No Popcorn for Canadian Olympians
July 8, 2008
I recently came across this interesting article in the “Vancouver Sun” entitled “Boats, bike and don’t forget the cereal“. The article opens with….
“It’s hard enough knowing what to pack just to go to China as a tourist. Imagine what it’s like packing for the whole Canadian Olympic team that’s competing in 30 different sports.”
and then goes on to explain how they pack, what they pack etc, etc. The most interesting thing to me was the following excerpt:
“Popcorn was on the athletes’ wish lists. But the Chinese said no. Unless it’s already popped, popcorn is classified as plant material and not allowed into the country. It was just one of the things that came up during the complicated process of pre-clearing Olympic goods.”
Poor things! Fancy no popcorn allowed!! I feel bad for them and hope at least they thought to bring along the pre-popped kind to satisfy their cravings!
