Semi-OT: I had no idea

correct me if i'm wrong... is the brain behind this one another Illinois lawyer? sounds somewhat familiar. tho i guess its not fair to lump all those Illinois lawyers into one smaller than 2" baggy is it. no beading going on in those homes, nope, not a single bead. oh wait, could be some beads of sweat, tho those dont get collected in smaller than 2" baggys. a much bigger bag would be required and therefore would be legal, well at this point in time anyhow. the plot thickens. snorfle, j.

Kind of reminds me of other rediculous legislation that has been introduced.

Following school shootings, legislators in several states introduced legislation ranging from allowing teachers to carry guns to mandating that teachers be armed.

It would be very politically incorrect of me to repeat some of the discussions that followed on teacher newsgroups.

L>If it wasn't real, I'd be laughing my considerable patootie off at that!!! >

Linda PATCHogue, NY

What a bunch of idiots! I really think our lawmakers have too much time on their hands!

Guess I'll stock up on the bags before the entire country goes batty and bans them nationwide! I use the bags for lots of things - they're so convenient. And, no I don't put illegal drugs in mine! :-O

Donna in (SW) Idaho

I don't know whether the Alderman is a lawyer or not--but yeah, we're talking about Illinois. We Illinois lawyers are just full of good ideas, aren't we? Maybe that's why I'm reading ng and blogs today and threatening to look for a new job instead of doing some serious lawyering.

Maureen

i googled him and there is indeed a lawyer in Illinois with his name. i'm presuming he is the one with the great idea. i was refering to one Illinois lawyer in particular who is in the national headlines nearly every day lately. i included the line '...its not fair to lump all those Illinois lawyers into one smaller than 2" baggy is it'. no offense meant to you or the other smart lawyers out there. j.

I d> correct me if i'm wrong...

Yes, I carry legal prescriptions and vitamins all the time in "tiny plastic bags." Especially on trips. So much more convenient.

Donna in (SW) Idaho

I am a lawyer in Illinois, and worked for State government for many years, spending lots of time analyzing proposed legislation prior to my retirement. There have been some really goofy things proposed. One would have given government grants to homeless people to improve buildings for housing, but only if the homeless person had clear title and no mortgage on the building! -- I'd like to see a person with clear title and no mortgage to a building who is homeless! Another was to protect the identity of victims of sex crimes and keep those files out of the hands of reporters and only available to prosecutor, defense, and judges rather than available to all in the clerks' offices as is the norm. Unfortunately, it was written so badly that what it actually said was that the files would be always be public unless the accused was a prosecutor, defense, or judge! One of the big problems with this goofy legislation being proposed is that the sponsor can go home to his district or call the press and announce a new bill that will help with the drug problem, with education, with whatever will play well and get votes for the next election -- no matter how stupid or ineffective the bill happens to be! And lots of those stupid things would get passed because nobody seeking reelection would dare be seen as anti-children, pro-drug, or whatever.

We used to have one State Representative who would introduce a bill about abortion every session, and it would always be blatantly unconstitutional though popular with his constituents, who were told it was "pro-family values" or "anti-sex crime" and didn't really look further even though the actual substance of the bill was never publicized. It would pass by a thread, be vetoed by the Governor, and then be overridden. Instantly, a law school group, ACLU, or some constitutional law expert would file suit to enjoin the bill, which meant the bill then had to be defended by the Attorney General's Office. Eventually, the bill would be enjoined, and the group filing the challenge to the bill would file for attorney fees, which the court would award. Thus, the taxpayers paid for both sides of court action on a piece of legislation that should never have been passed. And the State Representative would puff and blow and get re-elected after the taxpayers paid for all of the publicity. It was in effect getting all the publicity for the next campaign through tax money. That stuff eventually stopped, but only after the Representative died.

Common sense has very little to do with anything in the legislature. It's a publicity game, and pretty disgusting.

I did like the suggestion that as it is the opening of the bags that caused the problems, they should be make without one!

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

I read all the comments on there (how stupid AM I?)

While most folks think like some of us that it is ridiculous to ban the bags, there were a few who said doing something is better than nothing.

It's not my fight, but I want to say to them, "NO, IT'S NOT!".

Cindy

You should carry your prescriptions with you then. I had a hard time convincing a cop that the drugs I was carrying were LEGAL because I had them in one of those daily containers.

Cindy

I take a LOT of prescription drugs, and rather than take 7 prescription bottles with me, I ask the pharmacy to print a set of labels for me, which I stick on 7 sandwich-size plastic zipper bags, each containing enough pills for the trip and one extra week. And I tuck the 7 little plastic bags into one larger bag to keep everything together. I have never had a problem with airport security since everything is labeled with pharmacy labels. However, I also carry my plastic pacemaker ID card, too, with passport (even for domestic-only trips) and driver's license. The newer pacemakers apparently won't be hurt by going through the metal-detectors so long as you don't just stand in them, but will still set them off. I could be stark naked and set them off! But with the pacemaker ID I can go straight into "alternative security", which I would have to do anyway when the pacemaker sets the machine into overdrive, and the people are generally very nice about it all. So -- ask your pharmacy to run an extra set of labels for you, get out the sandwich baggies, and leave all those bottles at home! The labels I get are too large for the tiny little baggies -- sandwich size works best for me since it holds the label and is easy to get in for just one pill at a time. (For a really long trip I do take a pair of those plastic pill holders empty in my suitcase, set them up when I get to my destination, and store them in the safe in the hotel room or ship cabin.)

You are right! Today I had bus duty and some little one clipped the back of my heel with a rolly backpack and down I went. He got scared and took off, but you should have seen how the other kids reacted. They were wonderful. Not only that, but they kept stopping me all day to see if I was OK (I was). They called it a hit and run.

L>'Course, I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here ... I really don't know

Linda PATCHogue, NY

Not me. I never saw them for sale anywhere.

I use them for jewelry stuff. I also put a few vitamins or my pills in if I need to go away somewhere. My DFIL does it for my DMIL because she takes pills 4 times a day and he can carry them easily.

Nuf said on my part.

For cripes sake! That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen! MSM bought tiny little ziplock bags, in quantity, to hold her bead earrings and also for one/two/three of a kind beads. She sure as hell wasn't an addict or a dealer, she was terrifically sensitive to any drug, even aspirin!

The phrase, "Dumb and Dumber," comes to mind..............

Back in my much younger days, I had to do the inventory for a Narcotics squad. One often confiscated piece of suspicious paraphernalia was any set of scales. No matter what Alton Brown has told you about weighing the ingredients for bread or cakes; no matter how often you avoid a trip to the post office by weighing a little squishie and applying adequate postage by yourself - if the Sheriff comes banging on your door: First Thing! hide the kitchen scales. Polly

Just don't "do lines" with the baking powder.