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Originally posted by Ankhagogo:
Here's the creepiest/weirdest/surest indication that I'm a geek thing I've seen in many a day..

You know how security's gotten at the airports in the last few years?
At my airport, the security guys who examine the checked luggage wear blue rubber gloves. Let me rephrase that -- the TWO security men who examine luggage wear BLUE gloves which are exactly the same as the ones worn by the dudes who are after River.

Now -- imagine seeing this at 6.30 in the morning after getting 2 hours of sleep the night before.
It was a bit unnerving, I'll be honest. Anyone else notice this at their airport?

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Originally posted by SouthernMerc:
Just be careful, George Orwell looks to be right.

Very scary.

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With all the folks here using the nitriles, maybe we should start a group. You know, Blue Hand Group.

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Two by two, hands of purple.

Doesn't rhyme though.

-The SpAz

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Originally posted by Kurukami:
I guess I'm one of those "real-life" ones... At the con I went to this past weekend, I dressed the part completely, black suit, black tie, white shirt, all the way down to the blue gloves themselves.
Alas, I didn't have a sproingy thing that gave off a high-pitched whining though. Oh well...
B]

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Originally posted by Kurukami:
Quite a number of people actually. A few people didn't get it at first, 'til I asked "Have you seen the series Firefly?" ....
Anyways. The most common reaction was, "Hey, how ya doin', what's with oh my God you're one of those blue-hand guys from Firefly!" Next time I'll have to have someone take pictures of me.

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Originally posted by Kurukami:
Quite a number of people actually. A few people didn't get it at first, 'til I asked "Have you seen the series Firefly?" ....
Anyways. The most common reaction was, "Hey, how ya doin', what's with oh my God you're one of those blue-hand guys from Firefly!" Next time I'll have to have someone take pictures of me.

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Excellent! Next time, maybe you should take a female friend who's got longish darkish hair and find her a pink sweater/skirt outfit and combat boots to wear.......hee heeeeee

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Originally posted by Hotpoint:
Slightly O/T but I've had fun with Airport Security before...

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Originally posted by TamFamFan:
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you too can get your own Blue Hand Bozos! Impossible, you say? Not at all! Just commit a major felony and kidnap a student from one of our special mind-conrol facilities... did I say mind control facilities? I meant schools for the gifted. We, the Alliance will glady send you own pair of Blue Hands. And believe me, they are the gift that you'll find you will never be able to get rid of! And as an added bonus, we've completely removed remorse or sympathy from them, so they will stop at nothing to deliver themselves to you! Held by Alliance forces? No problem! A few dozen brain frapees, and it's home free!
Brought to you by the Alliance.Yes the Alliance, another fun game from Milton Bradley, makers of The Offices of Homeland Security and The FOX Network.

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the blue gloves are standard, off-the-shelf nitrile rubber gloves, which are latex-free. They're more expensive than latex, but a little added cost beats respiratory arrest any day.

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Yet another blue glove story: My 16-year-old daughter is currently taking a CNA (Cerified Nursing Assistant) course at a local hospital. They put the students through a metric shitload of repetitive drill on fundamentals, such as the proper way to wash your hands, make a bed, and (tah dah) put on those damned blue gloves. She's keeping a full high school schedule in addition, so as you can guess, she's getting a little sleep deprived.

So, one session, during a particularly boring glove-putting-on-and-off session she started to drift off, falling asleep sitting up. And a classmate deciding it'll be cute to play "guess who", comes up behind her and puts his (blue gloved) hands over her eyes.

Had I mentioned that we had just watched "Ariel" a night or two before?

I tell you, that joker got more of a reaction that he expected...


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