Bagpipe ping!
Bagpipes sound like a bag full of kittens being squeezed.
Government has gone mad.
Legalism with the absence of common sense is facism.
Amazing what we do to protect elephants.
What with all the islamic beheading going on the Sgian Dubhs order scares the hell out of me
The DHS Customs and Border Protection requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following:
LI 001: Carbon Bagpipe Drone Reed Set, 5, EA; LI 002: Bagpipe Chanter Reeds-Easy, 12, EA; LI 003: Bagpipe Chanter Reeds-Medium, 12, EA; LI 004: Deluxe Bagpipe Bag Covers w/ Non-slip Grap Patch and Zipper, 5, EA; LI 005: Drone Cords, 5, EA; LI 006: Highland Bagpipe Tuner and Metronome with cases, 2, EA; LI 007: Combination Tuner and Metronome, 6, EA; LI 008: Black Polypenco Bagpipes w/ cases, 10, EA; LI 009: Polypenco Bagpipe Chanter, 10, EA; LI 010: Bellows Blown Blackwood Smallpipes in "A" w/ cases, 4, EA; LI 011: Black waxed bagpipe hemp, 4, EA; LI 012: Real Beeswax, 4, EA; LI 013: Long Polypenco Practice Chanters, 10, EA; LI 014: Bagpipe Tutor Book - VOL 1 C.O.P., 10, EA; LI 015: Practice Chanter Reed, 10, EA; LI 016: Rol of Pipe Bag Tie-In cord, 2, EA; LI 017: Tapered Reamer, 1, EA; LI 018: PiobMaster 2.3 CD ROM-Bagpipe music writing software, 1, EA; LI 019: Pipe Band Base Drum Carrier, 2, EA; LI 020: Folding Bass Drum Stand, 1, EA; LI 021: Inverness Rain Cape, 14, EA; LI 022: Glengarry Plain, 15, EA; LI 023: Snare Drum Stand, 4, EA; LI 024: Pipe Band Snare Drums-Black, 4, EA; LI 025: Snare Carrier-Silver, 4, EA; LI 026: 16" x 12" Pipe Band Tenor Drum, 4, EA; LI 027: 18" Bodhran Pack w/ Beater, 4, EA; LI 028: Deluxe triple function drum sling, 2, EA; LI 029: Heavy Duty Tenor Drum leg rest, 2, EA; LI 030: Drum-Mount Snare Drum stick bag, 4, EA; LI 031: Heavy Duty Drum Key, 2, EA; LI 032: Short Black Classic Tenor Mallets, 3, EA; LI 033: Black Bass Beaters, 2, EA; LI 034: TyFry Tenor Tutor Tenor Instruction DVD/CDROM, 1, EA; LI 035: Snare Stick Set, 10, EA; LI 036: Square Tenor/Snare Drum Case, 5, EA; LI 037: Spats Canvas-White, 20, EA; LI 038: Hose-Blue, 14, EA; LI 039: Flashes-Red, 14, EA; LI 040: Leather Day Sporrans-Black, 14, EA; LI 041: Horsehair Sporrans, 14, EA; LI 042: Sgian Dubhs, 14, EA; LI 043: Shipping/Handling/Delivery, 1, EA;
As Robert Heinlein called it way back in the freedom days of Richard Nixon (1973);
In a Mature Society, "Civil Servant" is Semantically Equal to "Civil Master" "Time Enough for Love"
The solution to the bagpipe problem, of course, is just to lie. When asked if you have something to declare, you just say no.
That way, you become a criminal, and the government can arrest you at will.
If they were Mexicans with ivory inlays in their leaf blowers, they’d be waved through, no problem.
And the federales have a program for reincarnating the elephant from which the ivory is made, right? The is the same program that causes people to throw their old pianos in the landfill because it is illegal to sell them. I can understand not wanting new elephants killed for their ivory, but a lot of that ivory is a century old. And how stupid do the customs inspectors have to be to not tell the difference between plastic and ivory?
Federal Sassenach bastards!
Och Aye!
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Why can’t they mail the bagpipes and put the paperwork inside the box in case it’s ever opened and inspected? Of course, video the packing and keep all reciepts for the postage. You might never see them again but you’d save that $475 to help purchase a new instrument.
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