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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,621 posts) Wed Dec 20, 2017, 04:40 PM Dec 2017

He's lucky he's not from New Mexico.

Last edited Wed Dec 20, 2017, 05:44 PM - Edit history (1)

Retweeted by FaintGlimmerofHopehat: https://twitter.com/Popehat

US customs officer during passport check at airport:
You were born in Beirut? Why the GER passport??
Me: No, it’s Bayreuth, see, the spelling is different!
Him: What’s the difference?
Me: My town is in GER, the other is in the Middle East.
Him: Sir! Are you from the Middle East??

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He's lucky he's not from New Mexico. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2017 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Dec 2017 #1

If we're going to hire people to police the entry ports of the country, Aristus Dec 2017 #2

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Eliot Rosewater This message was self-deleted by its author.

Aristus

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2. If we're going to hire people to police the entry ports of the country,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 05:12 PM

Dec 2017

can we at least hire some who have a working knowledge of, you know, the world?

I knew the difference between Beirut and Bayreuth by the time I was eleven.

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