Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Literary Customs Official

Although many of us think of the customs official as an unfortunate knave who wasn't quite bright enough to be a policeman, it is a profession with an illustrious history. For medieval poet GEOFFREY CHAUCER spent twelve years working as a customs official in London.

"Ywis, be theyse fagges for ye personal consumptionne onlye?" as he probably said on a daily basis.

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