"Derek" > wrote in message ...
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:45:14 GMT, Bluesea wrote:
>
> > "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.
> >>
> >> 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?
>
> Wouldn't it be better if it was in large letters? I mean, what kind of
> idiot terrorist would try to board a plane with a can boldly labeled
> "Gunpowder" or a box labeled "Dynamite"???

Yeah. And, just think what the other passengers might do if the tea was
sprinkled in a line down the aisle like from the johns and the guy lit the
end of it.

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