http://fatlo.af/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/ Inspiring Stupidity Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://fatlo.af/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-969 G.reg... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:56:05 +0000 http://www.fatloaf.com/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/#comment-969 Thailand is a lot like that as well. Bring in whatever you like after all we don't have much and take out as much as you can carry.. or we will help you carry it if it means we turn a dollar. Thailand is a lot like that as well. Bring in whatever you like after all we don’t have much and take out as much as you can carry.. or we will help you carry it if it means we turn a dollar.

]]> http://fatlo.af/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Kizza Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:13:46 +0000 http://www.fatloaf.com/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/#comment-968 All of those options are better than the Nepalese equivalent. You get taken through a booth, basically, with 2 soldiers standing inside, curtained off from the rest of the place. They simply ask "do you have batteries, wire, or other bomb making equipment?", or something along those lines. Of course, EVERYONE has batteries in their cameras, but you don't tell them that, because admission means a severe beating with the butt of a gun, followed by arrest, according to the tour guide I had. All of those options are better than the Nepalese equivalent. You get taken through a booth, basically, with 2 soldiers standing inside, curtained off from the rest of the place. They simply ask “do you have batteries, wire, or other bomb making equipment?”, or something along those lines. Of course, EVERYONE has batteries in their cameras, but you don’t tell them that, because admission means a severe beating with the butt of a gun, followed by arrest, according to the tour guide I had.

]]> http://fatlo.af/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Scooter Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:40:07 +0000 http://www.fatloaf.com/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/#comment-967 Which coincidentally is the same as the Malaysians, "don't bother us, we know you don't have anything we want" Which coincidentally is the same as the Malaysians, “don’t bother us, we know you don’t have anything we want”

]]> http://fatlo.af/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Grum Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:38:42 +0000 http://www.fatloaf.com/2008/03/14/italyswitzerland-impressions-from-a-skip-part-1/#comment-966 Sounds like the Italians have the same approach to customs as the Hong Kong-ese: go through, don't bother declaring anything, because we just don't care. Sounds like the Italians have the same approach to customs as the Hong Kong-ese: go through, don’t bother declaring anything, because we just don’t care.

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