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Skriven 2013-02-23 11:35:10 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
   Kommentar till text 6842 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: The Last Pope
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Ward Dossche wrote to mark lewis:

 ml>> what was it?

 WD> Second part of June 2003.

 WD> I was flying with KL641 to New York JFK to attend a wedding of a
 WD> friend in Connecticut.

 WD> We had the umpteenth discussion in Fidonews over "whatever" and Roy

Lying is one of your saddest traits. Your memory is just as bad. It wasn't
I who informed the authorities, but I know who did. His initials are Thom
LaCosta and/or Shannon Talley...

Have a nice trip, over your ever growing Pinocchio nose.

 WD> got in a fit again and asserted he could get me stopped at the
 WD> border. I disputed that but challenged him with the flightnumber,
 WD> date and arrival time.

 WD> After some 40 previous entries in the US I suddenly noticed the
 WD> body-language of the female immigration inspector as peculiar when
 WD> she wrote some code on my customs form. I figured "I bet I'll be
 WD> taken aside and my suitcase unloaded".

 WD> That suitcase contained:

 WD> * 1 suit
 WD> * 1 pair of decent shoes
 WD> * 1 white shirt
 WD> * 1 necktie
 WD> * 1 spare jeans
 WD> * 3 sets of underwear
 WD> * 3 sets of socks
 WD> * 500gr of Belgian chocolates
 WD> * raingear

 WD> ... as good as nothing so to speak compared to the tonnage of others.

 WD> As I expected, I was singled out upon inspection of the customs
 WD> declaration and needed to confirm that I did not bring anything into
 WD> the US that was illegal, wasn't smuggling, was not in the process of
 WD> a criminal act.

 WD> Then the Beagle brigade was called as well as a drug-sniffing dog.
 WD> Nothing.

 WD> The suitcase was opened and its meager contents unpacked and
 WD> unfolded. Still nothing!

 WD> The (very curteous) customs inspector went to weigh the empty
 WD> suitcase. Again nothing.

 WD> Then he called his supervisor, rattled off some codes, pointed at a
 WD> computerscreen I couldn't see and said something like "Couldn't find
 WD> anything".

 WD> Then the supervisor put on latex gloves. Went carefully one-by-one
 WD> over the items described above. Nothing.

 WD> Then they X-rayed the suitcase. Nothing.

 WD> Then they got a device to measure the thickness of the sides of the
 WD> suitcase. Still nothing.

 WD> Eventually both gentlemen folded everything nicely back and packed
 WD> the suitcase impeccably. Typing something on the screen, stamping my
 WD> entry-form and saying "There obviously is nothing wrong with your
 WD> bagage. Welcome to the USA".

 WD> "That's what I declared 3 times to begin with", I told these men.

 WD> The whole process took some 40-45 minutes and as New York was my
 WD> final destination plus I had loads of time I stood there very amused
 WD> with my hands in my pockets sort of whistling. The men probably also
 WD> noticed my body language was not the one of someone fearing
 WD> discovery.

 WD> As Roy said he would get me stopped, I'm assuming he (or someone
 WD> else) anonymously informed customs as they were looking too targeted
 WD> for something.

 WD> Rule-#1: I don't carry stuff in nor out of the USA that is illegal.

 WD> So, if someone wants to inform the TSA I did something wrong by
 WD> sleeping with Britney Spears, then I invite that person to inform
 WD> authorities. To facilitate the fun, I will be returning to the US the
 WD> last week of April somewhere.

 WD> Take care,

 WD>  \%/@rd

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