Hmmm . . .
SOME AMERICANS ARE PRETENDING TO BE CANDADIANS WHEN THEY GO ABROAD.
Some are doing so to get out of awkward social situations where furriners say anti-American things.
If I were in such a situation, and if I were human, I believe my response would be "Go to hell." . . . If I were human.
But if an al-Qa’eda operative pointed a AK-47 in my face and wanted to know my nationality, I’d be sore tempted to do "the maple leaf masquerade."
Don’t know how plausible I’d be doing it. Could probably fake a Bob & Doug Mackenzie accent and speech pattern, but the cowboy hat, duster, and boots (all of which were worn on my most recent foreign trip–to Canada, ironically enough) would be dead giveaways.
Still, Canadians and Americans are similar in many ways.
Was reminded of a bit from the Canadian sketch comedy show The Kids In The Hall (which I didn’t watch but occasionally surfed through) in which a Canadian visiting the Philippines was repeatedly asked if he was an American.
He finally responded: "Noooooo . . . I’m a Canadian. . . . That’s like an American . . . but without the gun."
You could pretend you’re from Calgary, eh?
Go Flames!