Germany Wants to See Your Papers for That Unicorn

[GamingAwesome1]

I find this to be incredibly funny.

You have successfully April Fooled a country into thinking it's actual unicorn meat.

*sniggers*

 

[Tandtroll]

Sigh. So you're telling me the unicorns were hiding in Germany all along!? I'm sad and disappointed with my german friend for not telling me this.

Other than that though, I guess it kind of makes sense. It does sound a bit suspicious.

 

[Antari]

I can't help but break out in laughter at this. Stupidity is really spreading like wildfire. Either that or they have children running Germany's custom's agency.

 

[Lightslei]

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My head hurts....


This is sad....

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Double post.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

But unicorns aren't even real!

You know, German customs agents aren't required to be 100% fluent in English.

I mean, if you were working in customs and got a package labelled "Einhorn Meat", you'd want to hold that while you checked what the hell that is.

Then, of course, you have to hold it while you figure out why a purely fictitious substance has been declared on a customs form, which is a dumb move on the part of the company. I'm actually with Germany on this one.

Pretty much all students learn English in Europe.

Well. If you think about it, if the Germans call Unicorns "Einhorns" then they'd expect a direct translation to be "Onehorn". Not "Unicorn".

That would make sense if they didn't have teachers who were qualified to properly teach English, but they do, so it doesn't.

And how much of what they learned as a student is going to stick with them over the years?

OT: That's what custom officers get paid for, you know, checking suspicious things people want to bring into their countries. It's kinda funny in retrospect, though, and I suppose the people who finally opened the can got a good laugh out of it as well.

Depends on the person, so perhaps this particular officer didn't remember.

But unicorns aren't even real!

You know, German customs agents aren't required to be 100% fluent in English.

I mean, if you were working in customs and got a package labelled "Einhorn Meat", you'd want to hold that while you checked what the hell that is.

Then, of course, you have to hold it while you figure out why a purely fictitious substance has been declared on a customs form, which is a dumb move on the part of the company. I'm actually with Germany on this one.

Pretty much all students learn English in Europe.

Well. If you think about it, if the Germans call Unicorns "Einhorns" then they'd expect a direct translation to be "Onehorn". Not "Unicorn".

That would make sense if they didn't have teachers who were qualified to properly teach English, but they do, so it doesn't.

And those teachers teach them all vocabulary concerning mythical creatures...right. I can't remember learning about Unicorns in my English classes.

Did you learn were in this person's English class? No, then you can't comment on whether or not they could've learned this.

But unicorns aren't even real!

You know, German customs agents aren't required to be 100% fluent in English.

I mean, if you were working in customs and got a package labelled "Einhorn Meat", you'd want to hold that while you checked what the hell that is.

Then, of course, you have to hold it while you figure out why a purely fictitious substance has been declared on a customs form, which is a dumb move on the part of the company. I'm actually with Germany on this one.

Pretty much all students learn English in Europe.

I learned French in school - I'm actually decently fluent - but I couldn't tell you what the French word for "griffon" is.

Fair enough.

And with that, I am done.

 

[Narcogen]

I don't know what your problem is? The custom directives clearly state that the import of meat from non-EU states is strictly forbidden. As the can is clearly labled "meat" it falls under the jurisdiction of the custom officers to find out what's actually in there. As they are not allowed to open the can they keep it in custody. The only way to get the can is to open it in the custom office in the presence of the custom officer/s.
Simple procedure.
Have you ever tried to import canned meat into the USA? Friend of mine wanted to get some meat while he was on his Highschool Year and all he got as a notice from the custom office that the meat had been destroyed.

Oh, and it's not about taking a joke. It's about a government officer following the law or not.

It's also clearly labeled as "unicorn" which does not exist.

I'll agree that the mislabeling was enough to give someone pause. However, I also tend to think that the conflict could have been resolved fairly quickly, but since the letter of the regulations allowed for another outcome, that outcome was chosen as retaliation against ThinkGeek for the labeling and against the importer for... I'm not sure what.

 

[Something Amyss]

How heartless.

I mean, come on you guys, Unicorns are an endangered species.

 

[antidonkey]

I always assumed it was actually relabled spam. A stuffed, dismembered unicorn doll is slightly more disturbing.

 

[Wintermoot]

are the customs offices manned by 5yo,s? everybody knows unicorns don,t exist out of Equestria!