Ziploc Big Bags

Ziploc bags have to be one of the best inventions of the 20th century.

Especially when you're traveling, you can never have enough of them.

Now comes Ziploc with its new Big Bags in your choice of two fun sizes:

• Xtra Large — 2 feet x 1.7 feet, 4/$5.99

• XXtra Large — 2.7 feet x 2 feet, 3/$5.99

From the website:

The biggest, strongest, most versatile Ziploc bags ever!

Designed to handle all kinds of loads — you can use them to store anything anywhere.

These new versions are heavy–duty and thicker than the kitchen versions.

I wonder what would happen if you tried to mail one of these giant Ziploc bags full of stuff to someone — would the post office clerk still ask you if there was anything flammable or breakable inside if she could see quite plainly that there wasn't?

My guess is yes.

I think it's time for a bookofjoe crack research team field trip to find out.

Let me go wake someone up and send her over to the post office.

You can find these cool new Ziplocs–on–steroids at Safeway, Giant, Target and other fine stores, wherever Ziploc bags are sold.