I was at baggage claim at Newark Liberty International Jingleheimer-Schmidt Airport, and I thought to myself, “That’s an amusing sign. I shall photograph it and post it on the blog.” For in its listing of oversized items that could be claimed elsewhere, they’d duct-taped over the first item.
And I continued to think, but this time not within quotation marks, hmmm, that’s curious. One could imagine that the first item was the object that initially inspired the sign’s creation. And what was that item? It would be like one of those professional blog entries, that ends with a question to inspire reader comments! My guess was surfboard, and it was covered up when they realized very few surfboards were arriving in Newark.
But when I transferred the photo from my camera to my computer, I noticed something shocking. I could see through the duct tape!!!
It was “GOLF CLUBS” that had been taped over. Well, that certainly made the planned blog post less interesting. Though my new superpowers were highly interesting. It wasn’t translucent tape, and the letters didn’t appear to be raised. I hadn’t experienced anything like this since I photographed Alexandra Kerry at Cannes.
But readers, what do you think? I don’t own golf clubs. Beyond a half-semester class in college, I’ve never golfed. So I have no clue why golf clubs would be removed from the list. New streamlined packaging? Reclassification by the TSA as a weapon? That “sporting equipment” was a good-enough catch-all category? (But then, why not skis?) I want to know your thoughts! But I want to know them right here, not as some Facebook comment which the Salt in Wound board of directors never see and thereby don’t realize I sometimes have more than two readers. Wait, now I’m way too far removed from the question. OK, OK. Here’s how the real bloggers do it.
What do you think the reason for the duct tape is?
Jack Silbert, curator