Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:48:00 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: higginsj@iname.com, jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> Cc: don morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, lcremean@tidalwave.net, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US Immigration (was: Funny, but true...) Message-ID: <19980617154800.A29776@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617183135.2363D-100000@localhost>; from James on Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 06:32:34PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617121858.18146A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617183135.2363D-100000@localhost>
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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
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