>>>>>The English language is sometimes embiggened by just this sort of trial and incremenentation.
>>>>
>>>>While I've come to expect this kind of behavior from Canadians and Texans, it's clearly infecting the minds of the young and impressionable...well, he is from Minnesota, though; it might not be entirely your fault.
>>>
>>>Hey, I resemble that remark.
>>
>>I had the good sense to escape almost 25 years ago. Living where it was legal to drive around in a pickup truck with a loaded shotgun sitting next to an open beer on the front seat made me a touch nervous.
>
>But there have been so many changes for the better. Open containers [alcoholic] in a vehicle are illegal, and we now have the right to carry a concealed handgun. Remember, An armed society is a polite society. :-)

We have to register all our guns now... hmnnh, no wonder we're so damned rude! The law came in without much grumbling, in fact, I think Charlton Heston made more noise about it than anybody in Canada.