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Trouser snakes!
Ananova ^
| June 15, 2005
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Posted on 06/15/2005 3:08:53 AM PDT by MadIvan
A smuggler who filled his trousers with rare snakes was caught when he landed at Prague airport because customs officers spotted them wriggling.
The man had pulled his trousers tight tying them with string and tucked the legs into his socks after hiding the snakes inside.
But his appearance alerted customs officers who arrested the man when he landed in the Czech capital after a flight from Africa.
The 23-year-old man was also found to have scorpions and beetles in his luggage, local media reported.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3rdeyeblind; beetles; crabstoo; czechrepublic; scorpions; smuggling; snakes
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The title of this article is somewhat unfortunate.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:08:53 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; pax_et_bonum; Alkhin; agrace; ...
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:09:17 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: MadIvan
My hovercraft is full of eels.
To: MadIvan
Hehehe...bad Ivan, bad Ivan!
4
posted on
06/15/2005 3:12:41 AM PDT
by
GulfWar1Vet
("If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag." ~ Author unknown)
To: cjshapi
An "Is that a snake in your pocket, or are your really happy to see me?" ping.
5
posted on
06/15/2005 3:15:09 AM PDT
by
Junior
(“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
To: Venerable Bede
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:15:27 AM PDT
by
kb2614
("Speaking Truth to Power" - What idiots say when they want to sound profound!!)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: MadIvan
Can you imagine being the person sitting next to him during the flight? However, since the smuggler had departed from Africa his seat mate probably thought nothing of it, thinking it was some regular ailment from the Dark Continent. ;-)
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:20:07 AM PDT
by
BigWaveBetty
(It's like I've got a fever and the only cure is more cowbell.)
To: MadIvan
Snakes in the ocean
eels in the sea
I let a red headed woman
make a fool out of me
and it don't look like
I'll ever stop my wanderin'...
g'mornin' Ivan!
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:21:09 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Why? Ask Jamie Gorelick)
To: goushi
Boy, you have that right!
That has to be one of the pinnacles of stupidity.
10
posted on
06/15/2005 3:21:50 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: MadIvan
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on.
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:25:26 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: MadIvan
This reminds me of a very, very, old joke, the punchline of which is as follows......
"Baby, I knew you was big, I knew you was black, but where'd you get those baby blues eyes?
12
posted on
06/15/2005 3:25:54 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: MadIvan
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:28:12 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: MadIvan
A smuggler who filled his trousers with rare snakesWhat's so rare about them? Did they only have one eye?
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:29:51 AM PDT
by
Phocion
(Abolish the 16th Amendment.)
To: GulfWar1Vet
Hehehe...bad Ivan, bad Ivan!Who, me?
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:46:35 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: Venerable Bede
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posted on
06/15/2005 3:46:54 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: 6SJ7
"Whole lotta shakin' goin' on."
More like "whole lotta snakin' goin' on"
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posted on
06/15/2005 4:08:28 AM PDT
by
Maria S
To: MadIvan
The 23-year-old man was also found to have scorpions and beetles in his luggage, local media reported. Something is seriously wrong with this guy.
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posted on
06/15/2005 4:18:42 AM PDT
by
Desdemona
(Music Librarian and provider of cucumber sandwiches, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary. Hats required.)
To: MadIvan
Not that one! That ones real!
To: Gorzaloon; Lady Jag
And now boys and girls, it's time for another "good idea bad idea"
*ping*
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posted on
06/15/2005 4:23:29 AM PDT
by
Beaker
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