The "Scissors" Story

It was an ordinary day. We had just arrived at the Baltimore Airport for our family trip to Disneyland. The "We" is LDub, wife Carol, sons Derek and Tad, and daughter Brynn. It is our first trip EVER on an airplane and needless to say, our first trip to Disneyland. We are passing through security and for some reason they have asked to see my carry-on. I open it and they ask "what are you planning to do with the scissors with the 8 inch blades?" "You never know when you might need them when you are on vacation with the family" I respond. Since this is pre-9/11 they pack the scissors back in my bag and off we go. The plane ride was both stressful and exciting for everyone. We arrive in Orlando, get our luggage and make our way to the rental car company to pick up our ride. After arriving at the motel we start to explore Florida. Typical Florida weather our entire trip with hot humid days and afternoon showers. The afternoon shower time is great for naps since the kids are all fairly young and the parents are both getting older. We all really enjoyed touring Disneyland and riding the rides, but Epcot had just opened and most of it was unfinished. We all agreed that our trip to Seaworld and getting to "fish" for oysters with a pearl in them was our favorite stop of the vacation, so we returned for a second day. On the last day of vacation we stopped for our evening meal at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Take-out. We returned to the motel and prepared the table for supper. All gathered around the table and we opened the bucket of chicken, containers of slaw and mashed potatoes and freshly made biscuits (my favorites). "What do we eat with?" one of the kids said. No clue! Seems they forgot to give us eating utensils and there were none in the room. Well you know what I did don't you? I went to my carry-on and got out the scissors with the 8 inch blades. I cut large scoops for serving the food and smaller spoons for everyone to eat with from the empty chicken bucket. Worked well since the bucket had a waxed coating on it. Spoons seemed like they had a Teflon coating. Pretty neat! Now when we travel I must pack the scissors in my check-on because of new security regulations. Oh, well. It was an extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.