Spot Checking for Hazmats

This is Proctor & Gamble’s new product “Tide to Go.” It is small and innocent looking and yet lethal on casual food stains. You’ve probably seen the commercial. The stuff really does work and is perfect for travel, wouldn’t you say? Not! On a recent cross continent journey my friend Rob’s Tide to Go was confiscated at the Atlanta airport by vigilant authorities. Who knew a small soap product could be hazardous material. Maybe it’s the shape of the tube. Well, no use crying over spilt milk but I sure could have used that stuff, more than once, during my brief stay in Palm Springs. And not just for that earthquake (3.4 on the Richter scale) but both Thai and Indian food seem to have a penchant for flying, inadvertently, off wayward forks. Talk about hazardous.