Maybe Tom Robbins, too. Damn, I love that crazy hippie.
I kissed him, and I told him that I loved him. And I killed him.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
erikaj - Apr 25, 2011 10:39:58 am PDT #5145 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
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.
Burrell - Apr 25, 2011 10:57:17 am PDT #5152 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
A passport is where the visas go.
I love it when ita gets all logical. Thing of beauty.
le nubian - Apr 25, 2011 11:01:37 am PDT #5153 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
French-Canadian border guards are not very nice people
no shit. But most of the Canadian border guards in airports have not been all that pleasant. As a traveler, I'm not that pleasant either though.
megan walker - Apr 25, 2011 11:02:55 am PDT #5154 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
The US also makes airlines collect all nationalty info before boarding and if doesn't match exactly to entry at US Customs they face a stiff fine.
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?!?"
This was not at all my experience, as I spent over an hour after my last flight to Toronto trying to explain to immigration that, no, I was not moving to Canada.