Ashes to Ashes

Here's a question you don't hear often enough at the airport: "Did anyone bring an urn onto the plane?"

Urn Trouble.

Guess who was caught up in this mess on his way home from Indianapolis this week?

We were first delayed on the ground for about a half-hour, then at one point a police off icier got on the plane asked if anyone had brought an urn on board, which was the first time I heard that question on a plane. Two minutes later, we had to de-plane (I think that's an official term) and go through security again. After long lines for security, then to get back to the terminal, then to get back on the plane, we took off about 2 hours late. Nobody knew what was going on until we got back on the plane.

At the time it was happening, we didn't really know what was the story with the urn. I must admit though, apart from the frustration of de-planing and going through security again, it was relatively well organized, and the TSA did a fine job of moving hundreds of people back through security in a reasonable amount of time. It would be nice if they lines always moved that fast.