But because we all have to go through the rigmarole, we all have experienced the silliness of it. In our trip back east, we saw perhaps the silliest thing we have ever seen going through the lines, that being an old lady in a wheel chair being wheeled through the line so she too can through the metal detector. But sending granny through wasn't enough. They also made granny take off her shoes as she went through.

Now, of course, we're thinking what are the chances wheelchair bound granny is going to be a terrorist? We're also thinking what are the chances that wheelchair bound granny has an explosive device deep in her special orthopedic shoes? Not bloody likely. Not that we're experts in all of this, but we're pretty sure little old ladies don't fit the profile of hijackers. And if they were, the only thingwe'd see them doing is commandeering the plane to go to Florida. That beat our previous security story of some old guy with a pacemaker getting the magic wand treatment because they were afraid the metal detector would screw up the pacemaker.

It's all so stupid.

Still, we have to say that despite it all, the security lines at SFO are pretty good. They get you through fast without too much of a wait. In fact, it's pretty darn smooth.