By request of Kagcomix, a thread about Canada. About time, eh?
Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l’épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l’épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
I better freaking get first post.
Oh! I have a small (very small) Canadian coin collection!!!
It is of the special Olympics coin set.
First post!(?)
Hey! My neighbor, Canada!
now that that’s out of the way I will say thankyou GAPAs for this.
So. Canada is a great country. Currently we have a conservative minority government and our prime minister is Stephen Harper. A minority government means that the political party the prime minister comesfrom has less than half the seats in parliment or whereever. So. let’s not keep this on politics because I do not know too much about that. I very rarely say ‘eh?’ so if you are pretending to be Canadian keep in mind that Canadians don’t really say eh. Our national anthem has two english verses and one french version which Robert has so kindly listed above. I know all of both versions. I do not like maple syrup. or hockey. our national animal is the beaver *insert arrogant worms song’we are the beaver’* the two red stipes on our flag stand for the two oceans on either side of us.
so yeah. anyquestions about canada I would be delighted to answer. yay for the land of the beaver!
Canada – The Americas’ hat.
Jokes aside… Cool.
Personally, I call Canada Canadia. Because you guys aren’t Canadans, you’re Canadians! Plus, it sounds cooler.
/gradster(1)/ – Secretary of Bureaucracy of the ASAP
Anyone ever been to Quebec?
4 – Canadians say eh! Perhaps not your part of the country, but my (very reliable) friend went there and was so annoyed by the word ‘eh’ when he got back. He also told us that someone really said this sentence:
“I went out and about in the boat.”
But how he said it was:
“Oh, I just went oot and aboot in the boot, eh.”
Sheesh.
Okay, anyway, I live in Minnesota, which is ridiculously close to Canada. It has picked up a lot of the terms and how they say things from Canadians. (What the heck is a ‘hot dish’, anyway?)
oh….I dind’t know that (about the red stripes on the flag). That is cool, I ahve learned something. (Sorry, kinda feeling in a little kid mood right now….)
I went to Canada once. Only once, which is a bit surprising, as it directly borders Alaska. When I was thirteen, the choir I was part of went on a tour to Canada. It was great, great fun. We went in June/July, so we were there for Canada Day–I loved the parade and fireworks (sorry, I forget which city we were in that day). But it was tons of fun! Despite the fact that I was coming down wiht a cold….I got a maple leaf painted on my cheek, and bought a largish Canadian flag to wave around as we watched the parade. I had a blast. And we also went to Niagra Falls,w hich was also tons of fun.
I do remember we went to Quebec (as well as Ontario, cuz we passed through Toronto, which was kinda scary at the time, what with the SARs scare having just happened). That is, it is Quebec that predominantly speaks french? (Apologies for any ignorance on my part). And I’m fairly certain we went to Montreal–I remember trying to order a cheeseburger at a fast food joint in the mall, and the girl didn’t speak much english, and I spoke no french….yeah, not a good combo.
But it was lots of fun! Except for the creepy hotel in Toronto where we stayed our last night before flying out. It had a really old run down feel to it, like the sort of hotel that would be featured in a murder/horror movie…..and one of the girls supposedly had a hole in their bathroom door that looked like a bullet hole…..actually, what was kinda creepy to me (and I know this sounds bad and racist, but I don’t mean it that way) was there was a huge group of muslims there for some thing or another, and there were all these muslim men around, and I had to take the elevator up to the next floor, and I was alone with a bunch of them. I don’t think it would have been too bad, except for the whole atmosphere of the place to begin with…..what creeped my mom out, though was the women in their burkas (is that right?), cuz as she said, you ahve no idea who (or what) is under them, as only their eyes are visible. We walked through a whole room crammed with them…..And I really hope that doesn’t sound like I have a problem with muslims, because I really don’t. The whole place just crreepd me out.
so, anyway, yeah. Canada was very cool! Oh, we went to the children’s museum, also (sorry if hteir is more than one, I forget where this one was). It was so fun! Me, my sis, and our friends went tearing thorugh it acting like little children, and having a blast. That was so fun! Canada is cool, Kagy!
So…..I dunno, can’t htink of any questions right off.
Don’t wanna be a Canadian idiot… Sorry, couldn’t resist. (I won’t offend anyone by posting the rest of it, OK?)
My roommate last year was Canadian, and did like maple syrup. And hockey. She never told me about the oceans thing though. Oh, and she has this pet peeve about the word “aboot.”
(6) I’ve been to “Les Médiévales,” the big Renaissance-like festival that Quebec City holds every other year. It was wonderful. Quebec City is the only walled city in North America — the perfect setting for that sort of event. The people were friendly, and the food was great. Musers would love it.
I went to dance summer camp in Ontario (the summer before this past one), and I’ll be going to Montreal sometime somewhat soon.
I went to see The Nutcracker in Montreal, once… a very, very long time ago, when I was too young to really appreciate it.
