Zipperfish Zipperfish:
I asked the US Border guy for directions once. He pointed at a sign I hadn't seen that showed how to get ont he different highways and said "Can't you read?" I said, "No, sorry, I don't have the benefit of a higher education like you." I got pulled ovet, searched and inexplicably turned back--which is fine, I didn't need to be there anyways. They kept trying to scare me, but I know a few border guards and knew their little techniques. Prety stupid in hindsight, but I was young and It was worth it just to see the guy's face when I said that. One for the good guys.
That said, coming through LA on my way back from Afghanistan I w s stuck in a looooong line of Muslims getting off a flight from Dubai. Picture the scene--half of them didn't have the right paperwork, or had kids in tow wiht no papers. I just finished a four month stint in Kabul and (call me a bigot, sorry) was damn sick of the sight of Muslims. Just wanted to get home and see my family. Anyways a US border agent wiht the beagle shows up. Asks me where I'm coming from, what was I doing there, where I'm going. Escorts me through customs, bypasing a two hour line up and says "Have a nice day, sir."
Hats off that frickin' guy!!!!!
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