[HPFGU-OTChatter] Crossing borders

[Sheryll Townsend]

--- Benjamin <jaffa276 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Just remember, when customs ask you if you've got
> any illegal 
> > substances, tell them that you prefer to buy them
> once you get into 
> > the country. Don't let the dour-faced sourpuss
> official looks fool 
> > you, these chaps have a fine sense of humour ;)
> > 
> 
> However, don't say (when asked what you have in that
> case) that it's 
> a gun or a bomb or anything, as this might result in
> armed police 
> arriving and you being arrested and possibly
> deported.
> ...And this was the case even before someone tried
> to blow up the BBC 
> at the weekend.
> 
I've been chuckling at this thread, having had an
interesting experience crossing the US/Canada border a
week ago. Of course the first question they ask is
where you're going. On hearing our driver reply, they
immediately (because of her accent) asked where she
was born (the Czech Republic). She travels to the US
quite frequently, having lived there for a number of
years, and often gets asked the most bizarre questions
when they find out her country of birth. She's been
asked everything from 'Why do you wear green nail
polish?', to 'Do you have anyone in the trunk?'. This
time around, no problem, perhaps because of the
responses when he asked where the rest of were born.
After all, who in would ever say they were born in
Winnipeg, Manitoba (aka Winterpeg, Manisnowba)or
Canadian Forces Base Petawawa (the notoriously worst
military posting in Canada) unless they actually were.
If we were making it up, we'd have picked better
places!

Okay, I've deteriorated down to rambling here, I'd
better go to work.

Sheryll

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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