Confusing The Border Guards

12-11-2003, 01:12 PM

Confusing The Border Guards
While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was stopped by
a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders. "What's in
the bags?", asked the guard.

"Sand," said the cyclist.

"Get them off - we'll take a look," said the guard.

The Cyclist did as he was told, emptied the bags, and proving they contained
nothing but sand, reloaded the bags, put them on his shoulders and continued
across the border.

Two weeks later, the same thing happened. Again the guard demanded to see
the two bags, which again contained nothing but sand. This went on every
week for six months, until one day the cyclist with the sand bags failed to
appear.

A few days later, the guard happened to meet the cyclist downtown. "Say
friend, you sure had us crazy", said the guard. "We knew you were smuggling
something across the border. I won't say a word - but what is it you were
smuggling?"

"Bicycles!"

12-12-2003, 05:31 AM

> Confusing The Border Guards
> While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was stopped
by
> a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders. "What's in
> the bags?", asked the guard.

This joke has had a long life as a man smuggling wheelbarrows across the
border...

Pat in TX

12-12-2003, 06:51 AM

"Pat" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:brcjfd$1tfd9$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].uni-berlin.de...
>
> > Confusing The Border Guards
> > While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was stopped
> by
> > a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders. "What's
in
> > the bags?", asked the guard.
>
>
> This joke has had a long life as a man smuggling wheelbarrows across the
> border...

I first heard it from a mullah, who told it about camels, which makes me
think it has an even longer history than the invention of the wheelbarrow.

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12-12-2003, 11:47 AM

"Pat" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>
>> Confusing The Border Guards
>> While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was
>> stopped
> by
>> a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders.
>> "What's in the bags?", asked the guard.
>
>
> This joke has had a long life as a man smuggling wheelbarrows
> across the border...

The first version I recall was a man stealing wheelbarrows from the
construction site where he worked. But the bicycle is a nice
variation.

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12-20-2003, 10:38 PM

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:47:55 -0000, Ray Heindl <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
may have said:

>"Pat" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Confusing The Border Guards
>>> While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was
>>> stopped
>> by
>>> a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders.
>>> "What's in the bags?", asked the guard.
>>
>>
>> This joke has had a long life as a man smuggling wheelbarrows
>> across the border...
>
>The first version I recall was a man stealing wheelbarrows from the
>construction site where he worked. But the bicycle is a nice
>variation.

I believe an early version involving baskets of asses' dung being
carried from the Pharoah's stables was identified in hieroglyphics at
Memphis.

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