Thread: Over seas flights

I havent, but some advice would be:

Take only sealed, prominently labeled containers. Don't take a half-open bottle of creatine. And obviously, you should check the supplements with your luggage, dont take it as carry on.

I just pitty you having to go to France. I could not stand to be around that many wussies all at one time.

I brought creatine and glutamine with me to europe in ziplock bags. It was sept. 02 so security was pretty tight. Nothing was even said aout it. My only suggestion is put it in your luggage, if the dogs don't smell anything you shouldn't get inspected anyway. I wouldn't worry about it just don't be really wired when you go through.

Glutamine dextrose and malto is no problem, just swallow a mouthfull and point at your bicep if they give you any hassle.

I would not bring the creatine though, since it is illegal in France. (Just ask Zinedine Zidane )

I would not bring the creatine though, since it is illegal in France. (Just ask Zinedine Zidane )

JJJ: Why is Creatine illegal in France?

What do they do? Just confiscate it. What did they do to Zidane?

Originally posted by Mr_Snafu
JJJ: Why is Creatine illegal in France?

Why is ephedra illegal in the US?

You might consider shipping your supps to your destination. With airport security the way it is, I'd take the easiest route.

Originally posted by BUSTINOUT
I just pitty you having to go to France. I could not stand to be around that many wussies all at one time.

Check this out.

French terror alert level raised
Reuters News Agency; Date: 03/19/2004 7:47:17 AM Pacific Standard Time
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API and UPI report that the French Government announced today that in light of the Madrid bombing, France has raised it's terror alert level from "run" to "hide."

The only two higher levels in France are "surrender"and "collaborate"!

yikes!

"PARIS, France (AP) -- French food safety experts have linked the popular training supplement creatine to a potential risk of cancer and have called for it to be listed as a banned substance.
The use of creatine supplements, "particularly in the long term" constitutes "a potential carcinogenic risk," said a report by France's Food Safety Agency, or AFSSA, published on the body's official Web site on Wednesday.
The report said that potential risks associated with taking creatine were "currently insufficiently evaluated," and that the product was of little benefit to athletes hoping to improve their performance."


Full story

The French are the ONLY ones claiming this. This has been going on for years. I wouldn't believe anything from someone who eats snails.

I pulled this off another site. It's a brief history of Frances war fighting abilities.

- Gallic Wars
- Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian.

- Hundred Years War
- Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Sainted.

- Italian Wars
- Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians.

- Wars of Religion
- France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots

- Thirty Years War
- France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.

- War of Revolution
- Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.

- The Dutch War
- Tied

- War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War
- Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.

- War of the Spanish Succession
- Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since.

- American Revolution
- In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."

- French Revolution
- Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.

- The Napoleonic Wars
- Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.

- The Franco-Prussian War
- Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.

- World War I
- Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.

- World War II
- Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.

- War in Indochina
- Lost. French forces plead sickness; take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu

- Algerian Rebellion
- Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux.

- War on Terrorism
- France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's.

The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?", but rather "How long until France collapses?"

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage."

Or, better still, the quote from last week's Wall Street Journal: "They're there when they need you."