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CANADA DAY
Last time I was in Canada visiting an old friend from back in high school I was challenged to sing the National Anthem. Naturally I began "Oh say can you see..."
I was quickly told, "No, not that one"
So I started off again with "God save our gracious Queen, long live our noble Queen..."
I think they were getting really torqued until I mentioned that after spending part of my life in the UK and part of it in the US it seemed natural that I would think of those as ...
I was told OK, one more chance, to which I responded by singing out "Allons enfants de la patrie..."
At that point I noticed half the room joined in and the rest were muttering something about "get a rope".
We had a great time, but as the Duke of Wellington said about Waterloo, "It was a damned close run thing!"
Anyway, and in all sincerity, my very best wishes and fraternal regards to all my Canadian Greek brothers and sisters on Canada Day, and further with sincerity, God Save Canada, God Save the Queen!
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