Crazy?

[LeJerk]

They let you on a plane to China with a Leatherman?

[theGinsue]

Thanks for relating that Tim - cool story but you'll never get me to China - even with a Tactical Diaper Bag!

[Troublco]

When were were getting ready to adopt our daughter last April, my wife came home with a diaper bag for me. Needless to say, since it didn't have any place for my grenades, I told her to return it. Instead, I bought a Maxpedition bag, one of the sling it over your shoulder types with an integral holster and grenade pouch (actually, I think it's for a water bottle, but I like to think I could put a grenade in it....if I had one.)

When we went to China to pick the little one up, I brought my "diaper" bag and used it for it's stated purpose (to carry diapers) and to carry all the crap I typically travel with. At the beginning of the trip, I received all kinds of smack talk from the other fathers (most all flaming liberals) for, get this, my "man bag". This from guys who didn't think twice about walking all over China carrying a big bag with a pink bunny on the side. Fags.

All through the trip, guys would say things like "where are we", and I'd whip out my GPS, or "I can't see under here" and I'd hand them my Surefire. Multiple times someone needed a screwdriver or pliers and I'd dig out the Leatherman. One ding dong even wondered what we'd do if the bus broke down in some remote part of the country (not likely where we were where it's wall to wall people) and I pulled out my SPOT GPS emergency beacon. After the first few days, I noticed that most all of them had quit teasing me, and about half asked where I got it. Fortunately, I never had occasion to use the "oh shit" first aid kit I carry.

I was frankly stunned at how unprepared most of those guys were for any problem that couldn't be solved with a call to room service.

I still use that bag as my diaper bag, but now it has more appropriate "tools" stashed in it than what I was allowed to take to China.

As I recall someone else observing recently, the folks who are prepared get a lot of crap, but they also tend to be the first ones that people come to when they need something.....

[Tim K]

They let you on a plane to China with a Leatherman?

Checked baggage. Interestingly, it got there OK, but went missing on the way home.