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REDIRECT ALERT! (Scroll down past this mess if you're trying to read an archived post. Thanks. No, really, thanks.)

Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.


Friday, April 26, 2002

Yet More Proof That The World Brims With Stupidity
CHICAGO (AP) -- A man was arrested at O'Hare International Airport for allegedly smuggling opium-soaked tablecloths into the country from Thailand, authorities said.

Michael S. James of Minneapolis was arrested April 18 with 90 of the tablecloths sealed in plastic bags in his luggage, according to court records and investigators. The opium was bound for the Minneapolis area, where it would have been processed to produce more than 9 pounds of heroin worth about $5 million, police said. [...]

James told authorities he was to be paid $10,000 and knew his suitcases contained drug-soaked tablecloths.


Hmm. Let's see, I'm flying in from Thailand to America with a luggage load of 90 smack-soaked tablecloths. To one of the busiest airports in the country, which has lots and lots of National Guard troops and police and customs agents and drug dogs. But, if I pull this off, I can buy 10,000 lottery tickets. Mmm-okie doke.


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