10 Ten things Canadians hate to hear from Americans

1 - I have a cousin/brother/sister etc living in Winnipeg - do you know them?

2 - I loved Canada when I did my drive across the US...

3 - Why do you guys use that funny money anyway?

4 - You Canadians hate your health care don't you?

5 - I love Canadians - they're so...quaint!

6 - Don't you guys have any real highways around here?

7 - Oh you're from Canada - could you translate this French legal document please?

8 - Jaques Chirac...he's the President of Canada right?

9 - How come there's a leaf on your flag?

10 - What do you mean I can't bring my semi-auto sniper rifle into your country? I got rights!

sorry, can't help it. The "aboot" thing is for real though.

1 - I have a cousin/brother/sister etc living in London - do you know them?

2 - I loved England when I took my bus trip across the Continent.

3 - Why do you guys use that funny money anyway?

4 - You Brits hate your health care don't you?

5 - I love Brits - they're so...quaint!

6 - Why do you all drive on the wrong side of the road?

7 - Say something in English for me.

8 - Tony Blair...he's the Queen right?

9 - How come your beer is so warm?

10 - What do you mean I can't bring any kind of gun into your country? You a bunch of commies or something?

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I mean, hell, we worked very hard to keep you terrible British/Aussie/Japanese/Jamacian drivers seperated from the rest of the civilized world. Note that we put you guys all on an ISLAND so you can't drive over and visit!

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and #6 is a great opportunity to mention that the 401 in Toronto is North America's busiest highway...

Finally asked what her problem was and she said she couldn't believe a pregnant woman would be sooooooo unthinking to wear a marijuana leaf, didn't she UNDERSTAND! what smoking pot would do to her unborn infant? Trying to not snicker in this not very bright yet highly opinionated persons face, explained she was Canadian. "So?" Again tried to not snicker and explained further. Then this person got huffy, "well she should KNOW people would misunderstand". Too funny.

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What idiot would think a maple leaf looks anything at all like pot. :rofl:

That is too funny! I'm going to remember that.

what is their phone number? I have a sudden inspiration for a get rich quick scheme....

Aw, dammit!!!:banghead:

You just have to go to the pharmacy counter and ask for a bottle of 222s. They are a lower dose than a tylenol 3, but are pretty good for minor dental and back pain.

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in Iowa City, whether we had Chinese food in Canada. When I replied in the affirmative, I was told that just because what I saw didn't resemble the Chinese food I was used to, didn't mean it wasn't Chinese food.

So I asked if they were talking about the whole Cantonese/Szechuan thing.

They changed the topic.

Chop Suey, Chow Mein, etc. It's easy, just dump out the can!

Bleah.

That would piss me off if I was from Canada.

Canada needs to respect the iron gauntlet of U.S. domination, or face the wrath.

And I love their accents. I actually just dig the Canadian culture more than anything. Is that still annoying?
Duckie

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Love it, I tells ya! Especially when I say Canada is like the '70s. It's adorable! :D

Yummy!

:D

and, in July or August, "Why can't we go skiing?"

... and even though my mother has been here to visit, she still doesn't get certain things through her head.

During our phone conversations over the years, I was inevitably treated to things like, "I was just watching Johnny Carson -- I don't know if you get that show UP BY YOU."

"There's this movie out called Star Wars. If it ever comes out UP BY YOU, you should see it."

"Stephen King has a new bestseller - do they sell his books UP BY YOU?"

For years, every time I drove down to NY for a visit, my mom would have the 'Care Package' ready for me to bring back to Canada -- you know, things like a case of Coke, a couple of boxes of Cheerios, and a dozen cans of tuna -- all the stuff she is convinced to this day I can't get UP BY ME.

She now lives in Arizona, and our phone conversations are still the same. She'll mention some headline-grabber about Bush, Gonzales, Rice, et al, and say, "Well, you probably don't know this because you live in Canada, but ..."

The last time I visited her, I told her that I watched Jon Stewart every night religiously, and asked if she'd ever seen it. "Oh, no," she said, "We don't get the same TV shows you get UP BY YOU." I looked in her TV Guide, found the listing for The Daily Show, and we watched it together later that night. She loved Jon -- and was amazed that a Canadian knew that much about American politics.

We moved from Colorado to Halifax in 1990. Soon after we arrived, my mother-in-law called us and said, "This is my first overseas phone call!" :rofl:

THAT is priceless!

Here's one for you:

Back in the 'seventies, my (first but not last) husband and I were living in Nashville, Tennessee, for a year. My husband was in the music biz, and a friend of ours from Toronto, who was then the head of A&R for Columbia records, was driving down to Nashville for a music convention.

