Ali G in da Sweden?

Sacha Baron Cohen (now famous as Borat), in an earlier avatar as the irrepressible Brit gangsta, Ali G, appeared in a movie called “Ali G indaHouse“. In this crude, rude and crazily satirical slapstick movie, Ali G got a chance to play the MP from Staines. As an MP, one of the outrageous suggestions that Ali G gave in the parliament was to rework UK’s immigration policy to grant citizenship only to “fit” women.

In a case that sounds right out of Ali G’s backyard… a couple of Swedish immigration officers have been maintaining a photo collection of “exceptionally beautiful” women who have passed through the immigration checkpoint that they were manning!

The officers, who were working at a ferry terminal near Stockholm, made photocopies of the women’s passport photos and placed them in a binder. They also noted the date of birth next to each entry, the Stockholm police department said. [Source: MSNBC via an almost month-old entry on Metafilter]

While I am amazed at the diligence shown by these officers in keeping a meticulous record of the influx of beauty, I wonder what good is a photo, with a date of birth recorded alongside, going to do?!

Any ideas?!