Today's OneWord: Themselves

They called themselves the Pseudo-Canadians. They wanted to be Canadians, but they were from Washington so close, but no cigar. Not even a cheap cigarette. Lots of booze, though. And one dollar candy bars.

They sat by the border on the weekends, chewing on chocolate and pretending to talk in very bad Canadian accents. One guy named Tony was pretty gross and decided to take a bottle of maple syrup with him, drinking it like it was scotch.

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