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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
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!

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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