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Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.

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le nubian - Apr 25, 2011 10:32:15 am PDT #5142 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

so if a passport is getting back into a country, why did I need to show one when I was trying to enter Canada? Rather, a passport is for trying to enter a country (any country) but not when I leave? It's kind of the same action when I get on a plane though.

Anyway, I hope it is for people who don't have other proof of citizenship, although it still sounds onerous for a travel document. It isn't like a financial commitment is behind the passport.

le nubian - Apr 25, 2011 10:32:40 am PDT #5143 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

baby polar bear cubs:

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DavidS - Apr 25, 2011 10:34:37 am PDT #5144 of 30001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

The accountant had the world-weary air of a ferret that had been up so many trouser legs that life held no more surprises.

Oh, I like that one. I mean, you'd need it in a Douglas Adams context but it could work.

erikaj - Apr 25, 2011 10:39:58 am PDT #5145 of 30001

"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

Maybe Tom Robbins, too. Damn, I love that crazy hippie.

brenda m - Apr 25, 2011 10:41:16 am PDT #5146 of 30001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

so if a passport is getting back into a country, why did I need to show one when I was trying to enter Canada? Rather, a passport is for trying to enter a country (any country) but not when I leave?

Right. Basically nobody cares who is leaving, but to enter somewhere you need the documentation.

The US confuses the issue a little by having some of their checkpoints located in the foreign airport. So for example you have to show a passport before you board a plane from Montreal to New York. But it's not because the Canadians care who's leaving - it's US Customs.

Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 25, 2011 10:51:43 am PDT #5147 of 30001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

My general impression regarding the USA/Canada border has been that the Canadian border guards are all "Welcome to our country! Have a pleasant visit!" while the American ones are more "Who the fuck are you and why should we let you in?!?"

§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 10:54:08 am PDT #5148 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

A passport is where the visas go. You guys just don't really use visas much.

Ugh, I should be sleeping. Canna sleep.

§ ita § - Apr 25, 2011 10:55:36 am PDT #5149 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

the Canadian border guards are all "Welcome to our country! Have a pleasant visit!"

This might be because you're American.

They're sure not that way to a Jamaican former-Canadian resident. And listening to them threaten people crossing their border was very illuminating. And, I'm sure, ultimately useless.

Burrell - Apr 25, 2011 10:55:46 am PDT #5150 of 30001

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Yay on the new job, msbelle!

I should get back to my grading. Feh.

Tom Scola - Apr 25, 2011 10:57:09 am PDT #5151 of 30001

hwæt

My experience has been that French-Canadian border guards are not very nice people.

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