Originally Posted by
alanR
Many Americans think that the guy fiddling with your passport is "Customs" - thus the common question of "how long does it take to get through Customs at Heathrow" to which the reply is "20 seconds, 30 if you have a limp".
I met some elderly Americans in DUB who said they had to go through Customs twice on their way to DUB...once in Ft. Myers and once in Newark. They meant TSA.