Tunnelling theory and practice

[Michael Oltmans <moltmans@>]

In todays news:
Canadian border tunnel was elaborate

or as reported at: 
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/233644_tunnel22.html>
Drug-smuggling tunnel under Canadian tunnel was elaborate

U.S. Attorney John McKay said "They were smart enough to build a 
sophisticated tunnel..." what he didn't say was that they were stupid 
enough to build it between the US and Canada.  Why not just walk across 
the border?  Why not just throw bags of weed over the border or paddle 
it across in Canoes?  Why bother embarking on a major engineering feet 
(aka a long hole in the ground) than these other options?

I mean if I wanted to sneak from the Media Lab into the Stata center I 
could easily harpoon a zip line to the top of gates tower, or I could 
build a sub-sub tunnel into the sub-sub basement of building 34 and then 
covertly cross over into Stata.

Another question that must be raised is how much of the smuggled weed 
did the reporter smoke when before writing the headline?  Exactly which 
Canadian Tunnel did the drug tunnel, tunnel under?  Maybe they should 
next investigate under the Chunnel to make sure there isn't a Canadian 
drug tunnel running drugs from the fertile marijuana fields of Nova 
Scotia and PEI all the way to France and the UK.

Come smirk at stupid smugglers at tonights...

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