Comments on: The contraband apple

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:30:30 +0000

Americans are very terrorist paranoid & maybe thought is was an exploding apple bomb. Or perhaps they thought you may throw it at a large building…..

By: Tee

Tee — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:23:48 +0000

Lol your story reminded me of a similar experience my parents had when traveling through the US by car in the late 70s. When they got to a checkpoint entering California, they were asked about agricultural produce and sure enough my parents were guilty of carrying a bag full of apples. They didn’t surrender them though, being the young, and carefree people that they were, and with lots of time on their hands, they drove a bit away from the checkpoint and ate whatever of the apples they could! haha!

By: Dennis the Vizsla

Dennis the Vizsla — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:12:32 +0000

When we moved to California, we drove across the country from New York. Among the items in our car were a couple of house plants. At the border between California and Arizona, California had an inspection checkpoint. This checkpoint had a very large sign before the barricade that had a lot of writing in small print, which I managed to read before we went by it. Towards the bottom was something that said that if you were bringing in house plants, you had to get a certificate at the checkpoint saying they had been inspected. So anyway, we stopped at the barricade and answered their questions (including about plants) and then they said we could go. I said, “Aren’t you supposed to give us a certificate for our house plants?” The checkpoint guy looked at me and said, “Nobody ever reads that sign!”

And then he gave me my certificate.

By: Haleem

Haleem — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:09:21 +0000

maybe they don’t want you keeping the doctors away!

By: Specs

Specs — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:08:18 +0000

LOOL! That’s a troublesome apple indeed!

Too bad it fell SO FAR from the tree… could’ve saved you a lot of trouble staying where it was Yes, lame joke, I know. Had to say it. Hehehehe

By: jonolan

jonolan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:03:21 +0000

LOL That’s what you sneaky fruit smugglers get!

OK, all joking aside, after the Great French Wine Blight in the mid 1800s was caused by aphids brought in by travelers carrying plants and produce, a lot of nations put strict controls on agricultural products being brought into the country.

Hell, there a some states in the US that won’t let you bring in plants or produce from other states, much less countries – even if you’re just passing through.

By: Aafke

Aafke — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:29:29 +0000

Coolred, Water….. Suspicous……. It’s wonder they let you in!
Tell me: how does a designer design water?????

Q, LOL!!!! I’m going to use that suggestion…..

Lynn…. Hmmmmm…. not enough apple, though it was a big one!

Bedu, You can actually have a taste of the facecream, though I wouldn’t reccommend it for dessert… Ooops luckily those things are in no way ”agricultural”!!!!

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:01:11 +0000

But thank goodness they did not confiscate my sumptious Dutch chocolate hare or the wonderful face cream you made that smells good enough to eat!!!!!!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:42:35 +0000

I bet they wanted to make a Dutch Apple Pie!

By: coolred38

coolred38 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:05:18 +0000

I brought a bottle of expensive WATER…designer or something….I dont know…they swooped on it…confiscated it…frisked me with entirely too much familiarity…and let me go with a warning and a sniff of condescension.

I agree…you should have stood there and ate it…smacking your lips and enjoying every single bite….lol.