Salami and other obiects of smuggling
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From: Gregory Morrow on 14 Jan 2010 09:26 Martin wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:55:02 +0100, Magda <no-spam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:49:58 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin >> <me(a)address.invalid> arranged some electrons, so they looked like >> this: >> >> ... On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:33:43 +0100, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> >> wrote: ... >> ... >On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:26:06 +0100, Martin wrote in post : >> ... ><news:vl6uk5lsnla43857guf4gv0l7rc0rdnsv3(a)4ax.com> : >> ... > >> ... >>>As a general rule nobody minds much about stuff for personal >> use. ... >> >> ... >> Other than at Heathrow where somebody was fined �600 for >> having a small piece of ... >> salami in his luggage and at Hull >> Docks where we had a packet of bacon ... >> confiscated. >> ... > >> ... >And going by the German documentaries about Customs officers, >> nearly every ... >airport and international post office in the >> country. ... >> ... I hope the fat burgers get heart disease from eating all that >> confiscated meat. >> >> See? They were only protecting you... :ppppppp > >> o) What happened when Magda tried to smuggle her Dutch Cap into Eire...??? :o) -- Best Greg
From: Tim C. on 14 Jan 2010 09:21 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:55:02 +0100, Magda wrote in post : <news:6g8uk55sids319hi5bpvtkocdbsroa1og7(a)4ax.com> : > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:49:58 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:33:43 +0100, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > ... > ... >On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:26:06 +0100, Martin wrote in post : > ... ><news:vl6uk5lsnla43857guf4gv0l7rc0rdnsv3(a)4ax.com> : > ... > > ... >>>As a general rule nobody minds much about stuff for personal use. > ... >> > ... >> Other than at Heathrow where somebody was fined �600 for having a small piece of > ... >> salami in his luggage and at Hull Docks where we had a packet of bacon > ... >> confiscated. > ... > > ... >And going by the German documentaries about Customs officers, nearly every > ... >airport and international post office in the country. > ... > ... I hope the fat burgers get heart disease from eating all that confiscated meat. > > See? They were only protecting you... :ppppppp > > ===== > It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does. snigger! -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 14 Jan 2010 09:26 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:17:54 +0530, William Black wrote in post : <news:hin7a6$58p$1(a)news.eternal-september.org> : > "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message > news:vl6uk5lsnla43857guf4gv0l7rc0rdnsv3(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:21:51 +0530, "William Black" >> <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Earl Evleth" <evleth(a)wanadoo.fr> wrote in message >>>news:C774CB97.195102%evleth(a)wanadoo.fr... >>>> US authorities have always been old-ladyish (sexism aside) >>>> with respect to importing meat products. Years ago, when living in >>>> California a French friend came visiting and smuggled in a terrine of >>>> p�t�, and wasn't caught. Years later while living in France >>>> my brother, who was coming, asked if he could bring us >>>> an Ozark Hickory smoked ham. I said there were no restrictions >>>> I know of, the French hold food sacred and certainly Ozark ham >>>> would make their list of sacred food. >>> >>>Importing meat products into the EC is illegal without the appropriate >>>license. >> >> and uncooked meat products within the EU. >> >>> >>>As a general rule nobody minds much about stuff for personal use. >> >> Other than at Heathrow where somebody was fined �600 for having a small >> piece of >> salami in his luggage and at Hull Docks where we had a packet of bacon >> confiscated. > > Chances are that the case was opened for something else and they happened > across the salami. > > As far as I'm aware they're no more interested in a packet of bacon or a > stick of salami than they are about a fake Rolex. > > I've never actually seen a foot passenger stopped at Hull Docks for > anything, including smuggling tobacco... Just don't try it when there's a F&M scare on in the UK. -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 14 Jan 2010 09:56 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:46:34 +0100, Magda wrote in post : <news:agbuk5d21k14redan4b8t8gqn3k2bd1nlv(a)4ax.com> : > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:38:33 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:22:24 +0100, Magda <no-spam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ... > ... >On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:59:33 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, Mitchell Holman > ... ><noemailplease(a)comcast.net> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > ... > > ... > ... > ... > ... Some of us can remember the old "I Love Lucy" > ... > ... episode where she tries to smuggle a large sausage > ... > ... onto an airplane by dressing it up as a baby, then > ... > ... having to eat it in flight. Classic. > ... > > ... >And "La Mortadella" with Sofia Loren. > ... > ... Wasn't that a case of two giant water melons? > > Tiger Woods, is that you? That really made me laugh!! -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 14 Jan 2010 10:13
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:02:33 +0100, Martin wrote in post : <news:ofcuk59rjsssqn53v7mkc6god07pfttgsi(a)4ax.com> : > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:56:58 +0100, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > >>On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:46:34 +0100, Magda wrote in post : >><news:agbuk5d21k14redan4b8t8gqn3k2bd1nlv(a)4ax.com> : >> >>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:38:33 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> >>> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: >>> >>> ... On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:22:24 +0100, Magda <no-spam(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> ... >>> ... >On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:59:33 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, Mitchell Holman >>> ... ><noemailplease(a)comcast.net> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: >>> ... > >>> ... > ... >>> ... > ... Some of us can remember the old "I Love Lucy" >>> ... > ... episode where she tries to smuggle a large sausage >>> ... > ... onto an airplane by dressing it up as a baby, then >>> ... > ... having to eat it in flight. Classic. >>> ... > >>> ... >And "La Mortadella" with Sofia Loren. >>> ... >>> ... Wasn't that a case of two giant water melons? >>> >>> Tiger Woods, is that you? >> >>That really made me laugh!! > > Magda holed in one. BTW, If you're thinking of buying Tiger Woods' new DVD "My Favourtite 18 Holes", I wouldn't bother. It's just about golf. -- Tim C. |