Im sure we are all glad that Andrew Tahmooressi is safe and back home. This reminded me of the time I faced imprisonment in Mexico. It was back in 1972. My wife and I decided to move to Arizona. So, she drove the car and I drove the U-Haul with almost all our belongings. I was accompanied by Flora and Fauna, my two white mice. They sat in their cage beside me. (Did I ever talk to them? Ask me no questions; Ill tell you no lies.) My wife had been a High School Spanish Teacher and made many of her own dresses with a Spanish style. The dresses were hanging in the back of the car. We got to El Paso and my wife had always wanted to go to Mexico. So, we left the truck and the mice at the motel. We proceeded to go to Juarez, across the border, for a very enjoyable visit of about 3 hours. Coming back across the border, we went through routine inspection by the Mexican authorities. Conversation: Border Officer: Hi. How long were you in Mexico? Me: About 3 hours. Officer: 3 hours? (Looking in back seat) You took all those clothes for only 3 hours? (I explained we were moving.) Did you purchase those dresses in Mexico? Me: My wife made those. Office: (After checking some of the dresses for labels) Pull over and open your trunk. We pulled over and he began an inspection of my trunk. He reached beind the spare tire and found a brown bag with... Can you all guess what shredded alfalfa looks like???!!! Officer: Whats this?] Me: Its alfafa for my mice? (Im getting nervous here. I cant understand why he didnt believe me.) Officer: What mice? Me: The ones in the motel room in El Paso. (Im starting to sweat here!) Officer: Come inside and well speak to my supervisor. (Im starting to panic!!) We went inside and sat in front of the supervisors office. The officer put the alfalfa (It really was alfalfa!!!!) on the supervisors desk. He said the supervisor had just left for lunch and would be back in a couple of hours. My wife and I began to discuss who to contact, what do do, how to keep my heart from bursting, how to stop my hyper-ventilating, and other options. After only about a 5 min. wait, the supervisor came back to retrieve something hed left behind. He went into his office and yelled something. My wife said, Itll probably be ok; he just yelled Who put this bag of alfalfa on my desk? Thank goodness the supervisor had been raised on a farm and grew alfalfa!!!!! We were immediately allowed to leave! WHEW!!! STOP LAUGHING! IF IT WERE YOU, YOU WOULDNT HAVE FOUND IT FUNNY AT THE TIME!!!!!! By the way, do any of you Cartwright Dist. Justine Spitalny School students remember Rowdy Walker? He later adopted my mice. Rowdy, where are you?
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 19:15:00 +0000
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