In a class of his own.

[sei_kun]

Few weeks back my housemate's father came to visit her. What happened was a source of laughter I've used for weeks... let's take stock of the situation.

1. The father came on short notice; he didn't bring luggage, only carry-on.
2. Last time when the daughter went back for holiday, she bought a pot and a frying pan and couldn't bring them back with her due to weight limitation.
3. She asked the father to bring the pot and frying pan, which he packed into his carry-on luggage.
4. He arrived at 5AM.
5. His daughter waited for him to come out for around 40-50 minutes, way after all of the other passengers had cleared out of the immigration.

After he met with the daughter, he told her that he was pulled aside by an immigration officer and questioned...
Officer: Do you have a return ticket?
Uncle: Yes.

Talking about this later, housemate and I realised that he was probably pulled aside because of fact 1-3. So you have a middle-aged man travelling alone, no luggage, carrying pot and frying pan in his carry-on bag... he probably seemed like he was going to escape out into the outback and disappear to avoid going back home or something. And then, the rest of the conversation...
Officer: What's the purpose of your visit?
Uncle: Visiting someone.
O: Who are you visiting?
U: My daughter.
O: What does your daughter do?
U: Hmmm. I think, she deals with drugs.
...they only let him go after he told them that his daughter worked as a pharmacist.

I like his justification the best.
Housemate: Why did you say that?! No wonder they kept you there!
Uncle: They ask me stupid questions, I give them stupid answers.
Classy. I have to admit, that Uncle is quite a character...