The joke further up the thread about the Americans not thinking of Canada at all is pretty good, but I wonder how many readers realize that it's a joke about Americans.

I've been happily thinking about Canada since 1967 when I had the pleasure of ordering my breakfast in French when we visited Expo '67 in Quebec. "Oofs" indeed!

A few years ago (well, nearly 30 years ago) I had the perfect American/Canadian experience. Took Horne's Ferry across the St Lawrence River. My recollection is that there was a Canadian customs or border small building, but there wasn't anybody in it when we got there. Or maybe there was someone there who waved us through. The wonderful thing was I bought a Coke at a little store, paid with a $5 American bill and received more than $5 Canadian in change. A perpetual money machine! It made me think of my friend asking me who was going to win the football game on Sunday because I was on the other side of the International Date Line from him so it was tomorrow for me and I should know.

When I was off to Visit the UK in 1978, an idiot friend of mine suggested I sew a Canadian flag on my backpack so that I could avoid any harshness from Brits who objected to the US. Short of tricking the Nazis in order to save my family, I would never deny my American-ness no matter how much Trump makes that look attractive.

Now of course if the US and Canada were to merge, then I could put a Canadian flag on my back-pack... If it was good enough for England and Scotland in 1707, why not? What if we promised to put the Queen on our money? Or take Canadian money at Par in the new "United States and Provinces of America"?

R:)