Airport StoriesBack when I was a moody teenager I took a cheap flight that involved changing planes and having to go through security again. My bags were pre-checked so, when I set off the metal detector, I honestly said to the security guy that I had no idea what had set it off.
Until, that is, he searched me and found the metal knife and fork stamped "KLM" I'd nicked off the previous flight.
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chthonic, Fri 3 Mar 2006, 10:09)
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Off topic? Kinda but Customs related...Whilst working abroad at Her Majesty's pleasure I found myself in a dry camp. Not only dry as in desert - but NO ALCOHOL! Arrg!
Several schemes followed including making mango wine using bread yeast (scummy but better than it sounds) and getting peeps back home in Blighty to send stuff over.
One poor confused relative was asked to send over some gin but told "to disguise it". Cue an whisky bottle filled with gin posted over - complete with clear statement on the customs label - "Whisky"
One lass was surprised by a quantity of port hidden in a shower bottle. The surprise was that when she got it she tipped in the small amount of soap that she had left before going off to the shower block. Her screams still haunt me...
Oh.. and the time my mango wine exploded all over the bunk and kit of the guy next me - sounding like a gunshot so everyone came running... Priceless.
I could go on and on, but figure that I already have...
(, Mon 6 Mar 2006, 2:22, Reply)
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