About 5 years ago In my early 20s I tried to bring some tulip bulbs back from the Netherlands. I bought them after the main season, in November when they no lo

About 5 years ago In my early 20s I tried to bring some tulip bulbs back from the Netherlands. I bought them after the main season, in November when they no longer had the official inspection stamps on the packages. I declared one package of them and tried to bullshit the CPB lady about how the stamp fell off and how they were for my mom for her birthday. After some time I acquiesced and when she asked if I had any other bulbs, I took them out for her. I take comfort in knowing I have a record, somewhere deep in the bowls of Fort Meade or Bluffdale, of attempted agricultural products smuggling. Looking back on the tulips thing, I probably wouldn't try to do it again, not because I could get in trouble, but because I now know there is a slim chance I could introduce some random organism into a new ecosystem where it could wreak havoc. Yet at the same time, I can't tell if the whole no agricultural products rules for individuals crossing borders is bullshit or not. Almost all of the major invasive species in the US (snakefish, ashwood beetle, fire ants) were introduced via container ships.