18 May 2006

THOSE WHACKY VIETNAMESE

On May 17, according to www.fishupdate.com, a commercial fishing site out of the UK, a man wearing dried abalones around his waist caused a stir when security guards at China's Guangzhou airport mistook them for homemade bombs.

Guards stopped a Vietnamese passenger with a suspicious bulge around his waist as he was preparing to board a plane home, China Daily reported. He turned out to have more than 11 pounds of the dried shellfish tied around his waist.

The passenger explained that his checked luggage was already overweight, so he just tied on the shellfish. He said he liked to drink abalone soup.

Well, I guess that’s better than carrying plastique on the soles of your Nikes!

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