Joey deVilla: Playing is Ass Off. Always Play to Your Audience or How Playing the Right Song Can Literally Save Your Ass: [Thanks to Cory Doctorow for this one.] I don’t know Joey deVilla, but I think I want to! It appears Joey was on his way to the O’Reilly Conference from Toronto the other day. Because of a screw up with his free ticket– it didn’t arrive on time. [Been there. Done that!] However because Joey was Filipino, carrying an accordion, and bought a one-way-replacement ticket– in cash, Joey fit the dreaded PROFILE of a potential terrorist. [A yeah rite sure!] So after a talk with the wonderful folks of the U.S. Customs and Immigrations, they searched his belonging, asked a couple questions and then… asked him to PLAY HIS ACCORDION! Now what, pray tell would someone play for a Customs and Immigrations Official you ask? THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER of course!
Joey– Sorry I dont’ know you. However should we meet I owe you a drink for making me laugh so hard I nearly… nebber mind. But damn this is one of the best stories of “Playing the Game of Customs” I’ve heard of in years! [Mary Wehmeier’s Blog Du Jour]
Under the circumstances, I think a much more appropriate choice would have been to play either the Soviet national anthem, or perhaps “Deutschland Uber Alles.”
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