Reply to: Rotflmao

[chef]

Chef, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

No

I bet he likes films with Gladiators in them!

Yes

HTH

[NotAllThere]

I've been through twice.

I found Merkin customs there to be made up of obnoxious, offensive, sneering, red-necked, pig-tulip thick, ignorant, gun-toting, arrogant c***s.

I am not the least surprised they would harass a bloke with a camp voice.

I wouldn't go back: primarily because I have no desire to ever experience them tulips again.

What do you call an obnoxious, offensive, sneering, red-necked, pig-tulip thick, ignorant, gun-toting, arrogant c***?

Sir.

hth for your next trip.

[Churchill]

Chef, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

I bet he likes films with Gladiators in them!

[HairyArsedBloke]

You've been to the museum in Shanghai then

Chef, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

[norrahe]

the food is

the general culture and the history museum are most interesting. the museum that has 10 rooms of history from caveman through great chinese inventions etc. onwards then skips the Great Revolution / Chairman Mao part completely and moves on to modern day china and how great it is..

You've been to the museum in Shanghai then

[chef]

I'd go to China where at least the food might be interesting.

the food is

the general culture and the history museum are most interesting. the museum that has 10 rooms of history from caveman through great chinese inventions etc. onwards then skips the Great Revolution / Chairman Mao part completely and moves on to modern day china and how great it is..

[SallyAnne]

Lol

Fyi.


Btw...wtf?

[Lockhouse]

I've actually found Homeland Security to be smart, polite (but businesslike) and focussed on what they are doing. Contrast that to what happens when you get back to Heathrow. I wish we were just as careful about who we let into this country.

p.s. I like the USA; I'd emigrate there if I could. some of my mates are serious rednecks and we have lots in common.

[expat]

I've been through twice.

If found Merkin customs there to be made up of obnoxious, offensive, sneering, red-necked, pig-tulip thick, ignorant, gun-toting, arrogant c***s.

I am not the least surprised they would harass a bloke with a camp voice.

I wouldn't go back: primarily because I have no desire to ever experience them tulips again.

No indeed. If I wanted to go to a closed-border paranoid violent country that practises judicial killing and state torture, and accepts no outside judgements of their behaviour, and maintains huge standing armies to threaten others, I'd go to China where at least the food might be interesting.

[elwray]

Well I had experience with being treated like an 'illegal alien' by miami immigration some years ago .
I was working for an American cruise ship company for a couple of years - so I had a visa to work in US waters but not on land . So on the day i decided to resign I was classed as a 'risk' because I might just walk off the port and try and find work on land in the US . So when I did walk off the ship I was 'escorted' to Miami airport (believe or not the escorts were in fact Cuban) had my passort confiscated from me aswell . When I got to the airport I was handed over to an airport security (another Cuban ). After checking in I was escorted to some Immigration holding room and handed over to an Immigration Officer (this time American )- passport handed over to him , I had to stay in the room until departure which was not for another 6 hours . I was not allowed to leave a room and I don't think I was allowed to even make a phone call ( even a criminal has the right to that !) . So departure time arrives so I was escorted to the departure lounge all fellow passengers gawped at me as if I was some psychotic serial killer worried that I might slit their throats while we were crossing over the atlantic . I was the first one on the plane - my passport was handed over to the stewardess ( no idea why I not going to parachute out of the plane at 10,000 feet! ) . Once landed in london I was the first one off and then handed over with passport to UK Immigration - after a few seconds at looking at my passport told me I could go !

But I can laugh at it now but at the time it was rather daunting and humiliating at the way i was treated as a criminal . However I did see the benefits from my experience :

1. Saved myself $20 dollar taxi ride to the airport
2. I was the first one to check in because of my 'special circumstances'
3. I was the first one on the plane at departure - no queuing for me
4. I was the first one off the plane - again no queuing !

[HairyArsedBloke]

Don't smile at homeland security.

The reason being is that in most lower lifeforms showing teeth is a sign of aggression.


Also, see my story from yesterday.

[RichardCranium]

I've been through twice.

If found Merkin customs there to be made up of obnoxious, offensive, sneering, red-necked, pig-tulip thick, ignorant, gun-toting, arrogant c***s.

I am not the least surprised they would harass a bloke with a camp voice.

I wouldn't go back: primarily because I have no desire to ever experience them tulips again.

[EternalOptimist]

Probably tried to tea leaf the immigration officer's pen through sheer habit.
Bet he was wearing trackies tied at the ankle with string.

watch it. ball bag

[sunnysan]

Usa

I think a lot of people get a fright when they go through US customs for the first time, and realise that you need to fill in everythign properly, answer the barrage of questions coherently, and not exchange pleasantries with your "interrogator".

[sasguru]

I bet PoG was being lippy as he's a scouser.

Probably tried to tea leaf the immigration officer's pen through sheer habit.
Bet he was wearing trackies tied at the ankle with string.