Salami and other obiects of smuggling
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From: Tim C. on 14 Jan 2010 10:25 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:22:06 +0100, Martin wrote in post : <news:sjduk5d608hbveabo9b9upolo9k73jrocg(a)4ax.com> : > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:13:12 +0100, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > >>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. > > That was for Magda? No, for you. :) -- Tim C.
From: JohnT on 14 Jan 2010 11:57 On 14/01/2010 2:08 PM, Martin wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:17:54 +0530, "William Black" > <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> "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... > > Who narrowed the passengers down to foot passengers? > > Your lack of awareness doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Are you aware that last > summer they were breathalysing car drivers as they drove off the ferry at 8 a.m > and that it is quite common to have the contents of car boots examined in both > directions? Mr Black gets very confused when you give him factual information. -- JohnT
From: William Black on 14 Jan 2010 13:05 "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message news:v29uk5tehqc6uqtdqa9ua3jcgipn8kd9gk(a)4ax.com... >>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... > > Who narrowed the passengers down to foot passengers? Nobody, it's what called 'a comment'. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: William Black on 14 Jan 2010 13:07 "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message news:1uauk5l0oobiojn2khlqqccqs77jtijjc2(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:26:10 +0100, "Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote: > >>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. > > Don't try it when the men in black with big guns are welcoming tourists to > Hull. You mean they've shot someone for smuggling bacon? That one never made the papers... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea.
From: William Black on 14 Jan 2010 13:08
"Tim C." <spamtrap(a)tele2.at> wrote in message news:185vcv3drb8kd.1sqkpk9yxhovw.dlg(a)40tude.net... > Just don't try it when there's a F&M scare on in the UK. By that stage they're past caring... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |