You see, I found this beautiful hand painted piece of artwork for sale on the wall of a local pub. When I inquired on the price of the item the bartender said It was $35 and she would send the artist right over. I felt like this item was worth well more than $35 so I questioned why so cheap? She explained that since it's been painted on a piece a drift wood I may have trouble getting it through security. But she told me the piece had been "sprayed", to wrap it up in a towel and if I run into any trouble to have security call her directly, and she gave me her card.
Well just when I was about to board the plane and just when I thought I was in the clear, I was being paged over the intercomn. As I approached the gate and saw the two officers searching the crowd for whomever "passanger Sharon Brooks" might be, I knew that I WAS NOT about to get upgraded, but that my $35 investment was a goner.
He took me out back and started firing questions. Are u aware this item was in your possession? Where did you get this? How much did u pay for it? Who's the artist? How did u get to the bar? What resort are you staying at? And then he showed me my now destroyed piece of artwork. It was filled with gross centipede worm type things, and clearly an item that is NOT allowed to enter the US. After a bit of a lecture and a scolding sesh he let us go (and by us, I mean I made my mom come with me for questioning).
At least I got to enjoy it for a week and truth be told, no way in hell I'd want icky bugs creeping in some artwork hanging above my bed... Oh well lesson learned!! And now our plane has been delayed because they can't get the luggage compartment to close. Guess there are worse places to be stuck..
Photos below show my purchased piece of art. 1st phot: it's the long one top right (not the fishes). 2nd photo: after I had to have the maintaince guy saw it in half cuz it wouldn't fit in my luggage.
So.....the maintenance man sawed the board in half and you didn't see the bugs??
ReplyDeleteAnd /or...the bugs are now in your suitcase before being confiscated ??!! Just sayin' !!
It it was actually a 2D piece. So the base/background was painted on the driftwood and when cut in half reveled no bugs. But the houses and sailboats were made out of additional pieces of wood that were glued to the driftwood. customs busted those open and that's where the bugs were. No bugs exposed prior to inspection and no bugs meandering in my suitcase... Thank goodness!
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