sniffer dog

[mervin]

A man had just settled into his seat next to the window on the plane

> > when another man sat down in the aisle seat and put his black Labrador

> > Retriever in the middle seat next to the man. The first man looked very

> > quizzically at the dog and asked why the dog was allowed on the plane.

> >

> > The second man explained that he was a DEA agent and that the dog was a

> > 'sniffing dog'. "His name is Sniffer and he's the best there is. I'll

>show

> > you once we get airborne, when I put him to work." The plane took off,

> > and once it has leveled out, the agent said, "Watch this." He told

>Sniffer

> > to "search". Sniffer jumped down, walked along the aisle, and finally

>sat

> > very purposefully next to a woman for several seconds.

> >

> > Sniffer then returned to his seat and put one paw on the agent's arm.

> > The agent said, "Good boy", and he turned to the man and said, "That

>woman

> > is in possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of her seat number

>and

> > the authorities will apprehend her when we land.

> >

> > "Say, that's pretty neat," replied the first man.

> > Once again, the agent sent Sniffer to search the aisles. The Lab

> > sniffed about, sat down beside a man for a few seconds, returned to its

> > seat,

> > and this time he placed two paws on the agent's arm.

> >

> > The agent said, "That man is carrying cocaine, so again, I'm making a

> > note of his seat number for the police."

> > "I like it!" said his seat mate.

> >

> > The agent then told Sniffer to "search" again. Sniffer walked up and

> > down the aisles for a little while, and then came racing back to the

> > agent,

> > jumped into the middle seat and proceeded to poop all over the place.

> > The first man was really grossed out by this behavior and couldn't

> > figure out how or why a well-trained dog would behave like that, so he

> > asked

> > the agent "What's going on?"

> >

> > The agent nervously replied, "He just found a bomb."

> >

> >