On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:38:45 +0900, Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com>
belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>On 12/1/2003 2:15 PM, Declan Murphy wrote:
>
>> It was one of a sequence of odd and unusual events. I walked out only 37 
>> minutes after entering (my record, also at Nagoya, still stands at 4 
>> hours 17 minutes). My number was called (after being in a queue of all 
>> of five) only 8 minutes or so after taking the ticket. I had a seat! 
>> Strolled up to the counter, handed over my docs and konnichiwaed the 
>> bloke, and without so much as a by-your-leave, the fat bastard smiles.
>
>I wonder if this qualifies as kindness to a stranger.
>
>Are you sure you're not making this story up, Declan. I mean, quick 
>service at the immigration counter and an act of gratuitous kindness as 
>well? Perhaps this was something you experienced in a dream, or made up 
>out of whole cloth?

Hey, it isn't that hard to imagine. Even Immigration guys get laid
every once in a while.