================================================================= This file is a part of the 1999 Hyperreal Drug Archives Snapshot. This snapshot is hosted by Erowid and will not be updated after October 1999. The information in these files may be out of date. See Erowid's Psychoactive Vaults for more current info. ================================================================= Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,rec.travel.air,alt.drugs From: snopes@netcom.com (snopes) Subject: The Guardian Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 05:22:35 GMT Expires: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 08:00:00 GMT The Guardian July 24, 1993 URBAN MYTHS #45: SUSPICIOUS CASKET A FRIEND of a friend worked as an airline pilot and for years flew the JFK-Heathrow run. There were many amusing incidents, but one still makes him chuckle the most. He'd flown a jumbo into London, and when all the passengers had disembarked, one of the stewardesses found a small carved box under a seat. When she opened it, she found some suspicious-looking powder inside. Customs staff specially trained to deal with drug trafficking quickly arrived and one officer opened the box, licking his finger before dipping it into the powder and putting it into his mouth to taste it. "Well, it's not a narcotic," he said, efficiently. Just then, an elderly lady tottered along the aisle and asked the stewardess if she'd happened to come across a small engraved casket. It apparently contained her husband's ashes.