To be fair, several of her friends were hugely embarrassed by the whole thing. And it was at the end of 2001, she was probably still actively freaked out.

The funniest wacky conversation I had with an American involved her finding out I live in Australia and asking me what it was like when our government went around door to door and took all our guns, I had a lengthy chat in which I explained about the lack of guns to take, the lack of government personnel to take any, and the enormous size of Australia. She listened courteously, then said 'Well, that's not what it said in the NRA magazine.'

I love Americans, but America sometimes scares the bejesus out of me, and I live in a country full of deadly trees.