Customs. Canada's ain't the worst.

[Alan Schmidt]

smile as their faces turn red as they glare at your
passport and spit, "Why have you been out of the country so long?"
"Long," in this case, is any period of time over a month an a half.

"Civil servant" is somewhat of a misnomer, since they're
anything but civil. Their mothers must have never taught them how to be
polite.

For the record, I'm 20, groomed conservatively.

Heimdal
..tektronix!reed!bifrost

P.S. I've left the smilies (:-)) out, since they would ruin my dry-ish
humor. Insert them where necessary.