One day after getting off duty at the battlefield, I agreed to meet my parents for dinner at a local restaurant -- I got there before they did, went in, and was seated at a table next to a couple and their young daughter, maybe about 5 years old.

She obviously been watching me through the window as I walked in, because as soon as I sat down, she came up to me & asked:

"Are you a mountie?"

She evidently saw my "smokey bear" hat and thought I was an RCMP constable. Her mother apologized, but I thought it was great that she could tell the similarities in hats!

Another young girl one time asked if I was a policeman -- when I replied that I was a ranger, she said:

"A Reindeer?"

8)

Cheers,

Todd