McGill is my dream college (well, not quite, but almost).
I think I still have Canadian change on my nightstand (from two summers ago)… needless to say, my standards of tidiness are not considered acceptable by most (normal) people.
6- yes. many times.
7- 1. your friend is lying to you. (where did he go in this vast country) I live here and I have traveled all over it and I have never met anyone who used eh excessively.
2.we do not say aboot. have you ever said about but slowed it down? it sounds like this: abowoot. but if ya say it at normal speed it sounds like this: abowt. now how do you say about??? bet it’s not too different from how we say it.
3. I have no clue what a hotdish is.
8- yep. it’s language is french. FUN FACT: new brunswisk is the only officialy bilingual province. most people think it’s quebec, but it’s not. Quebec’s official language is french. was the children’s museum thingy in ottawa or montreal or someting like that?? I have never been to niagara falls. I don’t really ever want to get anywhere near that place it freaks me out.
9- some like it some don’t. I’m in the second cattegory. yeah. I gots that pet peeve to.
(7) In Wisconsin, “hot dish” is what people in other parts of the country call a casserole.
A shout out to all my Inuit homeboys freezing their butts off in Yukon Territory and Nunavut.
7–when I was in canada, I don’t recall anybody using ‘eh’ alot. Then again, I didn’t notice them pronouncing their vowels differently either, although I have been told that you can easily tell if somebody is Canadian based on their vowel sounds…..
8. I’m really not sure which city the children’s museum was in. We travelled to so many different provinces and cities in Canada (not to mention this was 5 years ago) that I couldn’t even tell you which province it was right off, much less which city. I don’t think it was Montreal (as I don’t recall them speaking predominantly French at the museum), but it could’ve been. I’m not sure……
14–hey, it’s not that cold in the Yukon territory (not that i’ve been there, but it is directly bordering Alaska–where I have been (obviously))!
15- The vowels thing is true. In my seventh grade English teacher was an immigrant from Canada, and he never used any short vowel sounds. He did not say “eh”, however. He did conform to the hockey stereotype, though. Dude was apparently a great player on his team in college.
Never been to Canada. Scarcely been north of the Mason-Dixon Line, as the case unfortunately is. I’m a huge fan of the idea of Canada, however. It sounds like a nice nation (or rather, nice for a nation).
Whoa, this is so random, eh?
I go to Canada in the summer, usually, in Ontario. It’s really pretty.
Dude, why don’t we have an American thread? (Not really)
I’ve been to Canada! It was very cool. I’ve been a few times, actually now that I think about it. And my brother had a Canadian accent for a few years when he was young!
On the Peruvian flag, which is very similar, the red and white is from a dream Simón Bolivar had, in which a flamingo flew overhead, with the red wings and white body.
7- uh.. all the people know say cassarole. not hot dish.
15- I think I know what you’re talking about but I can’t remember what city it’s in. did it have this fake passport thingy that you had to get stamped and different places init? and was it part of a larger museum?
17- Canada is a wonderful nation. What do you mean by short vowel sounds? *wants to know so she can analyze her speech*
18- it’s really great in the fall. but yeah. I am fond of Ontario.
19- pretty random idea to base a flag on.
Am I the only one who doesn’t think Canadians have an accent (unless they are from newfoundland and Quebec)? I also don’t think of most american’s as having accents unless they come from the south, new york or chicago. hopefully no one takes offense from that. but yeah, and about the ‘eh’: I type more or less the way I speak. and I have only used eh maximum five times over the course of my blogging history.
Canada the place were the party names and the polices are switched from america, right?
15- I’ve been to both places, but in the summer.
Well, Simón Bolivar was so amazing that I guess anything he said was immediately elevated to genius status. And maybe the flamingo represents S.American pride&uniqueness? Barbados also has a tricolor with a centered symbol, but those colors stand for the sea, the land, and the sky. Actually, the red for the sea is pretty strange.
Accents: I’m from NY, but I don’t think I have a strong accent. I can’t think of Chicago’s. The South is very diverse in terms of accents. Don’t most places have accents?
21- um.. America is the country where the party names and the polices are switched from Canada, right? I’m just kidding. but you guys have blue as your more liberal party and red as your conservative party right? my history teacher was saying something about how it was reversed down there. But I don’t really know anything about american politics so I will not answer that question. but if you want you can check out the canadian parties websites at wwwdotconservativedotca, wwwdotliberaldotca, and wwwdotndpdotca.
23- I guess. everywhere does. I mean not everyone in newyork has an accent. I was there a couple years ago and it was pretty normal. I didn’t speak to anyone with a huge accent. it’s just, those are the places in the US ofA that pop into my mind when I think of American accents.
wow. I’ve posted a lot on here.
6~ No, but I had a friend from there a few years ago…..Jean-Pierre. gee, I wonder how many people there are with that name!
