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Maybe We’ve All Made That Mistake…
by Alanah McGinley on 03/06/08 at 03:31 PM ET
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From Columbus Alive:
On our City Limits blog at ColumbusAlive.com, we’ve been writing a lot about Columbus’ quest for some sort of marketable identity. So we couldn’t resist this telling tidbit, reported by Tom Reed in Saturday’s Dispatch:
Ken Hitchcock’s most humbling moment as Blue Jackets coach came in this radiant city on the Pacific Coast [Vancouver, British Columbia].
Hitchcock was trying to clear Canadian customs last summer when the agent asked him his occupation. He told the man he coached the NHL franchise in Columbus.
The agent grew suspicious and countered by saying, “There’s no NHL team in Columbus.”
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At least it’s not as embarassing as the member of Congress who was asked if he had a difficult time going through customs when he was re-entering the United States…
He was an elected representative of New Mexico.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 03/06/08 at 03:40 PM ET
Or the then President of the USA pronouncing it Whyzerman.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 03/06/08 at 03:43 PM ET
you mean it’s not whyzerman?!
Posted by dan from pa on 03/06/08 at 09:44 PM ET
Baroque: At least it’s not as embarassing as the member of Congress who was asked if he had a difficult time going through customs when he was re-entering the United States…
He was an elected representative of New Mexico.
Shouldn’t a Representative be representative of the people? Well, there you go then. An appropriate selection. Your all too typical American.
BTW, this is coming from an American. Over the years I’ve heard similar comments involving Florida, Idaho, and Hawaii.
Posted by Proemas from Columbus on 03/07/08 at 08:55 AM ET
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Problem is everyone associates Ohio with Cleveland and Cincinnati… Maybe a name change to the Ohio Blue Jackets would make sense?
Posted by WingMan from Canada on 03/06/08 at 03:37 PM ET