Salami and other obiects of smuggling
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From: Tom P on 14 Jan 2010 20:06 Stephen Ellenson wrote: > "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message > news:v68uk5dhs8ergahr45lvgnfb4n925sig0s(a)4ax.com... >> 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. >> -- >> >> Martin > > A couple years ago, when going through security at Brussels airport, the > x-ray machine found my tubes of Amora moutarde in my carry on. I had > forgotten to put them in my checked bag. It was my mistake, not because it > was mustard but because it was a "liquid/gel" larger than the allowed size. > I told them to put them in the lunchroom so someone could use them. I was > told that they were forbidden to use anything confiscated. My wife felt bad > enough for me that when we got back to the states she ordered some from a > site that sells French condiments in the U.S. Needless to say she paid more > on-line than I paid in Brussels. I hope they used the confiscated mustard in > Belgium. > > The most idiotic security check I got into was when the security wouldn't let me take a tupperware box full of Brie for my supper on the plane (an internal flight btw). The officer said the cheese was a "viscous fluid" and therefore could not go as hand luggage. Apparently a lump of Gouda would have been ok. I objected, pointing out that the week before I'd had a large jar of olives in my hand luggage, and nobody had complained, but all to no avail. I did think of saying that I could probably cause much more injury and destruction with a lump of Gouda if I'd gone berserk than with a tupperware box full of Brie, but then thought the better of it. T.
From: Tim C. on 15 Jan 2010 01:59 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:52:00 -0600, Tom P wrote in post : <news:7r9shiFavuU1(a)mid.individual.net> : > Among other things I've seen Christmas turkeys being extracted from > the boots of hapless Brits presumably on their way to enjoy Christmas > with their loved ones. Quite right too. -- Tim C.
From: Tim C. on 15 Jan 2010 02:00 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:38:33 +0530, William Black wrote in post : <news:hinmiu$j1h$1(a)news.eternal-september.org> : > "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... That's when they actually start checking people. -- Tim C.
From: Hackamore on 15 Jan 2010 02:42 Hi, I've been busted with... cuban cigars. and my mother was busted with... a wheel of St. Nectaire cheese. our luggage gets looked through. :-} ttyl -- http://www.hackamoretravel.com http://www.hackamore.com
From: Hackamore on 15 Jan 2010 02:44
Hi, at Schiphol airport (amsterdam) they sell pate' de foie gras with USDA stamps on it specifically for the US Market. -- Hackamore http://www.hackamore.com http://www.hackamoretravel.com |