Upon being spotchecked at Bangkok airport and being found to be wearing on my garments an above the allowance amount of various animal hairs (pet-sitting duties), something like this might come in handy -
A laminated photo ID card issued when signing up for a HB account, with on the reverse "Do not be alarmed. <name> is a member of Halfbakery. If he/she has in their possession, for example, a superconducting cheese disk, or blueprints for a device to accelerate Chihuahuas to near c velocities, it is all part of a (at best borderline) legitimate research project. Please release <name> and call off the SWAT team. This way up."-- not_morrison_rm, Jul 11 2012 Halfbakery: Card Carrying Halfbaker Card_20Carrying_20HalfbakerSee also ... [jutta, Jul 15 2012] I have one!-- po, Jul 11 2012 "Member in bad standing since 2001"-- blissmiss, Jul 11 2012 I'm just having a Bindi croissant tatooed on my forehead!-- xandram, Jul 11 2012 These are going to have to have some bizarrely halfbaked form of anti-counterfeiting to be legitimate.
Also a QR code for each baker's user page should be somewhere.
And would you let [beanangel] into _your_ country?-- RayfordSteele, Jul 11 2012 //bizarrely halfbaked form of anti-counterfeiting to be legitimate//
"Some versions of this card may be genuine"-- lurch, Jul 11 2012 Haha, wonderful,, how about a series of cards each to explain the previous card.
-Halfbakery is on the Internet- -The Internet is on computers- -Computers are connected into a network called the Internet- *pause* -A network is a complex group of interconnections- *pause* etc.-- rcarty, Jul 11 2012 // And would you let [beanangel] into _your_ country? //
I would let [beanangel] into my _home_, provided it agreed not to touch anything without permission, just for the opportunity to study such a strange and unique creature.-- Alterother, Jul 11 2012 Forget the card, just carry a laminated croissant.-- Phrontistery, Jul 11 2012 I have a halfbakery apron, that I wear on international trips. It earns me some strange looks from Customs officials but they leave me alone.-- UnaBubba, Jul 12 2012 //It earns me some strange looks//
Perhaps if you wore some additional clothing as well, the strange looks would diminish.-- AusCan531, Jul 15 2012 Given that airports and aircraft are by and large climate controlled, the practicality of turning up at check-in wearing just a bath robe, lycra swimwear, or surgical greens bears further consideration.-- 8th of 7, Jul 15 2012 [+]
I occasionally have problems with my aftershave (isopropanol 90%), and my hammock (small parachute).
So yeah send me a card and, in hindsight considering that my wet-weather campfire-starter could have received much more attention than it ever actually did, better add the body-tattoo stencil as well.-- FlyingToaster, Jul 15 2012 random, halfbakery