RE: OFF-TOPIC: RE: OT -- A humorous reply to the Canada rulz - s

WoooHooo, this could really get things hot down here. Again, I have no idea of what I'm talking about. Just a bunch of stuff that I "know" which is probably wrong. Additionally, I imagine people in Miami think Philadelphia is the Great White North, so the whole bikini thing was a jab at the stereotype, not the reality, and I do hear the Hortons rule, but look out for Krispy Kreme hehe. Quebec, is that like the crazy Uncle no one wants to talk about? The cultural thing is from some vague newspaper dropping of a story I kind of vaguely remember from 6 years ago :)

Dan looking forward to a Tim Horton

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First off, I had no idea that a Canadian had invented baseball but a Canadian most definitely invented Basketball. Go look it up. However, he was in the States when he invented it.

Once we get rid of Quebec we will have no issues as to what language we are. We are bilingual. Except for Quebec we are accepting of that. Another Canadian trait.

As for bikini's, it can actually get quite warm in Canada. I have seen many a bikini. Personally I don't wear one but I would not be cold if I did wear one in the summer. Did you know that there are parts of Canada that are further south then the USA. I actually went up quite a few degrees when I moved from Halifax, NS to Portland, OR. Check it out.

And as for us being culturally like the US, don't see it man. We are not nearly as paranoid (generalizing here on in) as Americans. We pay so much more taxes, and we do complain, but the people here bring it to a whole new level. I hear that we are friendlier but I am not so sure of that one. Maybe initially it seems like that because we are not so paranoid and trust right away. Lets see, how many school shooting did we have last year. I know of one but there might have been more. Never been to a school with a metal detector but I do know of one high school that is bigger then a lot of Universities that does have a cop on site. We are much more accepting of technology. Got that one out of the news many times, plus it amazes me some of the things you guys just don't do in the States that we have been doing for years. Our banks carry foreign currency and are much easier to deal with. Almost like they like customers. That has been a big problem for me here in Portland.

I could go on but I am sure I pissed many Americans off already. Don't get me wrong, I like the States and am enjoying my time here but we are not Americans! Nor do we want to be. I just want the money:-)

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Ummmm, Is this kinda like Mr. Sulu on Star Trek who was sure that the Russians invented everything? I might be wrong (happens all the time), but I thought Baseball and Basketball were distinctly inventions of the USA. You might be able to tell I'm a rabid fan of neither. Penicillin and the telephone?? Other delusions of grandeur? How about the only country that can't decide if they're English or French? How about the US's biggest colony via cultural conquest(ooooohh, that's a low blow). How about never saw a bikini except in National Geographic? I could go on, but I'm not sure my humor translates all that well, and the firewall has Babelfish blocked.

Dan "not about to give up my day job"

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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 12:37 PM
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Sorry about this, but someone sent me this and I thought it might be relevant to the Canada and US discussion that took place last week.

With all the recipes going around, I thought it wouldn't do any harm.

Regards,

Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle DBA)
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

> -----Original Message-----
> So, what do Canadians have to be proud of?
>
> * Smarties
>
> * Crispy Crunch & Coffee Crisp
>
> * The size of our footballs fields and one less Down
>
> * Baseball is Canadian
>
> * Lacrosse is Canadian
>
> * Hockey is Canadian
>
> * Basketball is Canadian
>
> * Apple pie is Canadian
>
> * Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass
>
> * Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass
>
> * In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed the
> Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned it... and
> most
> of Washington, under the command of William Lyon McKenzie who was insane
> and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away, so we came
> home and partied ... Go figure...
>
> * Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to
> Germany.
>
> * We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered
> or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.
>
> * Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.
>
> * The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American
> mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing...but showed up just in
> time to get caught.
>
> * We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.
>
> * The Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface
> and is still around as the worlds oldest company
>
> * The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in
> under 3 minutes.
>
> * We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.
>
> * We don't marry our kin-folk.
>
> * We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin,
> penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save
> countless lives each year
>
> * We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell
> about it.
>
> * BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
>
> * ....the handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands
> with mitts on.
>
> OOOOoohhhhh Canada!!
>
> Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.
>
>

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