This is from an Urban Dictionary:
Urban Dictionary: canadian flag
1) What Americans attach to their backpacks/suitcases/purses/bags while in Europe,
especially France. Used to disguise identity or in hopes that any sort of harassment
will be dissuaded. Usually in small iron-on patch form.
Look at that guy with the Canadian Flag...who does he think he's kidding?
Followed at the bottom by:
Canadian: "You Americans are hated so much in Europe that you sew Canadian
flags on your backpack, eh?"
American: "That'd be a waste of time even if we did it, because they can tell
we aren't Canadian by the fact that we are actually wearing clothes that
aren't plaid or jean jackets."
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