Canadian Faux Pas (2006 Rugby World Cup)

All the Canadians we’ve encountered have been incredibly hospitable, obliging and helpful. I now feel a good deal of guilt and remorse for all the times I’ve boasted to Canadians about the Wallabies beating their national team in last year’s Rugby World Cup. I also feel rather stupid on account of the fact that most Canadians don’t know what rugby is and that they subsequently don’t realize they have a national team that is on the rise in international rankings. Telling them of our own shameful exit from the tournament would do nothing to right this wrong – it’s a bit like boasting about beating up someone’s little sister. I’ve discovered there’s never a good time to make some nationalistic brags. Fortunately there are no Kiwis around to teach the Canadians to say, “Put it away you silly Aussie wanker.”