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A cross-border kerfuffle over a popular chocolate treat nearly cost a Winnipeg woman a $300 fine and saddled her with a bureaucratic headache.
Lind Bird was recently stopped at the U.S. border and selected for a random search of her vehicle. She was warned she could have faced a fine after the customs official found — and seized — her $2 Kinder Surprise egg as illegal contraband.
Bird learned U.S. authorities have banned the candy because they come with a plastic toy inside that could, if eaten, choke a small child.
"It's just a chocolate egg," Bird said. "And they were making a big deal. They said 'if you were caught with this across the border you would get charged a $300 fine,'" she said.
"It's ridiculous. It's so ridiculous," she added.
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holy F......really?....really?....REALLY?! |
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See -- the lady should have gone to Krause's instead of Canada to buy her candy. Then there would
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See -- the lady should have gone to Krause's instead of Canada to buy her candy. Then there would
have been no problem.
I'm sure she traveled all the way to Canada for a $2 egg  Just another example of big brother wasting time on things that don't matter. |
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I wonder why anyone would put a plastic toy inside a chocolate candy. |
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Or a plastic toy inside a Mardi Gras cake they have been baking for decades. You claim to be so cultured and well traveled so you know what I am talking about...because it is obviously some local tradition. I am sure you would want to use the power of the tyranny to intercede and stop it. That is why you are a "big-government over the people" tyrant and most of us here are not. |
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King Cakes are already being baked. |
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Who cares if there is one.....they chose to go and buy one......holy crap what stupid waste of time.... |
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Or a plastic toy inside a Mardi Gras cake they have been baking for decades. You claim to be so cultured and well traveled so you know what I am talking about...because it is obviously some local tradition. I am sure you would want to use the power of the tyranny to intercede and stop it. That is why you are a "big-government over the people" tyrant and most of us here are not.
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Joe, you are such a nut case.
My name isn't Joe. And you are the nut. |
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My name isn't Joe. And you are the nut.
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