From: Lindsay Haisley <fmouse@fmp.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 15:38:32 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Eggs at Customs (fwd)
Message-ID: <199601152336.RAA14733@gateway.fmp.com>
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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.

>
>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.
>
>--Tim May
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>We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed.
>---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:----
>Timothy C. May              | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
>tcmay@got.net  408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
>W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA  | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
>Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1  | black markets, collapse of governments.
>"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."
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