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Eggs at Customs

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy C. May)
Mon Jan 15 12:56:21 1996

Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 11:03:44 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)

At 8:32 AM 1/15/96, Brad Shantz wrote:
>
>I was asked if I had any eggs.  I still don't know why.
>

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:

Me: "Yes, I have green eggs, and ham, too. The eggs in Paris are especially
fresh this time of year."

This got me waved through.

--Tim May


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