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		Men arrested at US border crossing for smuggling: a) drugs b) illegal immigrants c) chocolate eggs (huffingtonpost.com)		114
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Amos Quito		2012-07-18 02:51:01 PM

How is chocolate babby formed?

libranoelrose		2012-07-18 02:51:47 PM

I used to love getting Kinder eggs.

ChipNASA		2012-07-18 02:51:53 PM

Attractive and Successful African American eggs.

adambuck		2012-07-18 02:52:44 PM

Those eggs are awesome. I loved putting together the toys inside. It's too bad that American kids are too stupid to not put obvious toys in their mouths. Guess what NOT EVERYTHING IS FOOD!

ChipNASA		2012-07-18 02:52:47 PM

Amos Quito: How is chocolate babby formed?

Welfare.......

/ ;D

praymantis		2012-07-18 02:53:26 PM

Sounds about right, when I was coming home from Italy I was in the longest line at customs thinking to myself that people are running guns and pot across the US Mexican Border and all these people care about is if I have any unpasteurized goat cheese! What is wrong with this picture.

Lazakesau		2012-07-18 02:53:29 PM

This is seriously the most farking ridiculous thing. When I was a kid, my Grandmother would bring me Kinder Eggs all the time when she came back from her trips to Germany. I never choked on the toy inside, because MY PARENTS TOOK RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTUALLY FARKING WATCHED ME WHEN I WAS A KID.

Bathia_Mapes		2012-07-18 02:53:45 PM

From Wikipedia:

Prohibition on sale or import into the United States

While Kinder eggs have been available in Canada since 1975, the product has never been allowed into the US for several reasons.

The 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act contains a section highlighting that a confectionary product with a non-nutritive object, partially or totally imbedded within it, cannot be sold within the United States, unless the FDA issues a regulation that the non-nutritive object has functional value.[8] Essentially, the 1938 Act bans "the sale of any candy that has imbedded in it a toy or trinket." [9] (Products like Cracker Jack that contain inedible toys in the same package are not subject to the ban because the toy is in the box, not in the food.)

ChipNASA		2012-07-18 02:54:40 PM

www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com

/bullshiat

jimpoz		2012-07-18 02:54:53 PM

Golden chocolate eggs. That's a great delicacy. But I wouldn't get too close. The geese are very temperamental.

TurdHeart		2012-07-18 02:56:27 PM

I have brought them into the US many times -- never had any idea they were part of the US-Canada embargo. I just figured, like poutine, they didn't meet the US consumer profile and so just weren't popular here.

Amos Quito		2012-07-18 02:57:35 PM

libranoelrose: I used to love getting Kinder eggs.

Yeah, unkinder eggs suck.

ontariolightning		2012-07-18 03:00:19 PM

Bathia_Mapes: From Wikipedia:

Prohibition on sale or import into the United States

While Kinder eggs have been available in Canada since 1975, the product has never been allowed into the US for several reasons.

The 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act contains a section highlighting that a confectionary product with a non-nutritive object, partially or totally imbedded within it, cannot be sold within the United States, unless the FDA issues a regulation that the non-nutritive object has functional value.[8] Essentially, the 1938 Act bans "the sale of any candy that has imbedded in it a toy or trinket." [9] (Products like Cracker Jack that contain inedible toys in the same package are not subject to the ban because the toy is in the box, not in the food.)

Cracker Jack is exempt because its American. Kinder Surprise is German.

highendmighty		2012-07-18 03:00:30 PM

Happy her babies are back safe in the nest.

Day_Old_Dutchie		2012-07-18 03:00:46 PM

Customs agents - scum of the earth. Any stupid reason to harass ordinary people - they'll do it, with no repercussions,because, "just doin' my job'..besides, it's so much fun! Besides - TERRISTS! oh my! Gotta protect the homeland.

But we keep crossing that border for those "bargains" because we're stupid sheep and think we're stiffing "the man" over high prices.

Meanwhile all kinds of REAL bad shiat gets in via those shipping containers. And not a single fark is given.

lewismarktwo		2012-07-18 03:00:59 PM

ChipNASA: adambuck: Those eggs are awesome. I loved putting together the toys inside. It's too bad that American kids are too stupid to not put obvious toys in their mouths. Guess what NOT EVERYTHING IS FOOD!

[www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com image 468x302]

/bullshiat

Those kids are from Greece or something.

HailRobonia		2012-07-18 03:01:11 PM

Awesome toys inside crappy chocolate.

HailRobonia		2012-07-18 03:03:06 PM

lewismarktwo: ChipNASA: adambuck: Those eggs are awesome. I loved putting together the toys inside. It's too bad that American kids are too stupid to not put obvious toys in their mouths. Guess what NOT EVERYTHING IS FOOD!

[www.floridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com image 468x302]

/bullshiat

Those kids are from Greece or something.

I think they are from Georgia.

ChipNASA		2012-07-18 03:03:58 PM

Oznog		2012-07-18 03:04:15 PM

The Canadians are beating us in the chocolate egg department- they're YEARS ahead of us!

Mr. President, we must NOT allow a chocolate egg gap!

ForMadmenOnly		2012-07-18 03:05:17 PM

Being someone who used to receive smuggled Kinder eggs from a Canadian coworker I'm getting a kick...

Even after I told her they were illegal and could get her in trouble for the very reason in the article she kept bringing them to me. I love that bad chocolate and the crappy toys!

Amos Quito		2012-07-18 03:09:12 PM

Oldiron_79		2012-07-18 03:09:25 PM

The United States is a non-smoking nation! No smoking, no drugs, no alcohol, no women - unless you're married -no firearms no foul language, no red meat!