My dad is from Canada. I’ve been there a few times, but it’s always in the summer, so I never see snow. Kagcomix, I’m aware that this is a stupid question, but what’s snow like? Do you really get the day off school when it snows? I would love that.
Another stupid question: Why is everything in Canada printed in English and French? I’ve never met a French-speaking person there.
26 – In Quebec (which is pronounced keh-beck, by the way) almost everyone speaks French. Whether people speak French depends on the area, or in Quebec’s case, on the province. Actually, Quebec is trying to eliminate English from its spoken languages entirely.
Rainbowstar, have you never seen snow‽ Where do you live‽
Snow is bitterly cold, but still beautiful. It transforms the outdoors, from just cold to freezing. My school rarely closes due to snow, maybe if a Noreaster blew in and everything iced up. I live in southern New York though, not Canada. We don’t get whiteout conditions.
Things in Canada are printed in English and French because the province of Quebec is bilingual (or as Kagy indicated, actually just French speaking), it was originally settled by the French. I think English is still used day to day, but if you call a store, they must respond in French first. I think Quebec has also had elections to decide whether to break away from Canada. I do know that french people hate the Québécois accent, and don’t want to admit it’s French.
Anyway, Kagcomix would know more than me.
Re: Niagara Falls. Someone said it was creepy. I was there this summer, only on the American side
, and it wasn’t too bad. The falls themselves are awesomeamazingsuperstupendous, but after you’ve been on the boat and into the Cave of the Winds, there isn’t much else around. Just don’t go with high expectations, and you’ll be surprised.
26~ It snows in places other than just Canada, you know! Snow is awesome. do you mean that you’ve never actually seen it in person?? Wow, sorry, I always forget that some people haven’t. *tries to think of how to describe it* Well, cold and white, for starters. It’s a little strange to walk in when it’s deep because you can sometimes go on the surface but then sometimes you fall through. Depending on the weather conditions it changes quite dramatically, sometimes it’s very “wet” and sloppy and packs easily together (but not when it’s too wet!) and is good for throwing (hee, hee!), other times it is dry and light (when it’s really cold). When it’s dry it crunches and squeaks beneath your feet if you walk the right way.
When it touches you it’s cold for a second and then melts into tiny beads of water that look like jewels when they land on your hair and clothing. Of course, it also has the effect of making my hair go all frizzy, same as a light drizzle or rain.
Snow is very light as it falls, and when it falls heavily I sometimes feel a bit dizzy looking straight up….but that might just be me.
It’s also really, really bright in sunlight, because it’s whiter than anything you can imagine (if you’re in the country like I am, in the city it gets grey brown and gross, all slushy, icy wet) and sparkles like you can’t believe.
Sledding is amazing. Imagine sliding down a huge slide. Now imagine it cold, a little less controlled (depending on your sled type) and much, much faster (if the snow is right) and you have an idea of the pleasures of sledding. It’s FUN.
As for getting off school off when it snows, it depends. Schools around here usually close when there’s more than an inch or so on the roads because it’s not that safe to drive on. Of course, people in this area go nuts when there’s even the CHANCE of snow, so it may not be the best example.
one time while visiting friends in the mountains of West Virginia (those people are tough) we had plans to go to a concert in a nearby town (the “big city” in the area, and it was maybe the size of the town I live right outside of, and we don’t even have a post office), but that night it was practically blizzarding…….no plow trucks out yet, so I figured we’d just stay home……nope. We piled into the truck and got to the opera hall, which was already packed, I might add!
So, different areas react differently to snow. In Virginia my experience is that they go crazy. In our area the get pretty excited. In Wisconsin little old ladies go out grocery shopping like it’s no big deal, and it appears the same in some places of WV.
As for things in Canada being written in French, Quebec, one of their Provence’s official language is French. It’s where we get the term French-Canadian…..they are incredibly French, living in Canada and can play some MEAN fiddle, I’ll tell you what!
Oh man, I’m tired, I’m to lazy to use italics so I’ve reverted to caps……sorry about that. And I certainly hope my post wasn’t to long for ya, I don’t want to put you to sleep!
27~ Yes, and aren’t they trying to become a separate country, too? I think JP’s sister said something about that…..she was translating the song we were listening to on her CD player, it was a band from Quebec. actually, I wish I’d have written down their name, I liked it, even though I couldn’t understand it to save my life!
26–I can’t vouch for Canada, but back home in Alaska, we do not get the day off every time it snows. (otherwise there would be very few schooldays….) Schools only have snowdays if their is so much snow (I’d say probalby at least a foot) that the roads can’t be cleared byt he time the school buses need to be on them. I was homeschooled, though, so I never had a snowday, but they definitely only happened if there was a LOT of snow.
Wow, snow sounds great. My aunt (who lives in Canada) says that in the winter it can be six feet deep. By the way, I live in Southern California, the land of nice weather all year round.
