The Off Topic Topic

[Ed Anger]

I love american racist war posters.

Are there any kind of racist posters you don't like?

You are asking a guy with Taylor Swift in a SS uniform.

Why is my like 6th cousin in a SS uniform for your avatar?

Hook a brutha up.

[Ed Anger]

Sonofabitch, my Amazon Prime expired. I have been stabbed in the back.

You can have it set up so that it expires?

I forgot the card I used to sign up for it was cancelled. So no auto-renew. 

[katmai]

Hook a brutha up.

I'll get right on it.

[Ed Anger]

Hook a brutha up.

I'll get right on it.

We'll name our first kid after you.

[Eddie Teach]

So 'ow much 'ash did you sneak through the Tokyo airport?

[Malthus]

So 'ow much 'ash did you sneak through the Tokyo airport?

I could have had any amount - since apparently security against this eventuality amounted to asking me if I had any. 

I guess drug smugglers in Japan are honest and polite and always tell the truth if directly asked if they have drugs? 

[Monoriu]

The only time my luggage was searched in front of me as I left the airport was in Japan as well.  Some young customs officer asked to search my bag.  Of course I had no choice.  Strangely, an older officer was standing next to him, and he was very apologetic.  Apparently he thought the young one made a mistake by choosing us, but he had to let him finish the search.  The old guy kept telling us in Japanese that he was sorry for the inconvenience etc. 

[Malthus]

The only time my luggage was searched in front of me as I left the airport was in Japan as well.  Some young customs officer asked to search my bag.  Of course I had no choice.  Strangely, an older officer was standing next to him, and he was very apologetic.  Apparently he thought the young one made a mistake by choosing us, but he had to let him finish the search.  The old guy kept telling us in Japanese that he was sorry for the inconvenience etc.

In Canada, there is a reality TV show called "Border Security" which shows people being questioned at airports and the like.

The people being searched definitely tend to conform to certain national stereotypes.

People coming in from China usually attempt to smuggle in forbidden foods at airports  (meaning anything with meat in it and a wide range of other foods). People from the US usually attempt to smuggle in their handguns at border crossings.

[garbon]

People from the US usually attempt to smuggle in their handguns at border crossings.

Course in real life, the group I fall into is that of having brown skin. Thanks, Quebec.

[Josquius]

The only time my luggage was searched in front of me as I left the airport was in Japan as well.  Some young customs officer asked to search my bag.  Of course I had no choice.  Strangely, an older officer was standing next to him, and he was very apologetic.  Apparently he thought the young one made a mistake by choosing us, but he had to let him finish the search.  The old guy kept telling us in Japanese that he was sorry for the inconvenience etc.

In Canada, there is a reality TV show called "Border Security" which shows people being questioned at airports and the like.

The people being searched definitely tend to conform to certain national stereotypes.

People coming in from China usually attempt to smuggle in forbidden foods at airports  (meaning anything with meat in it and a wide range of other foods). People from the US usually attempt to smuggle in their handguns at border crossings.

We have that in the UK too.
Programmes like that made the brexit vote

[Malthus]

Course in real life, the group I fall into is that of having brown skin. Thanks, Quebec.

Brown skin? Terrorism or drugs!   

Well, you *do* work promoting drugs ...  So the stereotype is true! 

[Malthus]

We have that in the UK too.
Programmes like that made the brexit vote

One of the weirdest was an American couple with a baby, who didn't even intent to try to get into Canada - they were just driving to a park near the border for a picnic with their kid and took a wrong turn, ended up in the line to cross.

They declared that they had guns, so were pulled aside - and guns they had. Everywhere. A gun for each of the parents, on their persons. A gun in the glove compartment. A gun in the picnic basket. A gun in the baby's diaper bag ... I guess in case the baby needed some firepower?

They didn't get into any trouble, other than inconvenience (because the declared everything), but it was just strange, because it was clear that they travelled this way all the time.

[Savonarola]

There's a version of that in the United States as well.  In one episode they did the Ambassador Bridge (between Detroit and Windsor).  One of the cars had a human skull, and no paperwork for it.  Fortunately (what are the odds?) there was a forensic pathologist in line just a few cars behind him who was able to confirm that the skull was a historical artifact and the first guy wasn't some sort of Canadian Jeffrey Dahmer.

Not everything you see on television is true; not even if it comes from a "Reality Show."   

[garbon]

Course in real life, the group I fall into is that of having brown skin. Thanks, Quebec.

Brown skin? Terrorism or drugs!   

Well, you *do* work promoting drugs ...  So the stereotype is true! 

Now, now. I don't promote anything. I ask people their opinions. All research is designed to be strictly non-promotional!

[CountDeMoney]

People from the US usually attempt to smuggle in their handguns at border crossings.

Course in real life, the group I fall into is that of having brown skin. Thanks, Quebec.

"Look out! He sparkles!"