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Canadians amongst US?
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I have heard all through my trip about Americans posing as Canadians to avoid the worlds disdain for Americans and US foreign policy. I mean, lets face it, nobody will shoot you just for being Canadian. Fortunately, for me, I am both Canadian and American so I can see the humor from both sides. Unfortunately, my Canadian passport has expired so I'm traveling on my US passport. I've jokingly tested a few Canadians just to make sure they were the real thing. I've devised a simple 3 question test to determine if you are Canadian or American. The first question is, "Where are you from?". If the answer is TorontO, especially with an emphasis on the OH, you are immediately a suspected American. Second is, "Who's the prime minister?". If the answer is Martin or even Chretien, I can give that a pass as it's possible they're just not up on current events. No answer = American. If you pass those two, the third is, "What is the national Capital?". Once again if you say TorontOH, you might be an American. If you pass all those, but I still have my doubts, I'll ask them to pronounce P R O C E S S or ask them what you call a large comfortable seat usually found in a living room. If you said couch or sofa, you might be an American. Can any of my American friends answer these questions three? ...What is your favorite colour? I've even heard that some Americans have gone so far as to sew a maple leaf onto their packs to hide their true identities. Last night I met just such an American in disguise. Although he didn't say he was from TorontO, he did choose the next most suspect city, Vancouver. Which means he's probably from the west coast. When I asked him where abooot in Vancouver he was from, he started to get flustered. I rattled off a couple names of non Vancouver suburbs, he didn't take the bait, but the best he could come up with was that he was from the middle of Vancouver. Then I asked him if he lived by "that big park by the harbour with the zoo....what's the name?" and he couldn't come up with Stanley. Then I tried another major landmark, "are you close to that island with that big market?". And Granville was no where near forthcoming from him. He just started to get pissed off and left as I said, "you know, it's OK to be American, I'm from there too".
Travelers Tip: for Americans pretending to be Canadian, be sure to do your homework and pick an out of the way town like Saskatoon as no one would ever claim to be from there unless they really were.
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