One beautiful sunny Summer day, I arrived at the Osoyoos B.C. border crossing. I heard and saw 2 U.S. customs officers joking back/forth from their booths. "How neat" I thought. "Seem like fun people for a change" I further thought as I rolled up to the window. She: "what do you do for a living?" A. "Musician" Q. When's your next gig? Q. (me not hearing her) Pardon? Q. When's your next musical engagement? A. (me in a happy almost humorous manner) December. I'm playing White Christmas. It's a great show. You should come see it! A. I don't get out much. Please place this sticker on your windshield..... Off I went to secondary inspection. Nothing to hide of course, no big deal, but a waste of time. Further more, I had to remind the employee to give my wallet back to me. But wait. There's more! As another employee leads me back to my Westy: Q. Do you do a lot of work on your van? Q. (me not sure why I'm asked this as I know the inspection is finished) Are you asking as a border official? A. No. Just saw the 2 huge manuals (Bentleys). Was wondering how much work these things need. Am thinking of buying a camper van. Ha! Neil.
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Graham Janson <graham.janson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Furthermore, I second the earlier comments about erring on the safe side when it comes to joking with customs agents. Canadian ones aren't great, but I am certain that American customs agents are The Most Humourless Beings on Earth.
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