32–I imagine that depends ont he part of Canada. Kinda like the amount of snow in Ak depends on the location in AK. For instance, where I live, I doubt we’ve had more than 3 ft max on the ground at one time (and 2 is probably more normal of a max), but in another part of AK (Valdez), they can get snow all the way up to the tops of the houses(I want to see that so bad–I think it would be fun!).
24) yeah I only this year found out that pretty much everywhere else has it the other way around with regard to colors.
anyone want to fill me in on some Canadian history? I am abysmally deficient in that area. I just know about fur traders and the war of 1812 from what we learn in school.
also what do you think of americans always threatening to ~move to canada~
32) hollllllaaaa
do you ever get those “omg winter snow times” things where they cart in snow and everyone pretends it’s not 75 degrees outside.
There was this wierd little kid who asked me if I was Canadian the other day. I asked him why, and he said “You said ‘eh.'” sarcasm/ Sure, because most confused people say something else./ sarcasm
Canada is just like the USA only with lots of snow, hockey, good food and a realy cool Shakespeare festival.
30- Yeah, unless it was absolutely necessary (like saying “tall”), he used no short vowel sounds. When they were interchangable, he always opted for a long vowel sound. It was really noticeable with his o’s. Like, instead of saying “jogging” as jaw-ging, he’d say it as joe-ging.
26- have you really never seen or felt snow? *wow* sorry, I, ofcourse, grew up with snow. I would say that snow is like a really soft snowcone but everywhere. Yeah, like someone said quebecers speak french. Canada has two official languages: French and English. It is required for all canadians to take french from grade4-9. I was in french emmersion for a while but I switched into arts education. You can take french all through highschool too. I do not get school off everytime it snows. I live in a very large city in the south of Canada so we don’t have a HUGE amount of snow but we get a fair amount. Basicaly in Toronto you will never get a snow day. We got one last winter because we had sooooooo much snow. but in a big city it is basicaly unheard of to get a snow day.
27- The french in Canada are very protective of their culture. There are actualy things in the agreement made when canada formed to protect certain aspects of the culture.
30- yeah. I think they are.
34) what do you want to know about? specificaly? because I have my history text book right here and can answer anything.
36- and gay marridge and no death penalty
37- I don’t say joegging. I speak normally.
Out of curiosity: Do you Americans think you won the War of 1812? post 34 reminded me of this question. I am dying to know your answers.
26- I get school off if it snows too much, but then I have to make up for it at the end of the year. So, if it snows a lot on lets say, December 2nd, and nobody can get out of their drive ways, we don’t have school. And if school was supposed to end on June 7th, it instead ends on June 8th.
In Percy Jackson and the Olympians, there was this hilarious passage.
…Annabeth muttered. “I’m surprised the Laestragonians had the guts to attack you with him around.”
Tyson seemed fascinated by Annabeth’s blond hair. He tried to touch it, but she smacked his hand away.
“Annabeth,” I said, “What are you talking about? Laestra-what?”
“Laestragonians. The monsters in the gym. They’re a race of cannibals who live in the far north.Odysseus ran into them once. But I’ve never seen them as far south as New York before.”
“Laestra– I can’t even say that. What would you call them in English?”
She thought about it for a moment. “Canadians.” She decided.”
I just couldn’t resist. One of the stories I wrote recently for school took place right on the border of Minnesota and Canada.
I’ve been to Canada a lot for skiing, but only skiing, not much else. We’ve got a lot of 25 cent pieces lying around the house, and some two dollar pieces are in my bedroom.
39- I think we do… It’s confusing.
Does Canada have Cricket?
39- Heck no. Washington D.C. got flipping burned. We lost.
39- I think there was no winner, with the Treaty of Ghent doing nothing, but if it had continued we would’ve lost. And D.C. did get burned and all, but we won New Orleans! Does that count for anything?
43- But New Orleans was technically after the treaty was signed.
39) actually it was a tie because there were no land cessions or anything, territory was just returned. it was a win for nationalism because of new orleans as said above and because the American people chose to look at it as “we’re so cool we beat the British twice”
I suppose if you could tell me how canada came to be canada and not just a series of territories in north america. because like I said all I hear is GOD YOU KNOW IN CANADA THEY LIKE HAVE UNICORNS AND THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH CANDY, ALSO THEY MAKE SYRUP AND ARE MOUNTIES
also do you lock your doors, windows, etc at night. this is kind of unrelated but I want to see if that’s actually true.
44- True, but it was what formed American popular opinion that we didn’t get beat too badly. So really it let us “win” the war here, and Britain got to “win” with the treaty and burning D.C. and all. (I’m assuming Canadians say the British won, right?)
This brings up an interesting question: Does it matter who wins, or who thinks they’ve won?
Oh, and Cricket in post 41 was the sport.
