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To: melinda abplanalp who wrote (35856)	8/19/1999 9:51:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

It's an outrage.

To: melinda abplanalp who wrote (35856)	8/19/1999 10:31:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

<Why don't we learn about Canada. I remember zip. Maybe it's just me????? > It's funny that you should mention that... When we travel, we stay in a lot of B&Bs... it's a nice way to meet people from other places when you're on the road. However, we've heard some pretty darned strange things about Canada while having breakfast with people from the U.S. (never offensive things, but just kinda weird). On one trip to Nova Scotia, we had breakfast with some people from...uhm... perhaps I won't mention the city in case one of these people is a lurker on DAR. Anyhow, these people had travelled on a big circuit that crossed much of the US midwest and then circled back through Canada. A young Canadian couple were also at our table, he was from Montreal. Part way through breakfast, one of the American tourists turned to the Montrealer and said, "Say, maybe you can tell us the answer to this... Our travel guide says that in Montreal, there are people that live down in the Underground City and that those people never come up into the light of the day. Why, we looked and looked for the Underground City when we were in Montreal, but we never did find it. But what we were wondering is if those people's eyes aren't effected by being underground all of the time". Now, all of the above was spoke with a soft southern drawl and a little sense of wonder, so it was pretty obvious that this fellow wasn't just being a smart aleck. What he was referring to is the network of subways and tunnels that link many of the major buildings in the downtown core of Montreal... not a particularly unusual thing for any northern city. Well, I have to say that we Canadians managed to pull off a very polite response, especially considering the fact that we were collectively splurting coffee and orange juice in every direction while doing our best not to LOL. (BTW, the gentleman from the US was a highschool teacher... that struck me as pretty strange indeed). On another trip, we had breakfast with a middle-aged couple for three mornings in a row. We told them where we were from... so many miles away from Ottawa, Ontario. On the third morning, the couple finally got up the gumption to ask what Ottawa was because it seemed like we thought they should know what it is. We politely replied that Ottawa was sort of like the Washington, D.C. of our country. They were a bit embarrassed and I guess I would have been too as they lived less than 150 miles south of the capital city of Canada and didn't know it. Seemed kinda spooky at the time, but then I thought... "Heck, this is great! We don't have to worry about Canada being taken over by the U.S... If they invade, they'll probably be marching around looking for the capital city for at least a 6 or 8 weeks before they figure out where the seat of power is located... (-: Ah well, I'm sure there are plenty of Canajuns travelling around asking weird questions down in the United States too... croc