Comments on: We advertise your Fringe show – free!

By: mary

mary — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:33:00 +0000

Initially, it was hard not to laugh, thinking he must've been pulling our legs, but he really didn't know what we meant until we explained it was a play. (Besides, joking border inspectors are few and far between.) That either cleared it up for him or he decided to drop it, figuring it wasn't anything that posed a threat to homeland security.

I guess if he'd known anything about theatre, he would've asked what the play was before deciding it was safe.

By: ian mackenzie

ian mackenzie — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:18:00 +0000

The inspector didn’t know what “theatre” was?

By: mary

mary — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:43:00 +0000

Explains a lot, doesn’t it? No wonder we’re not perfect anymore.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:23:00 +0000

In a perfect America, that man would not be allowed to vote.

By: mary

mary — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:59:00 +0000

Hey, get the word out about theatre any way you can. I was just up to Toronto on Saturday to see a play, and when crossing the border back into the U.S., the inspector asked why we had been to Toronto.

"For theatre," we answered.

"What's that?" he asked.

Incredulous, we replied, "a play..."