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No jokes please, we’re Canadian

07/31/2010 by backofthebook.ca 1 Comment

By Alison@Creekside

cheeky.comVancouver company The Cheeky.com says their humorous suitcase stickers featuring bags of cocaine, US bills, sex toys and a bound-and-gagged flight attendant will help you find your luggage more easily, but Transport Minister John Baird’s spokesy says:

“Joking about potentially trafficking illegal substances, or worse, is not funny, and the government will use the full force of the law to ensure Canadians who travel by air are safe.”.

. . . from stickers, presumably, and also from any rumour indicating we might not be completely humorless morons.
Says The Cheeky.com: “Caution: Some of these stickers may cause offense to airport and immigration staff. But you would have figured that out whilst enjoying those cavity searches.”

However due to that “full force of the law” quote, The Cheeky have decided to stop selling them in Canada, although, as they point out on their site: It’s a sticker. And they include a possibly snide quote from a UK Border spokesy to the effect that: “Our officers see a lot of joke stickers on suitcases and it doesn’t affect their professional approach . . . . Our staff use intelligence . . . ”

The Cheeky has other fine products bound to offend John Baird’s spokesy when he is off-duty also. My fave is the camouflage, uh, Man Bib, “for the discerning gentleman,” and the Tea Bagging Bag, which should start popping up on blogs about US politics any time now.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Canada, John Baird, stupid behaviour, travel

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  1. Ernie Anderson says

    08/25/2010 at 6:14 am

    heeey… reeeallyy… a nicee articlee….

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