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- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.travel.air,alt.drugs
- From: snopes@netcom.com (snopes)
- Subject: The Guardian
- Message-ID: <snopesD4qxLn.73r@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 05:22:35 GMT
- Expires: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 08:00:00 GMT
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- The Guardian
- July 24, 1993
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- URBAN MYTHS #45: SUSPICIOUS CASKET
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- A FRIEND of a friend worked as an airline pilot and for years flew the
- JFK-Heathrow run. There were many amusing incidents, but one still makes him
- chuckle the most.
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- He'd flown a jumbo into London, and when all the passengers had
- disembarked, one of the stewardesses found a small carved box under a seat.
- When she opened it, she found some suspicious-looking powder inside. Customs
- staff specially trained to deal with drug trafficking quickly arrived and one
- officer opened the box, licking his finger before dipping it into the powder
- and putting it into his mouth to taste it.
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- "Well, it's not a narcotic," he said, efficiently. Just then, an elderly
- lady tottered along the aisle and asked the stewardess if she'd happened to
- come across a small engraved casket. It apparently contained her husband's
- ashes.
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