Trick question

Maybe it was a trick question to find out whether or not you'ld be gay.

Bloggen

Ik wist niet dat je blogs schrijft in het Engels. Toch ga ik de oudere posts lesen want dez vind ik al leuk. Heb ooit een boek van jou gelezen over een overspelige ambassadeur, en ik zal die ene passage over die condoom nooit vergeten. Bedankt voor je leuke stukken en boeken

Annojo

No it wasn't.

Arnon

Can you describe this man? Did he look like a man with many girlfriends himself or like a desperate Indian that lives with his mother?

Arnon,

Ok, so how did he react? Was he disappointed when you told him that there is just one girlfriend in your life?

Annojo

Not at all.

You can see similar scenes in ‘(Maarten) Van Rossem in America’ (Dutch TV – NL 2, Sundays 20:30 h).

Forms

Nice thought indeed.
Suppose they even have special forms on which they keep track of the "number of girlfriends suspicious subjects claim to have".
Number of claimed girlfriends: 1/ 2 / 3 / more than 3
Possible Muslim: Yes / No / Maybe

Off course this would be a post-obama policy.

Arnon

the US government is busy saying goodbye to one president and welcoming the next. So I guess the number of your girlfriends is really unimportant, but hey... what else could they ask of a famous Dutch wrtiter, who is about to have one of his books turned into a movie? Are you really blasphemous, like John M. said in Nova just five minutes ago, or just very, very cynical?

"yes, yes,...hallo this is Osborne Cox!"

for the Malkovich fans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRhhZ2kZmFg

These US immigration officers... they're damned if they do and they're damned if they don't with you, aren't they? Now there apparently was one who was trying to make some nice small talk and who possibly even showed a sense of humor while fingerprinting you and you are complaining again?! Cut them some slack!

Pretty cool that John Malkovich may make a movie based on one of your books! Nice for the US book sales too.

Eva

Your clumsy reading is annoying. Could you show me evidence in the post above that I complained about anything?
Unfortunately your memory is not very sharp either. Once I wrote on this site something about TSA officials, although they both operate at airports there is quite a difference between a TSA official and an immigration officer. Furthermore the abuse of power some of the agents responsible for security at airports seemed to enjoy is a problem that is not limited to the US.

I would find it very offensive if somebody was to ask me this. My answer would be : No comment.

@Arnon, did that question improve your sense of security? Maybe they'll ask you next time how many wives you have...

When I left for Panama (2003) US security started to be quite organised. The officer, a woman, asked if I had gotten anything before I came to the airport. I said "yes". Just before I got on the plane,my girlfriend at the time ha given me a purple platypus-toyanimal. I showed the officer the platypus. They took it without asking and went away with it. After a while the officer came back and said "You probably got this from your girlfriend?" I said "Yes."

But I'm straying. I wonder if this question is on the online application, which is obligated since yesterday, also.

Vanity.

You liked it, didn't you.

Arnon,

So it went like:
'Do you have anything to report?'
'Nothing.'
'And how many girlfriends do you have?'
'Currently just one.'
'Ok sir, welcome to America.'
?

Lies

The task of an immigration officer is not to improve my sense of security.

Annojo

More or less.

Arnon

But there must be a reason, there must have been some tricky thought behind this question... how can you sleep?

Annojo

Maybe Arnon carried a lot of carpets and scarfs in all kind of colors with him. Or a couple of dozen silk roses. Maybe the answer is more easy than all of you think.

David,

Sounds reasonable... you've convinced me. When I picture this I can understand the girlfriend question.

Arnon

Shouldn't immigration officers keep specific people out, so residents feel safer in their resident country?

Lies

I can only repeat my statement: an immigration officer is not sitting there to give me a sense of security.
I would like to add: if you are interested in becoming an immigration officer this is the wrong site to apply for this job.

Can I apply for a job on this site? I'm not picky.

Dens

You and your sister can always apply for a job.

To have or to know

isnt the sentence half-finished: ...do you have…
.. in your suitcase or .. at home in your cellar or ..f***ed .in your dreams .in the Ukraine ?
Every US-immigrant knows that an answer is expected on: .. in your life.?

Trick question?

"Trick question
Maybe it was a trick question to find out whether or not you'ld be gay. "

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Could it be really that bad, that some people concider such a question seriously a 'gay' issue/the reason behind the question?

Make up Artist

If people were more honest you won't believe what they think all day long.Did you never thought of the possibility that a model you are 'painting' were a transsexual?

David Manos Pefko

No, not really. While I'm at work, there is no space for nasty thoughts. At least, not if yo do you work well... Of course, we all can have weird thoughts when our mind is less busy, so I've got your point.

identification completed

At Schiphol airport I enter and leave Holland using the iris scan. It is quite pleasant. It only says: "Please look into the center of the mirror", and if you do that "Identification is completed". And then the gate opens and you pass the border. Strange that this is not in New York yet, thought they loved gadgets like these in the US. By the way, I would love to let some of my English speaking friends read De mensheid zij geprezen. It is such a neat little book, one of your best! In the English title the year of the subtitle should be erased. Hope one day I can give it to them. Best regards, Taco