just when you thought you had heard all the excuses in the book….

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Customs agents said they
found 13 pounds of Ecstasy pills in the luggage of a Dutch woman who expressed surprised (sic) at the discovery — she told investigators she thought she was smuggling gold.

I didn’t even realize you had to smuggle gold. Well, I guess there’s a lot of things I don’t know, so there you go.