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The Newest Threat to Our National Security: Candy from Canada
From Gawker:
Seattle residents Brandon Loo and Christopher Sweeney were on their way back from a trip to Vancouver when U.S. Border agents searched their car and, after finding illegal contraband, detained the two for several hours. The contraband? Kinder Eggs, which are chocolate eggs with toys in the center. The candies are banned in the U.S. because they, like every other candy in the world, contain "a non-nutritive object."
Loo and Sweeney were carrying six of the illegal and highly-dangerous candies at the time, meaning they faced a fine of $15,000 (or $2,500 per illegal candy). The two were eventually released, but only after they spent two and a half hours pleading their case.
"They wasted our time," Sweeney said. "They wasted the money spent on the agents to do this and there are other cars that went through without checking them at all."
In 2011, U.S. Border agents confiscated 25,000 Kinder Eggs, which is dumb but at least it's better than hassling 96-year old former governors.
Comments
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:15 PM, ross_r said:
They should have hid them up their arses.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:47 PM, bearTrap said:
i don't know.... I'm pretty sure lawn darts would be considered treason and can get u executed on the spot
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Phillip said:
Man, lawn darts are a one-way trip to Guantanamo!
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Mista PP said:
Just so long as they don't look in the back of my car and see the lawn darts I'm smuggling in, everything will be fine...
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Phillip said:
I wonder if they burn the confiscated Kinder eggs in a big bonfire? Or are they just secretly resold on the black market?
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:02 AM, SierrainAustin said:
HAHA! They had a story about that on the radio today. Good thing we are all now safe from those dangerous chocolates!
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Jesse24 said:
AWESOME! I want one of those!
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:55 PM, AD said:
I'd kill for a kinder egg right about now'