As I was going through airport security last weekend on the way out of town, as usual, the buckles on the kilt set off the metal detectors. No big deal -- time to provide a training opportunity for one of the male screeners.

However . . . the Transportation Sceurity Administration (TSA) has a new trick: a "Marilyn chamber"!
They asked me if I'd been through the new procedure -- negative. "Wait until the light turns green, then step into the screening cabinet and stand on the footprint marks." It's a cabinet about the size of a telephone booth with two footprint-shaped spots on the floor -- no door on the near side, a pair of double doors, closed, on the far side. I step in, and one of the female screeners motions for me to put my arms down at my side.

Whoosh!!!!! A puff of air, probably couple of seconds long, comes up from the floor!! As soon as I unexpectedly sense the cool air on my thighs, I grab at the kilt to attempt to keep it down. Quite thrilling for a moment!

Apparently I passed whatever they were testing for, as they waved me through the doors and over to the next screening area to do the wanding. Don't know whether the lady behind me in line for the "Marilyn chamber" got much of a show or not . . .

Travel never ceases to provide elements of surprise . . .

Regards,

Mark