Crossing borders

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> The closest I've ever come to being given a hard time at the 
US/Canada 
> border was when I told the Canadian customs guy that the reason I 
was 
> going to Canada was to attend a Star Trek convention.  He seemed 
both 
> amused and suspicious, as if no one would actually drive all the 
> way from Syracuse to Ottawa for such a trivial reason.  (So much 
for 
> Canadian pride.  William Shatner and James Doohan are two of 
Canada's 
> best exports!)
> 

The most fun I had (I'm English) was when crossing from Mexico into 
the US. The Customs guy took a look at my passport and said "English? 
>From London?" To which I replied in a moment of light-
heartedness, "Si Senor". He gave me a hard five minutes, explaining 
the problems that workaday Customs Officers face without smart-arsed 
Limeys making light of it ... then he let me in.

Woetan.