tourunigo
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........ I do not think they would appreciate any attempt at humor.
Depends on your take on their approach. We've had many crossings (and yes they track them all so stay honest) and humor is really situational. Had the occassion once in '98 in unrelenting rain crossing into Ontario and asked if I had anything to declare and me, in some fit of momentary madness, said 'Ya, a sore butt." Asked where to and I said San Francisco. He looked at the /5, smiled and told me to have a good trip.
Absolute do's: sunglasses off, helmet up or off, motor off, be honest/concise but don't rattle on with your life story, have a passport, do not let yourself get flustered by the 'trainee' .... sometimes the questioning can be somewhat surreal but it will pass (I had a senior agent intervene during one odd exchange). - Bob