"Eric Jorgensen" > wrote in message
news:20050218142200.443847ed@wafer...
> On 18 Feb 2005 13:19:37 -0800
> "elgoog" > wrote:
>
> > Ever get into trouble traveling with tea? I used to have problems
> > carrying coffee. The dogs are trained to respond to coffee because
> > smugglers hid drugs inside the coffee in an attempt to fool the dogs.
>
> I hear tell my supervisor once got hassled at the airport with a
ziplock
> baggie full of yerba mate.

I've never seen yerba mate. Does it look very much like oregano?

> There's a noted case of a tourist being asked to transfer his "Gunpowder
> Tea" out of it's labeled packaging for fear it might unsettle other
> passengers.

Oh, good grief. I comprehend the logic, but some people (other passengers)
really need to find something better to do with their nosiness. I mean, it
wasn't as though "GUNPOWDER" was in large letters, was it?

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