Good, isn't it?I put my passport through the washing machine and went through the fun of trying to get a replacement in Germany which, I might add, is in the EU and should be about the easiest place in the world to get a replacement UK passport. A few stressful days later and I say fuck it, I'm not going to fucking Duesseldorf and spending a fucking small fortune on the train and then on a passport which costs one and a half times as much for the privilege of getting it in three weeks. So I just get on a plane to Britain anyway and have fun at the border explaining to a border guard that it went through the washing machine.
'You say it went through a washing machine.'
'Yes, in the back pocket.'
'It looks like it was chewed by a dog.'
'No, it went through a washing machine.'
'Hmm. You realise that there aren't any security features left on it?'
'Really? I thought it would be OK.'
'You can't travel on this.'
[Blank look.]
'You need to get a new one.'
Border guard then lets me through into Britain.
SAFEST BORDERS IN THE WORLD. On Christmas Eve I was at the passport office getting a replacement. Same money as Duesseldorf except I got it in 4 hours instead of three weeks.
('You say it went through a washing machine.'
'Yes, in the back pocket.'
'It looks like it was chewed by a dog.'
'No, it went through a washing machine.'
'Hmm. You realise that there aren't any security features left on it?'
'Really? I thought it would be OK.'
'You can't travel on this.'
[Blank look.]
'You need to get a new one.'
Border guard then lets me through into Britain.
SAFEST BORDERS IN THE WORLD. On Christmas Eve I was at the passport office getting a replacement. Same money as Duesseldorf except I got it in 4 hours instead of three weeks.
boris the spider,
Tue 23 Mar 2010, 0:53,
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