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So here is a lesson in traveling to start off 2009: DO NOT BUY SNOWGLOBES

I purchased a snow globe (of the Burj Al Arab, not that one ) at the DXB duty free for my cousin. My flight took me through Heathrow where the nice folks at the security checkpoint had a problem determining whether or not the Snow Globe has 3oz of fluid in them.

Now… I travel a lot and understand the reason for security… but ruining the gift wrapping and taking 25 minutes of my short connection time to figure out if its ok for me to take this thing on board was a wee-bit frustrating.

The lesson here: don’t buy people souvenirs (at the airport :p )