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Once a cruise ship carrying people from
all the nations was going on a around the world' tour when it got
grounded. The ship became slow and finally came to a grinding halt.
Bunta Singh comes up to
the Pakistan border on his bike. He's got two large bags over his shoulders. The
guard Iqbal stops him and says, "What's in
the bags?" "Sand,"
answered Bunta. Iqbal says, "We'll
just see about that. Get off the bike." Iqbal guard takes the bags and rips them apart; he
empties them out and finds nothing in them but sand. He detains Bunta overnight and has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is nothing but pure sand in the bags. Iqbal releases Bunta, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto the Bunta's shoulders, and lets him cross the border. A week later,the same
thing happens. The Iqbal asks, "What have you got?" "Sand,"
says Bunta. Iqbal does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags
contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to Bunta, and Bunta crosses the
border on his bike. This sequence of events is repeated every day for three
years. Finally, Bunta doesn't show up one day and the guard meets him in a 'dhaba'
in Islamabad. "Hey, Buddy,"
says Iqbal, "I know you are smuggling something. It's driving me crazy. It's all I think
about..... I can't sleep. Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?"
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