THEY HAVE UNICORNS IN CANADA‽‽‽ AND THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH CANDY‽‽‽ I did not know this. I can tell you that Canada became a country. It all began when some vikings came over and found some berries that probably weren’t grapes, so the called it New Vineland. Then Champlain rolled in and called it his so all the Iroquois were pretty bummed but they kept fighting for a while. Then Britain was like NO ITS OURS and they took it from the French, who were then pretty bummed too. Then the settlers were like grrr get off our backs, and the brits said no. Then some other things happened like world wars and eventually the Canadians were like yay Canada! and the British had left without anyone really noticing.
13 – Oh. Well, then, that must be the case in Minnesota too.
If Palin ever becomes in charge, I swear, I’m moving to Canada or the UK.
P.S. This is Kokonilly. I have been banned temporarily from MuseBlog because of a low-ish grade, and my parents know my name. REPEAT: This is temporary. My alter egos, costume, and BA characters will remain the same.
48) oh it is totez trufax. also I heard they all ride to school in tobaggans idk is this true???!?!!!!
lollll sorry all canadians. pretty much my knowledge of canada drops off after the vikings and ~skraelings~ or w/e so that is interesting. I didn’t know about the world war aspect. also I think I’ve been spelling your name wrong. :/ I should get a book on canadian history or something, it’s kind of embarrassing not knowing anything about it lol
Without a revolution or a civil war, Canadian history is less exciting than ours, but that doesn’t seem to bother them.
Canada:where you could forget they’re there.
In the articles of confederation, canada could become a state very easily
46- It depends on if the other guy believes you’ve won or not.
40- they are called quarters and toonies. you make them sound like pirate money ‘pieces of eight’ and what not.
41- do you mean the sport or the magazine? I only know one or so people who can actually play cricket. my brother is that one person. because we went to england many years ago.
45- well, there was upper Canada and lower canada and some agreements were made and we had a country. I personaly lock my doors at night. because i live in a big and dangerous city. but I would do the same in a rural area. simply because I have a huge fear or werewolves. but in small towns and villages they do not lock their doors. why? do you leave your doors open all night long in a huge city? my decision to lock doors is totaly justifyed, not just a canadian quirk. werewolves a freaking scary. as are men with guns. and yes we do actualy have guns up here. there are loads of shootings and they scare me so badly. but living in a country where your neighbour probably has a gun scares me more.
46- well we sure as hell don’t think you won. it doesn’t really matter, i was just wondering what you guys said about it.
48- um no. that is not how Canada became a country. it is ever so much cooler than that.
50- actually, the toboggan fact is false, sorry to tell ya. we ride to school on the moose. but some people can’t afford the up keep of a moose so they hitch a ride on passing polar bears.
52/3- excuse me?
i’m sorry, I’ve had many years of Canadian history but I still don’t know what went on. I just have vague images of John A. Macdonald, upper Canada and Lower Canada. and my current history starts at WW1. now about WWI I believe people were mentioning it. WWI was a defining point in Canadian history. we were just another part of the british empire before the war but durring the war we proved ourselves at several battles. Vimmy Ridge, Paschendale (you all better see the movie, if you get it down there) are the ones that come to mind. so as much as i dislike wars, it must be said that WWI helped Canada’s world immage. Also: on 9/11 lots of american airplains were in the air and had to be landed. they were landed in a small town in newfound land (I think). My history teacher said something like that, and that that is why lots of american’s are really greatful to Canada. or something.
55) haha sorry, I was being facetious about the toboggans…people have a lot of misconceptions about Canada. speaking of which, very interesting. I didn’t know that about 9/11 either. I think Canada seems very peaceful from America because 1) we never hear anything about it and 2) it is therefore assumed to be a snowy wonderland. also misconceptions, but there it is.
the reason I asked about the locked doors is because in a documentary, they asked some Canadians if they locked their doors and they said no. which I’ve always thought was odd so I needed to verify that. it is obviously false, so thanks.
56- oh. I thought you were asking because you don’t lock your doors. which I thought would be odd. seeing as how the werewolves might get you. or do you not get them down in the US of A. and I know about your misconceptions. I was just playing a long.
(55- Just for comparison, here’s Vendy’s Guide to American History. I’m thinking they’re so great they will become a series.
America began when some religious nuts were kicked out of England, and so they headed over to America because it sounded like they could do whatever they wanted. Some other people came too, but they all died. Pretty soon there were floods of people started coming over, ruining the “do whatever you want” culture, and England started taxing people, because they liked being rich. Pretty soon the rich people in america didn’t want to be taxed because they too wanted to be rich just like the guys across the pond, so they convinced everybody else to revolt, by promising them they could run things after the wart was over. THEN there was a civil war and everything got really messed up, but it’s ok because pretty soon wwi happened, and then wwii, so we began to see everybody else as the enemy, not just our weird cousins down south. Soon we got so angry at the USSR that we swore never to speak to them again, which we did pretty well until they ran out of cash and dissolved, like an alka seltzer tab in H2SO4. Now we’re at war with what seems to be most of the mideast, and we’ve got no friends, and nobody knows what to do.
