We always smuggled our cat into the motels after a bad experience with a “pet room”. Our poor girl spent an entire night cowering, surrounded by the scents of the thousands of dogs that she “knew” had to still be there somewhere.
I was recently “caught” at an airport “smuggling” seashells from one Philippine island to another. Regardless of the fact I am a resident alien and pointed out I was not leaving the country as I’ve retired and live here, they still confiscated the shells. Bureaucrats are the same all over the world; never try to explain their own rules to them.
Some years ago, I drove from Florida to Oregon with two Afghan Hounds. In the late seventies, all the motels were great, even the one with the thirty foot banner over the front desk which said explicitly ‘NO PETS’.
I asked the desk guy how far the next motel was likely to be, and got a totally baffled look. I pointed to his banner, and my car, (highly visible through acres of plate glass and big lights), where the hounds were hanging halfway out the window, because I went in without them.
Still looking slightly baffled, he said there would be no problem, if they were well behaved. They were. He gave us the keys – and asked me to please bring the hounds to the desk in the morning before we checked out, because the morning crew would like to see them! rotfl!
I have a hunch it might not be such a pleasant experience today. Today I think I’d skip the whole thing and go for an RV.
TiffWHO over 10 years ago
The fact you have to smuggle him in makes him not so great.
sbchamp over 10 years ago
Mmmm…Brandy!Wups!
T_Lexi over 10 years ago
Is his name Scooby-Doo… and does he like to walk on his hind legs while wearing a wig and a dress?
Gameguy49 Premium Member over 10 years ago
We always smuggled our cat into the motels after a bad experience with a “pet room”. Our poor girl spent an entire night cowering, surrounded by the scents of the thousands of dogs that she “knew” had to still be there somewhere.
pumaman over 10 years ago
He also smuggles opening lines into bars.
edclectic over 10 years ago
I was recently “caught” at an airport “smuggling” seashells from one Philippine island to another. Regardless of the fact I am a resident alien and pointed out I was not leaving the country as I’ve retired and live here, they still confiscated the shells. Bureaucrats are the same all over the world; never try to explain their own rules to them.
Zaristerex over 10 years ago
During the Prohibition, Florida was pretty lax on rum smuggling. Smugglers only had to forfeit part of their stash.
Hawthorne over 10 years ago
Some years ago, I drove from Florida to Oregon with two Afghan Hounds. In the late seventies, all the motels were great, even the one with the thirty foot banner over the front desk which said explicitly ‘NO PETS’.
I asked the desk guy how far the next motel was likely to be, and got a totally baffled look. I pointed to his banner, and my car, (highly visible through acres of plate glass and big lights), where the hounds were hanging halfway out the window, because I went in without them.
Still looking slightly baffled, he said there would be no problem, if they were well behaved. They were. He gave us the keys – and asked me to please bring the hounds to the desk in the morning before we checked out, because the morning crew would like to see them! rotfl!
I have a hunch it might not be such a pleasant experience today. Today I think I’d skip the whole thing and go for an RV.
bmonk over 10 years ago
I seem to recall some other smugglers.