Comments on: Neither Rain Nor Sleet Nor Snow Nor the Italians… http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:36:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: J-dubs http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2388 J-dubs Wed, 04 May 2011 03:43:55 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2388 I was in Peru for 4 months one summer, where peanut butter cost an outrageous $17.80 a jar. Being a vegetarian in a carnivorous climate, PB was my protein. So… I asked my mother to send me some, and was subjected to a notice from Pervian Postal Customs that I had to pay a $97 tax to get a $3 jar of PB. I declined and 8 months later the package showed up on my parents doorstep in the US.

]]> By: Becky B http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2068 Becky B Sun, 01 May 2011 21:31:57 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2068 Everybody need a tapeworm!

]]> By: Emma http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2064 Emma Sun, 01 May 2011 03:23:27 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2064 I think the fact that they lead with bells and then move on to instruments of any kind is quite amusing. Coral mounted in any received a chuckle from me as well.

]]> By: Boozan http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2063 Boozan Sun, 01 May 2011 01:59:08 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2063 So pretty much the only thing you can legally send is a letter?

]]> By: Eric http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2061 Eric Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:44:48 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2061 @Becky B…I second the vote for “live bees” and I add “parasites”

]]> By: Becky B http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2060 Becky B Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:19:02 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2060 There are so many to choose from! But I’ll go with:
Live bees, leeches, and silkworms? Aww, there goes your christmas present…

]]> By: Jason http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2059 Jason Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:56:28 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2059 Playing cards! Clocks! Seriously?

And who needs typewriter ribbon?

I like how the entire list is almost bookended by weapons.

]]> By: Dana http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2057 Dana Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:32:33 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2057 Hair and anything made from hair
Toys not entirely made of wood.

When we once shipped biking stuff (not even bikes) to ourselves in Italy, they asked if A) the helmets were certified to European safety standards B) if our clothing was “cotton, synthetic, or what” and C) if there was water in our water bottles (all items we had listed on the packing slip. And then they just didn’t deliver them for a couple of weeks.
For in-Europe maple syrup, try Geneva. There are rumors of an American store there somewhere, and with all the rich Americans running about, I’m sure those rumors are true.

]]> By: Tony http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2056 Tony Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:04:59 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2056 “Perfumery goods of all kinds” – if these can’t be sent to Italy, it explains a lot.

]]> By: RMS http://www.iamtedking.com/2011/04/neither-rain-nor-sleet-nor-snow-nor-the-italians/#comment-2055 RMS Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:02:12 +0000 http://www.iamtedking.com/?p=2153#comment-2055 I don’t see “dead animals that haven’t been salted, smoked, or otherwise prepared,” so feel free to send roadkill or raw fish.

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