From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 17 15:48:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25379 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:48:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mooseriver.com (dynamic25.pm04.sf3d.best.com [209.24.234.217]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25363 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:48:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id PAA29808; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:48:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980617154800.A29776@mooseriver.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:48:00 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: higginsj@iname.com, jack Cc: don morrison , Greg Lehey , Frank Pawlak , lcremean@tidalwave.net, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) Reply-To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from James on Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 06:32:34PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 06:32:34PM -0400, James wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, jack wrote: > > > > One holiday weekend in the early 1980's Immigration set up what > > they called a checkpoint (in actuality a roadblock) at the two > > points where the road connects to the mainland. Everyone was > > required to present identification to pass. Rumor had it that > > two of the individuals caught in the 5+ hour delay that was > > created were the wife and son of the areas congress critter. Two > > days latter the head of the INS office in Miami was replaced. > > The stunt was never repeated. > > Congress Critter? > > Sounds like the name of a stuffed animal. Or maybe a basis for a new > outdoor sport. Congress Critter hunting. > > Hmm I bet you could get arrested for that. > "Reader, pretend you are a member of congress and pretend you are an idiot. Ah, but I repeat myself." - Mark Twain, Puddinghead Wilson Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message