On the one hand, I think it is sort of sad how easily you can shut down a city these days. Last time I was in Logan, some idiot left a bag unattended in the line to check in. It was just an unclaimed bag laying there. None of us said anything. I think it was an unspoken understanding that if we pointed it out to security officials, the airport would shut down and we’d spend the holiday stuck in the airport. So we all pretended not to see it.

Yes, the thought did enter my mind it could be a bomb or something equally insidious. We all chose to ignore it. Maybe it was a test because eventually the bag disappeared. Perhaps the owner reclaimed it. It could have been a crazy drug swap. Who knows? I guess the moral of the story is we are better to be safe than sorry. Truth be told though, the vast majority of us know the minute we point anything out that is at all remotely suspicious, we’ll be smack in the middle of an overreaction.

Anyone under about 35 with some level of cultural awareness could have immediately pointed out that these “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” signs were probably harmless. In fact Adult Swim has billboards around Boston with basically the same image. I’ve seen these billboards in other places as well. I find it hard to believe someone didn’t say “hey that’s the cartoon guy from Adult Swim!”

I personally don’t get “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” It seems to me like some hipsters decided it was worthy programming and everyone else just hopped on board the trend. Let’s just hope no one gets the bright idea to put Stewie Griffin cut outs in daycares around the country. If any baby powder got on it, we’d be in the midst of an anthrax scare.

Oi vei!