[sarcastic] Land of the Free

bmr68		2012-07-18 03:09:54 PM

Evil Mackerel		2012-07-18 03:10:20 PM

bmr68		2012-07-18 03:10:41 PM

too many o's

HailRobonia		2012-07-18 03:14:44 PM

Amos Quito: unless the FDA issues a regulation that the non-nutritive object has functional value.

So a candy-cane with a built-in vibrator would be okay?

Nah. It probably means that if it somehow had a function related to the food... like those pop-up chicken thermometers or something.

MBooda		2012-07-18 03:17:08 PM

Next on Breaking Bad.

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InternetSecurityGuard		2012-07-18 03:17:36 PM

The two men say border guards searched their car and said the eggs are illegal in the United States because young children could choke on the small plastic toys. Importing them can lead to a potentially hefty fine.

Instead, our children will be soffocated by the bubble wrap in which they are now encased from birth.

Misch		2012-07-18 03:18:17 PM

Day_Old_Dutchie: But we keep crossing that border for those "bargains" because we're stupid sheep and think we're stiffing "the man" over high prices.

Well, people are bringing in some other potentially harmful things...

Warlordtrooper		2012-07-18 03:18:20 PM

Did the asinine tag get held up trying to smuggle chocolate eggs into the country?

Land of the free home of the brave. I feel much safer at night knowing our country is protected against chocolate eggs.

SugarPlumFarie		2012-07-18 03:19:38 PM

I've have included a Kinder egg in my daughter's Easter basket every year since she was a year old. (6 years) And every freaking year I have to get them in the summer while I'm visiting relatives and then sneak them back into the US. I then keep the 2 hidden in the freezer till next Easter. (And will be doing it again next month) She looks forward to the 2 Kinder Eggs every year. She starts speculating as to what will be in them in Feb.

Point being, she got her 1st one at just over a year old and knew then to not eat the plastic egg & parts, only the chocolate part. Try paying attention to your spawn instead of just giving them a food item to shut them up.
I hate stupid people.

Smackledorfer		2012-07-18 03:21:06 PM

I'm ok with this. Looks like everything occurred as intended. Contact your representatives to try to change the law. Or biatch about the enforcement who followed the law at a border crossing. You know, whichever you think will help more.

Smoky Dragon Dish		2012-07-18 03:22:19 PM

Where is RON PAUL when you need him???

Amos Quito		2012-07-18 03:23:15 PM

HailRobonia: Amos Quito: unless the FDA issues a regulation that the non-nutritive object has functional value.

So a candy-cane with a built-in vibrator would be okay?

Nah. It probably means that if it somehow had a function related to the food... like those pop-up chicken thermometers or something.

A vibrator with a pop-up thermometer?

You KNOW that would be hot!

ows		2012-07-18 03:23:24 PM

KINDER EGGS???????

where where where, i'll pay double, no wait, TRIPLE.....

runwiz		2012-07-18 03:24:49 PM

I love Kinder Eggs. I hate the fact that they can't be bought here. But to prevent individuals from bringing in a small number for personal use is ridiculous.

stevarooni		2012-07-18 03:26:25 PM

Gah! I flippin' hate the Kinder and wish they'd been banned from Dragonlance altogether. >:(

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-07-18 03:28:18 PM

i prefer Kinder Gardners

jammer2k		2012-07-18 03:29:13 PM

While a little pricey for what you get, cant beat the nostalgia

Click Food and Candy

cwolf20		2012-07-18 03:30:21 PM

Be kinder to kinder

Silverstaff		2012-07-18 03:30:41 PM

Oldiron_79: The United States is a non-smoking nation! No smoking, no drugs, no alcohol, no women - unless you're married -no firearms no foul language, no red meat!

Enjoy-joy your Taco Bell.

AllUpInYa		2012-07-18 03:35:52 PM

Amos Quito:

So a candy-cane with a built-in vibrator would be okay?

A "candy came," or somesuch?

fanbladesaresharp		2012-07-18 03:36:08 PM

adambuck: Those eggs are awesome. I loved putting together the toys inside. It's too bad that American kids are too stupid to not put obvious toys in their mouths. Guess what NOT EVERYTHING IS FOOD!

Shiat, kids in my neighborhoods ate damn near everything. But this was back in the day when the older baby boomer parents didn't give a shiat what you did outside so long as you were home when the streetlights came on. Lawn darts? shiat...had 2 sets of them. Lionel trains will punch a hole in a wall too if you get it up to enough speed. And if you pinch a piccolo pete at the end and wrap it with electrical tape it uh....does more stuff.

/the shiat a kid has to do to fit in with the other kids

JerkyMeat		2012-07-18 03:38:45 PM

America pretty much sucks.

bmr68		2012-07-18 03:38:49 PM

I prefer Kinder Morgan. Better return for your money

www.bloomberg.com

Your Black Muslim Credit Union		2012-07-18 03:46:12 PM

You could make them here, you just couldn't sell them. They should have kinder parts kits in Canada.

/Thank god they haven't found my Cuban items.

Cyclometh		2012-07-18 03:57:44 PM

I just got out of the car and the local asshole DJ in Seattle (Dori Monson the Douche) had Sweeney on his show talking about the whole thing.

The funniest part was that apparently after being detained, threatened with a $15 thousand dollar fine and then let go after 2.5 hours, they opened the trunk and found the Kinder Eggs in there.

The Border Patrol dumbasses didn't even confiscate the damn things.

Dafodude		2012-07-18 04:03:36 PM

I heard one of these guys give a radio interview about this yesterday.

The funniest part was that after the entire three-hour ordeal at the border was over and they were allowed to re-enter the U.S., they stopped at Deception Pass on their way to Seattle. In the parking lot there, they opened the trunk of the car to grab a camera or something.

Guess what was still in their trunk...

/DHS at its finest.