On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:41:13 +0100, "Trust No One®"
wrote:



Nick Drew wrote:


I think it's something to do with (bear with me on this) *putting*
things inside them. I haven't really investigated it very much, but
as I understand it, if you wear a 'ruck sack' you can carry lots of
things in them. I'm still at the stage of carrying individual items
in my hands, and really, it is a bit of a pain, particularly when one
of them has to be a tube ticket...

Oh I appreciate fully well the practicality and ubiquity of rucksacks.
Indeed the first store I went into after exiting the tube was doing a
prominent special on rucksacks! LOL!

BTW I'm not calling for a ban on rucksacks - don't get me wrong. On Friday,
one of the presenters on Talksport Radio was suggesting that rucksacks be
banned on the Underground! I don't think he fully appreciated the
practicalities (and futility) of introducing or enforcing such a ban. Won't
terrorists simply switch to suitcases or carry-on bags?

Or bomb belts. At least you can see a rucksack!