I could make a really bad joke about this, but I won't...
An Australian woman was found to be carrying 51 live tropical fish after custom officials were alerted by "flipping" noises coming from beneath her skirt as she arrived at Melbourne airport.
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Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA Member
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 | 06:26 AM
Eww. Weirdness. At least it wasn't ... in any really weird places. It was outside of her clothes.
Captain Al
in Alberta, Canada Member
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 | 07:54 AM
A used to work with a guy who had a big salt-water aquarium. One time we were in Hong Kong and told me he could get really good prices on tropical fish in a pet store there. Apparently the store had done this before. They would put the fish in a bag, like the ones illustrated in the CNN story, and charge them up with oxygen so they would survive the 12 hour flight home.
I finally talked him out of it by saying the amount of money he would save would not be worth the risk of getting caught.
I could just imagine the customs official watching the x-ray machine when his bags went through, seeing fish bones swimming in them.
Another colleague once brought home a full size samuri sword and a pellet gun that looked like a real gun. He did not declare either of them! I got into the habit of going through customs by myself and saying I was traveling alone.
Maegan
in Tampa, FL - USA Member
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 | 09:24 AM
Umm...So spending the money to get to another country to buy cheap fish, is cheaper than buying fish in your local pet store? Tit heads.
Captain Al
in Alberta, Canada Member
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 | 10:07 AM
We were already in Hong Kong on business. The trip cost us nothing.