(This one is longer because we seem to get into more wars than Canada. I’ve left out like 5. Which isn’t cool.)
I know, eh? you guys get into about a million wars and we don’t really. i am ofcourse incredibly thankful of that. wars scare me. as do guns. which is why I would find living in America scary. because of your guns. Being shot is fourth on my ‘worst ways to die list’ it is right behind being stabbed.
Guns!
I know! the NRA, National Rifle Association, was sending all this scare mail saying “Obama wants to take away all your guns” and then, oh the horror, we’d be “just like Australia.” Well I’ve been to Australia, and they’re like “Shootings? Just take away the guns.”
Duh.
What are we keeping them for, the long plotted British invasion? Because they’ve just been acting nice this whole time while they plot. If all the guns are gone, then they can’t be used against you. It’s not like there’s a shooting every day in the city, but I’d be scared to live more urban too.
I don’t even know why we get into so many wars.
(58) “At war with what seems to be most of the Middle East”? Hardly:
Number of countries in the Middle East with which the United States is at war: None.
Number of countries in the Middle East in which United States troops are fighting: Two (or three, if you count the October 26 raid on a Syrian village near the Iraqi border).
Middle Eastern countries with which the United States is not at war and in which it has no soldiers fighting: Algeria, Bahrein, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
58 – uhhhh…that’s definitely way too stretched for it to have relevance.
“America began when some religious nuts were kicked out of England, and so they headed over to America because it sounded like they could do whatever they wanted.”
Um, what? That’s definitely not what happened. That’s not even a funny way of describing what happened, because it’s not close enough to the truth to make it funny.
~Yes, yes, all of this is mostly exaggerated, I was ranting/comparing our history to Canada’s. Remember this began with me saying that there are unicorns in Canada. I haven’t really been that serious. I’m sorry if I was mistaken that way,
~About the Middle East, no we are not formally at war, but we have troops in (complete control over) Iraq and Afghanistan, there was recently a cross-border dispute with Syria, we have called Iran part of an “Axis of Evil”, our support for Israel has alienated us from most of the region, we supported Musharraf, and have accused numerous countries of having connections to al-Qaeda, which got its start from the remains of Operation Cyclone, secretly run by the CIA. So no, we’re not at war with a majority of the countries in the Middle East, but it is unreal, the number and size of problems we’ve created and antagonized.
~About the founding of America, this section I’m a little more surprised at. My remarks about the Middle East were blatantly exaggerated and distorted, as both my short writings have been, and is the nature of conflicts in the Middle East. America however, began as a series of small colonies established by anyone crazy enough to do so, sail across the vast ocean in a small ship and attempt to found a new civilization from nothing but what they could carry onboard. I was referring specifically to the Puritans of Plymouth Bay, because they are the most commonly used example of an early colony. These settlers believed in a very, very strict religious life, and left England because they were upset with the low standards being practiced. Holland wouldn’t do either, so America was the next best place. I believe the phrase”city upon a hill” was used because they felt that the whole world should look up to their supreme example.
I’m sorry if you do not find it funny, that’s your own opinion. Everything I have written however, is “totez trufax”, derived from an actual happening.
we should just have a “extended hyperbole as applied to history when actually it’s pretty true but w/e” thread. I do that all the time for my own amusement…sob. Actually my current ap us teacher does that a lot too. the federalist and democratic-republican analogies help and bring the lols at the same time!
also– kate beaton does a great webcomic with lots of history in it and it’s hilarious..also a lot of canadian history that I never get but perhaps it will tickle your canadian funny bone, should you posses one!
now I’m all excited for history. that’s pretty excited.
64- I totaly love her stuff, I believe I mentioned her earlier. She’s Canadian, hence the Canadian jokes. (come to canada learn our inside jokes)
speak of which: did you know basket ball was invented by a Canadian????
65) yeah I saw that on the history thread right after I posted! lol i’m unobservant…but I remember that one. it was funny despite my usual ignorance on the subject hehe
65- Actually, yes I did.
aw man. don’t dies. I was having so much fun!
Canada. I used to have good feelings about Canada. Now I have a bit of a grudge against Canada. Specifically their soccer team. Every year, their team comes to Maine and plays our average teams. And they freaking MOP THE FLOOR WITH US. This year, it was brutal. We’re in the harvest cup, and our team has won and lost 1 game each, making us eligible for first place. But then FREAKING CANADA COMES ALONG!!!!! They haven’t lost a game. First half we maintain our dignity, but then they start FOULING the crap out of us, ann SWEARING constantly. And the ref calls it, but the coach threatens to not pay him, and the poor 14 year old ref just lets it slide. And they’re all mean, calling us little ****, and the coach/parents were making fun of us, and they start bragging after they push us on the ground in a blatant foul then make a goal. They aren’t even in our league! They’re a premier team!!! But they come down EVERY YEAR and win the YHC tournament. They haven’t lost in 19 years. It is unjust!!!! I so desperately want to talk to the manager of the cup, because next year is the last year that our team will be playing in it, and we actually want a fair chance. There was only one funny moment in that game. My friend Carly (my defense buddy) walked up to me after their 14th goal (14!!!!! And we only had 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and said ‘You know what? This team needs to go back to Canada and eat their retarded bacon that looks like ham’. We were cracking up so hard…
(And a brief apology for all the Canadian musers reading this; I don’t hate you. I merely hate your soccer team that has killed us every year since 2nd grade. And I mean no offense with the bacon comment. Just the way she said it practically had me in coronary arrest on the field.)
