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Subject: 
K, more for a smile than anything...
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Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:58:03 GMT
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http://us.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/12/07/canada.tshirts.ap/index.html

"
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- An American T-shirt company has a solution for
their fellow citizens who want to vacation in Europe without having to answer
questions about U.S. politics -- pose as Canadians.
"

The bit that made me smile--

"
When it comes to sports, the guide suggests: "This is easy to remember. There is
only one real sport in Canada and it is called hockey. Regardless of any trivia
question, the answer is 'Wayne Gretzky."'
"

And the offer to crash at my place for a while is still open to any Yankee that
feels like leaving the US.

Dave K
-who wants to pose as an American when he goes travelling, to see what being
shunned by the rest of the world feels like.



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