Re: Eggs at Customs (fwd)

On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Lindsay Haisley wrote:

There has (fortunately!) been a big crackdown recently on the illegal pet bird import trade, something akin to the slave trade of the 19th century for those of us who like pet birds. One of the methods people use to import birds is to wear special vests full of pockets for rare bird eggs. If the person who wrote this was coming in from SE Asia, especially Australia, then this was very possibly the meaning of the question.

And here I thought it was because eggs were a good medium for transporting biotoxins. I've been hanging out with you conspiracy freaks too much :-) -rich