69- okay. first of all, you are allowed to have a grudge against the team because the are demonstrating terrible sportsman. bad sportsmanship is terrible and inexcuseable. but if you’re going to rant about them (which I understand) don’t add the part about them being so much better than you because it makes you sound like a bad loser. and yes I did find the bacon comment offensive. no one even eats peameal bacon. If you actualy want me to sympathize with your situation start off talking about how they are bad sports not how they are better than you. because mabe it’s yourfault you aren’t good enough. not their fault that they’re better than you. and as the only Canadian muser you can just keep your mean comments about our bacon to yourself. I don’t come on here and say aweful steriotyping things about americans. So you’re angry at the team I get that. I hate bad winners they suck. but don’t be mean to the rest of us canadians. I am genrally pretty nice, unless you say rude things about my country.
69, 70–“bacon that looks like ham.” Hmmm, they have that kind of bacon in England! I remember when I was first there (age 11), and looking at it, thinking, wait, that’s bacon? But there’s nothing wrong with it, it tastes fine (or at least, I don’t remember it tasting bad), I just remember thinking it another of those cool differences between British stuff and US stuff.
And if they did eat it in Canada (which is sounds as if they don’t, according to Kagy), what’s it matter? It’s different looking, sure, but look at it this way–soembody from Canada or anywhere else could just as easily look at our bacon and think, what’s with the retarded bacon that looks like weird wacky strips of stuff?
71- no one eats pemeal bacon for brekfast. we gots the normal stuff. they sell it at some restraunts I think but I don’t think I even know anyone who likes the stuff. (I certainly don’t, I tried it once and it was kinda much too chewey)
Oh. I just want to clear something up. I’ve been in a really touchy mood lately. So I appolagize for arguing with everyone. I totaly understand why you think the Canadian team are jerks. I agree, anyone who acts that way is a jerk. just don’t say mean things about my country.
70- I know, I’m sorry, I told C it was pretty mean… but it was vair funny at the time. And I do have the right to complain about them. Why? BECAUSE OUR TEAM AND THEIR TEAM ARE IN DIFFERENT LEAGUES. We are on a travel U-13 league; just a normal bunch of kids who are coached by one of the dads after work. We play soccer for fun, and if we can win we celebrate. But the Canadian team we faced was a PREMIER TEAM. This is the kind of team that you see in movies that eats raw eggs for breakfast. There are teams like us in Canada, and if we lost to them I wouldn’t have the right to complain, because they’re in our league and are as good as/better than us. But premier teams were designed to play OTHER PREMIER TEAMS, not travel teams. The only reason they do play us is because the stupid mayor of the town signed an agreement with the coach of the team 50 years ago so that his team could come down once a year and ‘expirience America’. Expirience? More like kick our sorry butts. Do you see the injustice??? Especially for us, who haven’t won more than 2 games a season before this year. This year was our chance, and it was whisked away from us by a team that unfairly played us.
73- okay, yeah that’s really unfair. the bacon coment got me really angry. but I totaly agree that you should be angry at them. I hate people who win badly. so I totaly get why you’re mad. the bacon coment just made me mad. thanks for appolagizing. I see your side of the story.
74- Forgiven. I’m starting to cool down about it now that the season’s over…
COME TO THIS THREAD BECAUSE IT IS DYING AND I LOVE IT TOO MUCH TO LET THAT HAPPEN
yeah. come on. let’s talk canadian. And by that I do not mean adding ‘eh?’ to the end of every sentance
. I mean, you can if you want, it just gets a bit annoying after about the fifth sentance. The thing you may not know about Canada is that our summers are fierce! My goodness! I could never live in one of the southern states. I would explode within minutes. (I cannot handle the heat). Actualy our most recent summer wasn’t that bad, wet and cool. but usualy they are freaking HOT! our winters are also freaking cold (I’m sure you knew that!). My favorite season is fall because the temperature is going from hot to cold. I can handle cold, I just add another layer of clothing. but heat? nope. there’s only so much clothing you can remouve before it becomes indecent. therefore I boil.
So, Kagcomix, what can you explain about the current political situation in Canada? I tried to understand it, but I got lost.
The elections are delayed until February?
Ok, reading the New York Times cleared things up a bit.
Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, has shut down Parliament until the 26 of February because the opposition has united to vote him out.
Right?
Which is getting everybody very angry, because it has hints of illegality.
78- I’d say more than hints. (On an unrelated note, the 26th of February happens to be my birthday.)
16. Kagcomix | December 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I think I should be able to talk about my politics. because canadian politics of late have been a bit dramatic of late. Not that you would know. Our primeminister Stephen Harper has perogued the house (is that the right word). Which was really smart from his perspective because the other parties were forming a coalition (sp?). And then Harper would have had to go to the Governor General and resign because of him not having the power in the house. Harper has a minority government which means he has less than half the seats in the Government. The governor general is the most powerful person in Canadian Politics and she happens to be a woman right now. The Governor General represents the queen in our fair land. Yep. We are still under the rule of Queen Elizabeth II, queen of Canada. Yeah. When she comes to Canada she is addressed as the queen of Canada. Back to the govenor general. The govenor general could, in theory, do what ever she wanted because, seriously, there is nothing that can stop her. But ofcourse, if she did something that was unfavourable with the public The people in the government would just vote to have the position of governor general remouved. I have no real opinion on whether or not Canada should be it’s own nation, without a queen. (changing the topic) Stephan Dion is going to resign as the Liberal leader so everyone is intersted as to who the new leader will be. (changing topic again) If a prime minister has a majority government then there is very little that can stop him because he has majority, so any law he wants passed will pass. Yep. That about concludes today’s lesson in Canadian politics. Of course i am not entirely accurate on this stuff because it is really confusing.
76- In which province are you, Kagy?
Canada. Canada is dead, apparently. *echo*
Um, I know nothing about Canada.
Canada is very, very dead…
Is it true that in Canada they use Monopoly Money as currency?
84–No.
It was quite a shock coming back to the U.S. and using American money.
Everyone needs to come to Quebec. Now.
(85) I’ve been to Quebec. It was wonderful.
The city, or the province? I’ve been to the province, for camp…
The old part of Québec is one of my favorite places! I fell in love with it on a high-school field trip, and spent several vacations there when I was in my 20s. Quelle ville merveilleuse.
I went to Quebec City several years ago for Les Medievales, the big medieval-fest the city throws in August of every odd-numbered year. It’s the perfect place for it — the only walled city in North America — and it’s just amazingly well done. Every Muser would love it. (Unfortunately, it won’t happen again until 2011.)
Come back for La Fete de la Nouvelle France (Festival of New France). It’s every year, and it’s a celebration of colonial roots, so everyone dresses up and it’s really fun.
Are you all absolutely sure they don’t use Canadian money? I’m pretty sure that’s what Weird Al said…
And is Canadian Bacon really just Ham?
And why are Canadians all so obsessed with hockey and curling?
Canada uses Canadian money. Although, some places on the border (such as a gift shop I was at Canada side of Niagra Falls), will accept both US and Canadian dollars–all the merchandise was priced in each.
Yes, that was a typo. ((NOTE TO ALL. I AM NOT AN IDIOT. I WAS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO POST.
Monopoly money is either a) money from a Monopoly game (which is not used as currency anywhere) or b) very colorful money in comparison to typical US paper money. So, no, Canadian money is not necessarily “monopoly money”, and I don’t recall right off whether their paper bills were significantly more colorful, or not.
As for Canada being cold, how cold it is depends on the part, I’m sure. The more northern parts of Canada (such as the NW territories/Nunavut) have a significantly lower population than in more southern Province’s, I believe. (Correct me if I’m wrong, GAPA/Kagy/anyone who know more than me). Also, I’m fairly certain that the populated parts of Canada are not significantly colder than Alaska, and Alaska (or at least my part of Alaska) is in no way “so cold” that it is unliveable. It is merely cold enough that we get a decent winter, unlike in the miserable southern states where snow is non-existent even when it does get cold. Besides, not everybody has the same standards when it comes to weather. I’d much rather live somewhere that’s on the cold side nine months out of the year (Alaska. Dang, I miss our weather) than somewhere like, say, Florida, where even in the dead of “winter” it still isn’t cold enough to require a light jacket.
As for hockey, unless you’re playing indoor hockey (which is quite possible, probably how most people play it), cold is quite necessary. Without cold, lakes/ponds don’t freeze over enough to be safe to ice skate on. *misses ice skating out side on REAL ice* *sigh*
Please tone down the chatspeak, please!
Ah……ok. Now my comment makes no sense, as the comment I was replying to has vanished. Whatever.
SudoRandom posted a silly chatspeaky comment in an attempt to revive this thread. Then he had an attack of remorse and asked me to delete it, so I did — but not before you had time to pounce on it, I see.
Oh…..Yeah. I’m very good with the pouncing.
*pounces* 
81- Ontario (am I allowed to say that?)
Luna- yeah, most of what you said is correct.
Wow. I hadn’t even known people were posting here.