It’s Sunday—-time for another dose of “Sunday Travel Funnies” an ongoing series we have going on here in the Travel Blog. This week one of my weaknesses is the subject of amusement—shoes. As for the other two items—-snakes and Swiss cheese, well, let’s just say I have never been a fan of slithery serpents and I’m lactose intolerant. But who said you have to love something to find it funny?
SNAKES ON A PLANE
Passengers on a recent flight from Egypt to Saudi Arabia may have thought they were on a real life version of “Snakes on a Plane.” According to news reports, airport authorities in Cairo detained an Egyptian man because he was allegedly trying to smuggle 700 live snakes onto a plane. If you think that sounds strange listen to how security personnel found out about the serpents. According to airport staff, when the man was asked to open his carry on bag he reportedly told security officials not to come to close, because two poisonous cobras were among the hundreds of snakes he had packed in the bag. Apparently, the man was hoping to sell the snakes in Saudi Arabia.
In the end, police took the snakes and handed the man over to the prosecutor’s office. He was then charged with violating export laws and endangering the lives of other passengers.
Okay, so why would anyone consider endangering the lives of others funny? It’s not. But, if you don’t smirk at the ignorance some people illustrate life would be a dull place.
SHOE HEAVEN
Shoe lovers take note: Heaven has a new zip code: 10022-SHOE. Take a trip to Saks Fifth Avenue’s new shoe department in Manhattan and you may feel like you died and went to shoe heaven. The department is so big that it’s getting its own ZIP code.
According to store managers, when the department moves from it’s current location on the store’s fourth floor to an 8,500-square-foot space on the eighth floor in August, customers will be able to send mail to 10022-SHOE.
A Saks spokeswoman told news reporters that the retailer wanted to make its store—“a destination people would plan their vacations around.”
For the record, only the last four characters of the new ZIP code, which aren’t necessary when mailing something, are specialized. The rest of the neighborhood shares 10022.
THE BIG CHEESE
As you head home from your Memorial Day weekend vacation you may want to keep your eyes peeled for a big cheese trailer—especially if you are driving near Pennsylvania.
According to police, a big-rig trailer loaded with 23,000 pounds of refrigerated cheese was stolen from a rest stop along Interstate 80 in rural Centre County. A police report says the truck driver had unhooked the trailer and left it at the rest stop while he took his tractor to a repair shop. When he returned all the cheese was gone.
Wonder if the thief was headed to Wisconsin?
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