Reminds me of a story I must share.

It was about 1980. I had the pleasure of hosting a group of Swedish police officers around 1300 Beaubien. As we entered the lobby, the place was looking kind of dingy that day, with, cigarette butts on the floor and a trash container overflowing. The floor was dirty from a morning rain that had been tracked in.

I gravely announced to the group that our building had perhaps seen better days; it was built in 1921. A moment of silence, then the Swedish group leader offered: "Ja. Ours was built in 1400."

Other than that, we got along famously. And damn, could they drink.