Eggs at Customs (fwd)

There has (fortunately!) been a big crackdown recently on the illegal pet
bird import trade, something akin to the slave trade of the 19th century for
those of us who like pet birds.  One of the methods people use to import
birds is to wear special vests full of pockets for rare bird eggs.  If the
person who wrote this was coming in from SE Asia, especially Australia, then
this was very possibly the meaning of the question.

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>At 8:32 AM 1/15/96, Brad Shantz wrote:
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>>I was asked if I had any eggs.  I still don't know why.
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>Meaning you weren't cleared for expedited handling. My CIA and NSA friends
>had alerted me to this question and given me the special answer:
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>Me: "Yes, I have green eggs, and ham, too. The eggs in Paris are especially
>fresh this time of year."
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>This got me waved through.
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>--Tim May
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On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Lindsay Haisley wrote:

> There has (fortunately!) been a big crackdown recently on the illegal pet
> bird import trade, something akin to the slave trade of the 19th century for
> those of us who like pet birds.  One of the methods people use to import
> birds is to wear special vests full of pockets for rare bird eggs.  If the
> person who wrote this was coming in from SE Asia, especially Australia, then
> this was very possibly the meaning of the question.

And here I thought it was because eggs were a good medium for 
transporting biotoxins.

I've been hanging out with you conspiracy freaks too much :-)

-rich