I was told to move back to Vancouver after I aquired wealth and became rich by a former NPA candidate in 2008.
Lesson: Rich people are clueless
A former B.C. Premier to me: "What the hell are you doing all the way up here?" (The Premier in question went to a university in my city of birth for social work.)
Lesson: "Good question, I don't really know. For school, I guess." My response
"What were you doing in Russell, Manitoba?" - Gold medallist Jon Montgomery to me. Lesson: a) don't date girls from Saskatoon; b) Never take the Yellowhead from Winnipeg to Saskatoon.
"He once skipped out on a vote in the legislature to get a sandwich across the street. We were suddenly short a vote, and had to delay passing our own bill for 2hrs as half the caucus went out to search for him." A high ranking Victoria MLA to me during a caucus meeting in 2009 about an infamous, American born, Vietnam era draft dodger-turned MLA from the Kootenays. Lesson: Don't skip things.
"Strange people live in the Kootenays." - Lesson: see above.
"She went to an island that is off the grid for the weekend. Mud-huts."
"The weird people with pink hair live in Portland."
Never take a female friend who, while a Canadian citizen, was born in a country on the "axis of evil" across the U.S. border - and thus no longer seen as Canadian - for a day trip that involves only you and your friend. On the other hand, however, having your Mexican roommate and his girlfriend drive your car from Seattle to Vancouver with you trying to fall asleep with an upset stomach in the backseat is not a problem.
Never get stuck in a snow storm between Bellingham and the border. The Washington Department of Transportation refuses to plough I-5 past the last exit out of Bellingham.
