candy

last saturday night, i went to a club for a concert of a local moscovite band.

as usual (for security reasons), you have to go through some security checks, through the metall detector that always beeeeeeeeeeeeps (but no one really pays much attention to) and show them the contents of your handbag.

so in mine, since i was feeling a bit rough in the throat, i had one piece of candy.

can you believe it?!?!?! i was not allowed to take that one piece of candy into the club!!!

but no problem taking in your mobile phone, camera and what not into the club, but not your candy!!! no problem for chewing gum, though.

does that make sense to you? to me, no. really no... i just don't see the security threat emanating from a piece of candy...

(btw, i was allowed to pick up my candy again on my way out. i thought screw them, but my russian friend insisted on getting it back, "out of principle"...)