Germany Wants to See Your Papers for That Unicorn

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Germany Wants to See Your Papers for That Unicorn

If you're importing a toy labeled "canned unicorn meat" to Germany, then you better be willing to wait while the government investigates it.

ThinkGeek is known for its great April Fool's Day fake catalog items (such as the canned unicorn meat actually became a real product. Of course, the tin actually contains a dismembered stuffed unicorn, so it's simultaneously cute and creepy. German customs officials, however, are clearly unaware of the item's satiric nature.

Apparently some folks in the German Customs office think the tin contains real meat from a "rare" animal. A German ThinkGeek customer has reported that her order's been held up for inspection:

Folks,

I just learned that it is not very helpful to describe the "canned unicorn meat" as "canned unicorn meat" on the invoice when trying to import this.

Customs get really irritated as it's supposedly food and meat of a "rare" animal. For the sake of keeping things smooth please label it as "canned unicorn (plush toy)" or something less conspicuous.

My delicous [sic] unicorn is stuck in customs for almost a week now.

Best regards,

Ingomar

It's a shame that some humorless government agents are taking things too literally and are subsequently making this geek shopper's life a bit more frustrating.

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[Bloodstain]

Now it's the second time today I hate my country.
Germany, why would you do this?

 

[That's Funny]

Wow, Germany can't take a joke. This is sad.

 

[Sonicron]

Oh, please... this person, as a fellow German, should have realized from the moment they ordered the item that this might happen - after all, what would we be without our ridiculously pedantic bureaucracy? To my knowledge only Greece's system is more bloated and unwieldy than our own.

 

[VanityGirl]

HAHAHAH!

April Fools: Achieved

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I don't know what's worse...

The German government, or people buying this stupid shit.

 

[Big Phil]

Yelling material for LRR's "Phäilhaus".

 

[dex-dex]

hahaha.

I always love to smuggle canned unicorn meat back home! well can't go to Germany with my fave food now!

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

This is probably the worst thing I've ever seen Germany do!

EDIT: OTHER than the obvious I mean...

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Way to be import Nazis, Germany.

 

[Krakyn]

Well...now we know Germany believes in unicorns. Sweet.

 

[Dectilon]

Well, I guess they thought it was a cutsey attempt to code something you're trying to smuggle. It may seem like an idiotic idea to do something like that for real, but then again it wouldn't be the first time someone did something retarded.

 

[Staskala]

You gotta be an idiot to label a toy as meat.
I don't think there's any country on earth where you can import meat without trouble.
Customs is always on the watch when it comes to things that can spoil and rightfully so.
That's why you usually avoid labeling even food as food.

Also, who in their right mind would buy this anyway?
While I do question ones taste I obviously wouldn't consider someone mentally ill just for buying this.

 

[GWarface]

I would love to see their reactions when they opened the can..

 

[Shoggoth2588]

This is probably the worst thing I've ever seen Germany do!

EDIT: OTHER than the obvious I mean...

We will never forgive Germany for inflating David Hasselhoff's ego. Deal with it.

OT: At least they stopped calling it the other white meat.

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

This is probably the worst thing I've ever seen Germany do!

EDIT: OTHER than the obvious I mean...

We will never forgive Germany for inflating David Hasselhoff's ego. Deal with it.

OT: At least they stopped calling it the other white meat.

I can't help it though! Every time I see him I just get sooo ANGRY!!!

 

[Credge]

Now it's the second time today I hate my country.
Germany, why would you do this?

I think it's pretty funny to label a unicorn as a "rare" animal.

Methinks people are trying a wee bit too hard to get upset over this one.

 

[Virgil]

Also, who in their right mind would buy this anyway?

I bought one as a Christmas gift for my sister. It's hilarious. She'll love it.

 

[Omgsarge]

Why the hate for Germany? The letter says why this is a problem and many other countries would have acted the same. When you label a plush toy as "meat" then we get into a whole different world of security standards.
Yes, we Germans are very strict about our unicorn meat but only because unicorns are under special protection here. We like to treat our unicorns humanely. We don't like second rate unicorn meat!