[47255] in Cypherpunks
Re: Eggs at Customs (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Graves)
Mon Jan 15 19:44:03 1996
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 16:30:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu>
To: Lindsay Haisley <fmouse@fmp.com>
Cc: tcmay@mail.got.net, ravage@einstein.ssa.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601152336.RAA14733@gateway.fmp.com>
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
