I believe I have related this story once before - maybe here - maybe not - I don't remember.
I received an all expense paid 14 day luxury cruise to Hawaii, courtesy of the US Navy a couple of years ago (the Cruise ship was painted grey). Actually, I made the best of it and had a good time - as I was supporting a couple of new systems they were evaluating. Anyway, once there I had 1 day to see the island before having to fly back. I drove around the island and stopped at a beach for some pictures. There was another gentleman there with a Cannon setup (big FF, long lens, the works) taking pictures of Birds in Flight. So I helped him get the birds up off the ground by walking across to the water. After a while he came over and saw that I had my little Pentax K100 - shooting wide angle. Wonderful conversation - he was an architect and only shot Canon for BIF, otherwise, as he popped his trunk open to show me a VERY complete set of Pentax equipment (K20, and a very extensive set of Limiteds, Ks, Ms, As, DA*s, and some old Taks lenses). Actually, I made the remark if he had knocked over the Pentax Imaging on line store. So not all Canon shooters are not all bad............