The 2010 Winter Games are almost upon us and there are some interesting stories coming to light. I was sent this information a few days ago by a cousin who is quite removed from Beautiful BC but these stories are filtering down to him nevertheless. In what is likely a case of overkill, Vanoc (Vancouver Olympic Committee) published and distributed to its employees, a 128 page book on protocol with foreign dignitaries during the Olympics. It contains such useful tips as 'match your socks to your trousers' as well as not 'smiling too zealously or prolonged'. It might be helpful in teaching those things that one should have learned at their mother's knee but mother was not around that much. At least it is giving the rest of us a chuckle.
Think about it. Wouldn't you be thoroughly embarrassed as a Canadian if some under informed city employee said with a big prolonged grin to a foreign dignitary "Dude, do you feel the breeze?", instead of "Excuse me sir, I feel compelled to inform you that your trouser fastener seems to be disengaged"?
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