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SpankMe

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6. This is the most logical explanation
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 09:54 AM
Mar 2025

It isn't smugglers with truckloads of eggs as much as people who bought a few extra dozen while shopping and getting pinched at the border.

But, it is kind of funny to see the perverse set of circumstances that puts egg "smuggling" right up there with drug smuggling!

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EGGS??? niyad Mar 2025 #1
Eggs might be worth more than drugs these days IronLionZion Mar 2025 #2
Eggs are about $1.45-95 a dozen in Mexico. Linda ladeewolf Mar 2025 #9
It doesn't "illustrate the growing scale of egg smuggling" FBaggins Mar 2025 #3
This is the most logical explanation SpankMe Mar 2025 #6
It's not just "tourists" BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #8
Trump should declare war on egg cartels IronLionZion Mar 2025 #4
Would you buy eggs from a smuggler? viva la Mar 2025 #5
Milo's dream comes true underpants Mar 2025 #7
"egg smuggling"????!!! MuchBetterThanThis Mar 2025 #10
The absurdity is mind-blowing Lulu KC Mar 2025 #11
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