Po' boy security

"The security here is off the hook!" said a delegate as he was going through the metal detector. He's right. Bus loads of SWAT teams poured into Denver and locked down the city this week. Today they are taking it up a notch. But it isn't just the Pepsi Center. I was walking through downtown yesterday (I am still looking for a protester) and I was getting hungry. I spotted a place called Bubba Gump. No, Bill Clinton hasn't opened a restaurant in Colorado. If the name sounds familiar you probably saw the movie "Forrest Gump."

Paramount Pictures franchised the shrimp house that gets its name from the business started by Forrest and his buddy in the movie. In the movie Forrest magically shows up at all the important events in U.S. history. If I remember correctly he was even at the "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Since today is the anniversary of that speech, and because the food smelled really good, I decided to give it a try. Easier said than done. Before being allowed in, someone asked if they could search my bag. That's when I noticed two large security guards in uniform. They searched my bag, giving me suspicious glances while they worked. They even opened my pencil case and checked out my pens and markers. I understand the security at the Pepsi Center, but what are they afraid of at Bubba Gump? Did they think I was going to smuggle in my own shrimp or sabatoge their po' boy sandwiches with rancid tartar sauce? Off the hook, indeed! Off the fish hook ...