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2023-01-17 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Flight attendants caught smuggling 27 kg of onions into Philippines

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-17 06:43|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 What am I missing here?

Posted by Chris 2023-01-17 10:15|| 2023-01-17 10:15|| Front Page Top

#2 The way I understand it from my wife's relatives in the Philippines - Onions are *very* expensive there.

Posted by CrazyFool 2023-01-17 10:28|| 2023-01-17 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Reminds me of a Beverly Hillbillies episode where Jethro took up with some hippies:

Jethro: "Granny's out back smokin' crawdads."

Hippie: "You think Granny would let us smoke some crawdads?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-17 10:44|| 2023-01-17 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 The real money is in smuggling a dozen eggs.

Posted by Shinesh Dark Lord of the Danes3020 2023-01-17 11:34|| 2023-01-17 11:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Personal use. Personal use.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-17 11:53|| 2023-01-17 11:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Here's the context you are looking for:

Onions now cost more than meat in the Philippines

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149375061/onions-now-cost-more-than-meat-in-the-philippines

Posted by mossomo 2023-01-17 12:48|| 2023-01-17 12:48|| Front Page Top

#7 "Worn on our belts. Which was the fashion at the time"

/Grandpa "Chuey" Simpson

Posted by Frank G 2023-01-17 12:48|| 2023-01-17 12:48|| Front Page Top

#8 I've had wild onions growing on every property I ever owned and seen them on many properties as a kid. Is there something about Philippine dirt that makes onions difficult to grow?

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-17 13:28|| 2023-01-17 13:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Does it rain a lot? You need a dry season to finish onions if you want them to keep.

Posted by Neville Snore8990 2023-01-17 16:04|| 2023-01-17 16:04|| Front Page Top

#10 The Philippines has monsoon season. I assume that is not dry.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-17 21:54|| 2023-01-17 21:54|| Front Page Top

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