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Mixed Salad..... Stowaways found hidden in lettuce Eighteen stowaways bound for Britain have been found hidden in a lorry load of lettuce. Skip related content Related photos / videos Stowaways found hidden in lettuce Border Agency officials became suspicious of the Spanish-registered lorry when it stopped at Calais. A search revealed 15 Iraqis, two Afghans and an Iranian hidden in the load of green-leafed vegetables. The lorry was heading for Knowsley, Merseyside, but was stopped before it could board a ferry across the channel. A UK Border Agency spokesman said the potential illegal immigrants were handed over to the French authorities. He said: "There are hundreds of UK Border Agency officers based at ports in France and Belgium, working to stop illegal immigrants before they get to the UK. "Our highly successful juxtaposed controls have strengthened our borders and continue to prevent illegal migrants from entering the UK, stopping over 24,000 attempts to enter the UK over the last year - six thousand more than the previous year. "In addition to visual searches, we also use carbon dioxide detectors, heart beat detectors, and sniffer dogs to find well hidden stowaways." http://uk.news.yahoo.com/...f21e0.html 
It's amazing what you find in your veg these days 
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I think we're missing a key detail here: iceberg? Romaine? | |
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Exact same thing happened to me last year. Except I was in a restaurant and it wasn't 18 illegal immigrants, it was a slug.
Spooky! | |
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mcmeekle said: Exact same thing happened to me last year. Except I was in a restaurant and it wasn't 18 illegal immigrants, it was a slug.
Spooky! I never asked for the slug's papers. | |
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Ace said: I think we're missing a key detail here: iceberg? Romaine?
 Red leaf even..... Im thinking it would have had to have been iceberg as the other variables are to squishy?
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mcmeekle said: Exact same thing happened to me last year. Except I was in a restaurant and it wasn't 18 illegal immigrants, it was a slug.
Spooky! Iceberg for certain!  | |
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mcmeekle said: Exact same thing happened to me last year. Except I was in a restaurant and it wasn't 18 illegal immigrants, it was a slug.
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: Im thinking it would have had to have been iceberg as the other variables are to squishy?
So, "squishy" wouldn't be a good thing here? | |
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There's a big illegal immigrant problem in the UK. This discovery is just the tip of the iceberg.
I wonder if there were any more romaining in the back of the truck? 
I'll bet they, er, lollo rossoed back home... | |
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mcmeekle said: There's a big illegal immigrant problem in the UK. This discovery is just the tip of the iceberg.
I wonder if there were any more romaining in the back of the truck?
I'll bet they, er, lollo rossoed back home... I went one too far..... | |
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mcmeekle said: There's a big illegal immigrant problem in the UK. This discovery is just the tip of the iceberg.
I wonder if there were any more romaining in the back of the truck?
I'll bet they, er, lollo rossoed back home...
I rest my case, red leaf is the way to go! 
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I think we're all thinking the same thing:
If you were stuck in this truck for several weeks and had to eat some of your fellow stowaways, what would be your dressing of choice? | |
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Ace said: I think we're all thinking the same thing:
If you were stuck in this truck for several weeks and had to eat some of your fellow stowaways, what would be your dressing of choice? Italian... I hear Italians are fantastic. | |
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Is this thread about money.  | |
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Ace said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: Im thinking it would have had to have been iceberg as the other variables are to squishy?
So, "squishy" wouldn't be a good thing here? Well, no, I'd think human weight would suffocatingly sink... or you know, wilt.... Well, wilting can never be good! | |
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Ace said: If you were stuck in this truck for several weeks and had to eat some of your fellow stowaways, what would be your dressing of choice?
I've been in this situation before. I had Chinese. | |
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Has anyone tried to make a joke using 'lettuce out' yet? | |
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Fauxie said: Has anyone tried to make a joke using 'lettuce out' yet?
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july said: Is this thread about money.
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EmeraldSkies said: Oh dear. Thats not good, not good at all. | |
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Appears more cabbage then lettuce I might say. Yep, for the cabbage folk. | |
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: EmeraldSkies said: Oh dear. Thats not good, not good at all.  | |
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ZombieKitten said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: Oh dear. Thats not good, not good at all.  | |
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