated, by the Security Experience. CheersT -- Theodor Holm Nelson Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Visiting Professor, University of Southampton Founder, Project Xanadu ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
