Well I didn't realise that placing a bumper sticker depicting the Union flag on my car would provoke the reaction it did.

As I sat waiting at the lights, a.. well not so elderly driver drew alongside me in the other lane.

I guess he was in his late 50s early 60s.

He wound down his window, and began yelling several things in my direction. As my passenger window was up, I leant over to wind it down to find out what he was yelling about. At first I assumed I had a brake light out or something that he was drawing my attention to.

Over the noise of the other vehicles, I could make out words like "goddam british flag" and "unpatriotic" followed by several obscenities. I smiled, waved to him and wound my window back up.

As he was driving away from the lights, I held back from him and could clearly see on the back of his Suburu a bumper sticker ordering me to "Buy American"

I enjoy living here, but at the same time I also know what country I'm currently in and as the American flag is being flown from flagpoles outside several houses in my street alone, not to mention outside the local Perkins, trailor home sales place, post office, Cub, Home Depot that I can rest assured that I haven't driven too far North and ended up in Canada by accident.

I guess if I put an American flag bumper sticker on my car, then at least those damn Commies or the terrorists won't get to me.