He stopped at a gas station in Georgia to fill up, and as soon as he started speaking, the attendant said, "You don't sound like you're from around here."

Our friend said, "No, I'm from a neighbouring country that borders yours."

The attendant went to the back of his car, looked at the license plate, came back and said, "I see you're from On-tar-EE-o. Funny, ya'll don't look Mexican at all."

If a Canadian drives from Vancouver to Toronto, does he stop in Quebec for gas?

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Oh, wait, I'm making fun of Canadians. What am I afraid of? They're too polite to get mad.







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I love that stuff, but I have to cross the border to get it. *sigh*

I've never taken the plunge, but it's plentiful here. I'll happily send you some Red River, if you can send me some GRITS!

Michigan isn't known for grits, but I'll bet someone in our area has them. I luuuurrrve Red River cereal, but it's not sold here at all. I'll look when I'm out today. :)

Just figured that as long as I was bartering for goods, I might as well ask for the moon.

But seriously (or cereal-lessly, as the case may be), I'd be happy to send you some Red River.

Could you check with US Customs first, and make sure it's acceptable? I say that because the sending of food items across the border has always been a moving target, and God only knows what's in play post 9-11.

But if there is no impediment to shipping Red River, I'm happy to send it your way!

PM me and let me know ...

Greatest cereal on Earth, no contest. Sending Shreddies to Battle Creek, how ironic!

And save the National Igloo!!!

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For those who don't get it, a Canadian coworker of mine recently sent me a bunch of videos of a Canadian comedian who impersonates a CBN reporter. He even got Bush to express thanks to "Prime Minister Poutine" on camera. He also got the governor of Arkansas or something to speak about Canada's National Igloo (where the Parliament meets, y'know), and recorded Americans' horror that 73% of Canadians don't know who their Congressman is.

BTW, sniper rifles are legal in Canada, AFAIK (and even the UK, for that matter).

I live in Washington State - previously lived in Michigan - and wouldn't live ANYWHERE where I couldn't get Canadian TV. Particularly when it comes to Olympics coverage.

http://home.comcast.net/~wwwstephen/americans/

:D

At least, that's what one Canadian doesn't want to hear again.

:toast: to a 3 day Jeopardy champ, our own IntravenousDemilo

Granted, it was asked by a little kid, but I was still a bit flabbergasted.

"Oh, you're a senior at Ohio State? My son Steve Fuckstick just started there this year, do you know him?"

"Why yes, out of the 50,000 people that attend the school, I happen to personally know one particular freshman"

That's all you's got up there in Canada, eh?

And it's pronounced HA-Key.

The people I've met outside of bonspiels seem to take it as an insult if I ask if they curl.

but both my parents were Canadian, and I spent most of my summers at my grandparents' house in Cape Breton, so I'm torn between my heritage.

Several things which intrigue me:

Referring to my "home" in Cape Breton, we always say "Down East." Most people without a clue say, "isn't Canada north of the US?" I end up having to explain nearly every time.

I have adopted some of the attitudes from the old homestead--sometimes I add the "eh" at the end of sentences, but I can't do the "oot" sound.

My mom especially has a hundred or so little idioms that I've adopted through the years--it's those little phrases which delight linguists and show them your background.

My father was a "goofy Newfy" as were all my aunts and uncle on his side of the family. Newfoundland has its very own uniqueness that is evident if you sit down and talk with them. They, too, have a wide range of idioms as well. I found during my upbringing that they love the most to sing--many of them not too badly.

Both Newfoundland and Nova Scotia have amazingly deep roots to their past--it's difficult not to define yourself to the ancestry of the people there.

Many here in the US don't get it that Canada is as modern and up to date as most big US cities, but that the population is smaller so that there is a lot of open space to enjoy.

I can sympathize with most Canadians on the overall obliviousness to Canada and Canadians that most Americans have. My cousin and I talked about it once, because I knew more about Toronto than she did, and she was genuinely surprised at that. (She lives in Halifax) A lot of Americans can't name the 50 states, never mind the provinces of Canada!

but then I'm a Mainiac. It's not surprising that Nova Scotia felt like home to me when I went there because the roots run deep in Maine too.

Cape Breton is beautiful.

Oh yeah, I learned that one real quick:D

At least one of them gets tired of hearing it.
:mad::eyes: Hoser's whatcha gonna to do with um.

deporting that Syrian guy, who had been naturalized as a Canadian citizen, back to Syria.

that seems to me to violate or disrespect Canadian National Sovereignty.