On the Canadian side of Niagara, Scott and I came upon a thin young police officer speaking with some of our fellow Americans. The American father figure, a portly mustachioed guy in a red shirt, walked up to the cop and leaned over to look across his hip. He was surprised- “You’re not armed!” The cop’s reaction was classic. In a that soft-spoken Canadian way:

“Things are a little different here”

Turned out the American was a former police officer himself, so they had a nice conversation. Scott and I went on to use that phrase several times in the course of our visit to Canadia- classic!