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ret5hd

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6. 15 yrs or so ago spouse and I made that drive...
Sun Oct 8, 2023, 12:17 PM
Oct 2023

Kinda funny story (in a "I'm pretty stupid" kind of way):

We flew to Calgary, then rented a car to drive to GNP. We went thru the border checkpoint into the USA no problem...little more than a couple of gates, one on Canada side one on USA side.

On the way back we got to the Canada gate and it was a younger (than us) woman, very starched and pressed looking, and she was asking us the regular ole questions...how long, purpose of visit, etc.

She then asked if we had any cigarettes...I said "SURE!!!", reached in my shirt pocket, grabbed my pack, shook one out for her to take, and offered it to her.

She looked at me like I was an idiot and told me to go on.

Of course, she was really asking if I was bringing cigarettes into Canada in a smuggling sense, not if she could have a cigarette.

It took me like 2 or 3 minutes to figure it out.

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