Are those live birds in your trousers, or are you just happy to see me?

[theweaselking]

A man has been caught with two pigeons stuffed in his trousers after he got off a flight from Dubai to Melbourne.

Australian customs officials say the live birds were wrapped in padded envelopes and held to the man's legs by a pair of tights under his trousers.

Officials also found two eggs in a vitamin container in the man's luggage.

Customs officials say they also seized seeds in the man's money belt and an undeclared aubergine, following the flight on Sunday.

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...why would anyone smuggle pigeons?

Comments

[scixual.livejournal.com]

"undeclared aubergine" should be the title of something.

[flemco.livejournal.com]

...why would anyone smuggle pigeons?

Read further into it. Those were Dubai pigeons, probably terrorist pigeons bent on taking down the Australian government.

Because if there's one thing these evil pigeons know, it's how to perform a coup.



THANK YOU! Try the veal.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

This is why you can't have nice things.

[flemco.livejournal.com]

Forsooth! Why settle for the nice things when I can have all the naughty things I want?

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

Well, obviously because smuggling ducks would be ridiculous, and few people have the calves to accomodate smuggled geese.

Duh.

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

Well the obvious reason is to avoid any customs regulations in regard to the import/export of live animals. Why these birds are valuable enough to warrant that, I'd have no idea...

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

At least until your wife finds out... and makes you share.

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

And smuggling swans is, of course, best left to professionals.

[lorelei76.livejournal.com]

"...why would anyone smuggle pigeons?"

How else would he be able to send a message back home telling the family he got in safely?

What we should be most worried about is the undeclared aubergine. WHERE WAS HE SMUGGLING THAT?

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

Pigeon Racing? A good racer would get a few thousand £s at least, I'd have thought.

Although, I don't know if it's all that popular in Dubai/Australia.

[maskedretriever.livejournal.com]

Obviously, this guy is working for The Penguin.

The Penguin, being Dick Cheyney.

Dick Cheyney, being a former employee of Haliburton.

Haliburton, having recently moved to Dubai.

This guy's lucky the plain cops got to him and he didn't end up with a Batarang to the face.

[thette.livejournal.com]

"You really don't want to know."

[aeduna.livejournal.com]

It exists, I know of a few people that keep them locally... and our quarantine laws are such that you might not be able to bring pigeons in, or at least face a 6month lag while they are observed.

[aeduna.livejournal.com]

I have the overwhelming urge to make a joke about budgie smugglers.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

indie band

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

I smuggled a live gecko from Mexico to Canada in my carry-on, in a salad container.

The trick? Be white. Being a 17-year-old girl helps too. (this was 6 months after 9/11). Silly Dubaian.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

And also, smuggling to CANADA from MEXICO is much easier than smuggling to AUSTRALIA from ANYWHERE.

[sebkha.livejournal.com]

One of these days we'll figure out how to make the Barrier Reef live up to its name, and then the entire island continent will just vanish into mythology, like Atlantis and Mu.

[kaatsu.livejournal.com]

...why would anyone smuggle pigeons?

Test run.

[prk.livejournal.com]

Or be fat.

Noone questions baggy clothes on a fat person.

As to why, perhaps the pigeons were a particular breed or colouring which isn't available in Australia, and was desired by a breeder.

prk.