From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 16:31:42 PST
To: Lindsay Haisley <fmouse@fmp.com>
Subject: Re: Eggs at Customs (fwd)
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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