A wise man once said "when the world ends, I'll move to Holland. Everything tends to happen 50 years later there."
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Well, I'll tell you, that goes for the customs service! Having ordered some guitar effects from the US, they were swiftly shipped. It took USPS four days to get them to Holland. Then, at 9:10a.m. on the 4th of August this year, they reached Dutch customs...where they have been ever since. So, the major question is: does a distortion pedal pose so grave a threat to national security? Are they afraid I'm an Iranian attempting to build a thermo-nuclear device with it?
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Welcome to the wonderful world of the Customs People. They are Gods in their own world, only they taketh and..... well..... take again.
It is indeed dangerous... Just imagine you could actually push it and kaboooooooom. :-) I wonder if they're not busy installing surveillance equipment to end your evil plan to pimp the guitar and ... take over the world!!
Damn, I should've known they'd get on to me when I ordered those Wilkinson PAF's a year ago :P The SAS will be on my doorstep if I ever order one of those Artec tone-pots...
That's indeed quite risky... Though, you could buy yourself an empty island and work there... I would suggest Antarctica, but I've heart you can't get a good tan there...
My complexion is one shade darker than albino, so I'd be fine. Though I must say I was hoping for somewhere in the Caribbean. I mean, if you're working on a diabolical plot to lay waste to the world, you might as well do so from a pleasant locale.
Indeed, but wouldn't that be a bit ... predictable?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]My complexion is one shade darker than albino, so I'd be fine. Though I must say I was hoping for somewhere in the Caribbean. I mean, if you're working on a diabolical plot to lay waste to the world, you might as well do so from a pleasant locale.[/QUOTE]
You could work in a fake volcano crater like Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice".
You could work in a fake volcano crater like Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice".
This thread scares me....
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You are not the real Thomas.
ive been usuing it >.>
...ill give it back :(
XD
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i just read that title ad f*cking douche condoms XD
...ill give it back :(
XD
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i just read that title ad f*cking douche condoms XD
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME] wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You are not the real Thomas.[/QUOTE]
I so am! I'm not always a mean bastard, you know. Only when provoked.
I so am! I'm not always a mean bastard, you know. Only when provoked.
Why Iranian and not Persian? Freddie was.
+ It's always shitty to wait for stuff you're eagerly awaiting TQ. ;)
+ It's always shitty to wait for stuff you're eagerly awaiting TQ. ;)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]The Fairy King = RickRolling all of you wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Why Iranian and not Persian? Freddie was.
+ It's always shitty to wait for stuff you're eagerly awaiting TQ. ;)[/QUOTE]
Because he wasn't Persian but Parsi. Despite the fact that Treasure Moment sees no difference, Parsi is an ethnic term, while Persian means "a citizen of the Persian nation", which no longer exists; when the Shah was kicked out, they called it "Iran", so "Iranian". And in case anyone missed it, the Netherlands are now the only country in the world to refuse Iranian students enrollment in a number of physics-related subjects, because we are afraid they'll build bombs. Pakistani, Israeli, American, South African, etc. students, whose countries we *know* produce nuclear weapons, however, are welcome.
+ Yeah, it'll come though. But wouldn't you be eager for any distortion box that looks like this: http://www.biyang.com.cn/Upload/Pic/20086310176781.jpg
The photo doesn't do it justice, but the casing is mirror-polished stainless steel. Full analog, true passive bypass :)
EDIT: slightly better pic: http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/00/8a/e102_1.JPG
+ It's always shitty to wait for stuff you're eagerly awaiting TQ. ;)[/QUOTE]
Because he wasn't Persian but Parsi. Despite the fact that Treasure Moment sees no difference, Parsi is an ethnic term, while Persian means "a citizen of the Persian nation", which no longer exists; when the Shah was kicked out, they called it "Iran", so "Iranian". And in case anyone missed it, the Netherlands are now the only country in the world to refuse Iranian students enrollment in a number of physics-related subjects, because we are afraid they'll build bombs. Pakistani, Israeli, American, South African, etc. students, whose countries we *know* produce nuclear weapons, however, are welcome.
+ Yeah, it'll come though. But wouldn't you be eager for any distortion box that looks like this: http://www.biyang.com.cn/Upload/Pic/20086310176781.jpg
The photo doesn't do it justice, but the casing is mirror-polished stainless steel. Full analog, true passive bypass :)
EDIT: slightly better pic: http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/00/8a/e102_1.JPG
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]The Fairy King = RickRolling all of you wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Why Iranian and not Persian? Freddie was.
+ It's always shitty to wait for stuff you're eagerly awaiting TQ. ;)[/QUOTE]
Because he wasn't Persian but Parsi. Despite the fact that Treasure Moment sees no difference, Parsi is an ethnic term, while Persian means "a citizen of the Persian nation", which no longer exists; when the Shah was kicked out, they called it "Iran", so "Iranian". And in case anyone missed it, the Netherlands are now the only country in the world to refuse Iranian students enrollment in a number of physics-related subjects, because we are afraid they'll build bombs. Pakistani, Israeli, American, South African, etc. students, whose countries we *know* produce nuclear weapons, however, are welcome.
+ Yeah, it'll come though. But wouldn't you be eager for any distortion box that looks like this: http://www.biyang.com.cn/Upload/Pic/20086310176781.jpg
The photo doesn't do it justice, but the casing is mirror-polished stainless steel. Full analog, true passive bypass :)
EDIT: slightly better pic: http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/00/8a/e102_1.JPG[/QUOTE]
Ethnic Iranians or strictly Iranian citizens?
+ It's always shitty to wait for stuff you're eagerly awaiting TQ. ;)[/QUOTE]
Because he wasn't Persian but Parsi. Despite the fact that Treasure Moment sees no difference, Parsi is an ethnic term, while Persian means "a citizen of the Persian nation", which no longer exists; when the Shah was kicked out, they called it "Iran", so "Iranian". And in case anyone missed it, the Netherlands are now the only country in the world to refuse Iranian students enrollment in a number of physics-related subjects, because we are afraid they'll build bombs. Pakistani, Israeli, American, South African, etc. students, whose countries we *know* produce nuclear weapons, however, are welcome.
+ Yeah, it'll come though. But wouldn't you be eager for any distortion box that looks like this: http://www.biyang.com.cn/Upload/Pic/20086310176781.jpg
The photo doesn't do it justice, but the casing is mirror-polished stainless steel. Full analog, true passive bypass :)
EDIT: slightly better pic: http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/00/8a/e102_1.JPG[/QUOTE]
Ethnic Iranians or strictly Iranian citizens?