Juan comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle. He's got two
large bags over his shoulders.
The guard stops him and says, "What's in the bags?" "Sand," answered
Juan.
The guard says, "We'll just see about that get off the bike." The
guard takes the bags and rips them apart; he empties them out and
finds nothing in them but sand.
He detains Juan overnight and has the sand analyzed, only to discover
that there is nothing but pure sand in the bags. The guard releases
Juan, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto the man's
shoulders, and lets him cross the border. A week later, the same thing
happens. The guard asks, "What have you got?" "Sand," says Juan. The
guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags
contain nothing but sand.He gives the sand back to Juan, and Juan
crosses the border on his bicycle. This sequence of events if repeated
every day for three years. Finally, Juan doesn't show up one day and
the guard meets him in a Cantina in Mexico. "Hey, Buddy," says the
guard, "I know you are smuggling something. It's driving me crazy.
It's all I think about..... I can't sleep. Just between you and me,
what are you smuggling?" Juan sips his beer and says, "Bicycles."