from cp24.com
Disguise The Limit
Talk about identity theft - you had to know this was coming.
An Internet-based T-shirt company is selling what it calls a "Go Canadian" package for American tourists heading to Europe.
The contents are supposed to allow the travellers to visit other countries undisturbed by any negative comments about the war in Iraq, George Bush or other controversial issues.
For $25 U.S., buyers get a Canadian flag T-shirt, a Maple Leaf lapel pin, a patch bearing our symbols for their luggage and a book entitled "How To Speak Canadian, Eh?", which purports to answer all the things Americans ever wanted to know about their northern neighbours, but never cared to ask.
The New Mexico company behind the concept claims it's not trying to insult either nation, just have some fun, make some money and try to guarantee U.S. travellers a hassle free vacation.
"It's not meant as a slight against the United States or Canada," explains T-shirtKing.com President Bill Broadbent. "It was meant as something Republicans could give their Democrat friends to say 'C'est la vie.' ... But maybe not c'est la vie because that's a French word."
It came to him after a colleague related a story about an acquaintance who was given a rough time overseas. "So we were joking that they could just go as Canadians, and that just kind of evolved," concludes Broadbent.
So how is the brilliant disguise selling? Not bad. Since it was first posted November 12th, the company has pedalled a few hundred of them. And they expect more will be ordered, as the vacation season heats up in earnest.
Lifelong Democrat Dani Delaney, who claimed after the U.S. vote that "if I could move to Canada, I would," bought one. "I admire their liberal, progressive stand on things," the 57-year-old University of New Mexico writing instructor declares. "And I thought, 'Well, that's a good way to peacefully protest.'"
The deal comes in typical cross border fashion. The contents are Canadian. But you have to pay in U.S. funds.
December 7, 2004
Disguise The Limit
Talk about identity theft - you had to know this was coming.
An Internet-based T-shirt company is selling what it calls a "Go Canadian" package for American tourists heading to Europe.
The contents are supposed to allow the travellers to visit other countries undisturbed by any negative comments about the war in Iraq, George Bush or other controversial issues.
For $25 U.S., buyers get a Canadian flag T-shirt, a Maple Leaf lapel pin, a patch bearing our symbols for their luggage and a book entitled "How To Speak Canadian, Eh?", which purports to answer all the things Americans ever wanted to know about their northern neighbours, but never cared to ask.
The New Mexico company behind the concept claims it's not trying to insult either nation, just have some fun, make some money and try to guarantee U.S. travellers a hassle free vacation.
"It's not meant as a slight against the United States or Canada," explains T-shirtKing.com President Bill Broadbent. "It was meant as something Republicans could give their Democrat friends to say 'C'est la vie.' ... But maybe not c'est la vie because that's a French word."
It came to him after a colleague related a story about an acquaintance who was given a rough time overseas. "So we were joking that they could just go as Canadians, and that just kind of evolved," concludes Broadbent.
So how is the brilliant disguise selling? Not bad. Since it was first posted November 12th, the company has pedalled a few hundred of them. And they expect more will be ordered, as the vacation season heats up in earnest.
Lifelong Democrat Dani Delaney, who claimed after the U.S. vote that "if I could move to Canada, I would," bought one. "I admire their liberal, progressive stand on things," the 57-year-old University of New Mexico writing instructor declares. "And I thought, 'Well, that's a good way to peacefully protest.'"
The deal comes in typical cross border fashion. The contents are Canadian. But you have to pay in U.S. funds.
December 7, 2004
Tourism is a big business.
). But I'm not ashamed of my country. There are plenty of reasons to be proud of the United States. Those Europeans who don't like Americans are missing out on a lot of great people.
