A side light on President Obama's very successful visit to Ottawa. He made an unscheduled visit to our Byward Market; a farmer's market with small stores. He went into a bakery and bought two cookies for his daughters. They were shaped like a mapole leaf, were huge, and cost 2.25 dollars Canadian, each. An aide must have acquired a 20 dollar bill Canadian, with which Obama tried to pay for the cookies. The store refused to take his money; with good reason. By noon the next day, the store had sold over 2000 cookies, and had back orders for over 6000 more. Talk about Obamamania. Jim.
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15 years ago