Author Topic: What does a Canadian look like, anyway? (Read 6786 times)

jimbunting · « **on:** January 22, 2004, 12:44:00 »

Gentelmen:

In one of my many sojurns in the USA, I had occasion to be speaking with a number of adult, educated, and apparently serious Americans.

The topic swerved into a rather strange area, about what Canadians "looked like". The impression seemed to be that we Canucks are " just like Americans " but with some funny ways of speaking, and expressing ourselves. Other than that, the Americans coudn‘t see any difference.

Of course, I‘m a white anglo guy, and so where the Yanks I was seated with in this bar, so i tried to explain that Canadaians are all colours and from all ethnic backgrounds, but to no avail, as the Americans firmly stated that "those others are not Canadians, they‘re immigrants".

Hard to argue with that, right? I tried to point out that we have had Sikhs in BC for over a hundred years, as well as Chinese there, and a large number of black Canadians trace their ancestry to escaped slaves who came up the "Underground Railway" and that the first black newspaper, in North America was in Dresden, Ontario. Didn‘t make any difference to them, cause to them Canadians are white, except of course for those bad French Canadians, who want to secede.......their term, not mine!

I was sorry that I wasn‘t able to change their minds, but it‘s their loss, not mine.

So, my question to all of you?

What does a Canadian look like, in your opinion?

Jim Bunting. Toronto.

Infanteer · « **Reply #1 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:47:00 »

Tell em we all look like this...

nULL · « **Reply #2 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:51:00 »

hey infanteer, ah, what are you doing tomorrow night?

Infanteer · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2004, 13:03:00 »

Hands off....

nbk · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2004, 15:12:00 »

Ask the internet.

mattoigta · « **Reply #5 on:** January 22, 2004, 15:57:00 »

The first picture i got in the google image search for "Canadian" was a soldier.

And funnily enough the second picture was a collection of multicultural people, drinking beer.

wtf! look what else turned up:

-Skeletor- · « **Reply #6 on:** January 22, 2004, 17:57:00 »

Infanteer, isnt she American?

Also, I really hope the helmet I got issued to me, wasnt used by one of those guys before..

mattoigta · « **Reply #7 on:** January 22, 2004, 18:45:00 »

i pity the fool who has one

"ed"‘s tan line makes me laugh

BOOMER004 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 22, 2004, 21:47:00 »

Whats really funny is "Brian is a spitting image of my unit‘s Padre!! Hey Ed is American. Look at his tags. I think I‘m looking at that pic too long.

Infanteer · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2004, 01:17:00 »

No, there Canadian, he just broke them (notice the way one hangs differently due to the holes being in seperate places (check your tags).

Enzo · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2004, 01:18:00 »

Those guys have been in Kuwait for waay too long. I don‘t want to even know what‘s on the remainder of that film.

Dixon · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2004, 09:44:00 »

Ive Seen some pretty Odd Shiznit living on various bases and stations in my years as a brat, and even more since i took up some work in the oil industry...but as the b‘ys at the wellpads would say...Lord Tunderin Mary Mudder of Jesus me Buddy, thats some Effing wrong..

Danjanou · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2004, 11:40:00 »

Dixon, fer the last time der buddy it‘s not Jesus. It‘s Jaayzuus.

De only time ya say Jesus is when yer gonna kick the bejesus outta someone.

Slim · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2004, 00:03:00 »

Aren‘t Canadians all 10 feet tall and bullet proof?

...Or is it only when intoxicated?

Ch e er s (hic) ."

M is l (Said while slidingf off the table and passing out.)

~RoKo~ · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2004, 00:15:00 »

Holy crap.. I swear "Rich" looks like an instructor I had this summer....

CanadianAtHeart · « **Reply #15 on:** June 08, 2004, 23:33:03 »

Hey y'all (Sorry, I live in Georgia, USA). . . This would be my first post, but I had to respond. My mother is Canadian and I was born and raised in the States and I am constantly amazed by the ignorant attitudes of my fellow countrymen/women. I actually had a Political Science class last fall at University where some guy told the entire class (in all sincerity) that Canadians did not back up the USA in some conflicts because - "What were they really going to do? Chase the bad guys on their horses?" I was apalled. The ignorance of some US citizens gives my entire country a bad name. My Papa, Nana, and great-uncles served Canada in World War II and I'm fairly certain that none of them rode into battle on horses (after all, the horses would have died trying to cross the Atlantic, eh?). . .

bossi · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2004, 23:48:20 »

Thanks, CanadianAtHeart.
(and, oh - by the way, in addition to Shania Twain and Pamela Anderson, here's another Canadian) :

absent_element · « **Reply #17 on:** June 09, 2004, 22:30:07 »

And what a beautiful Canadian she is....

I once meant a tourist from the southern US who thought all Canadians lived in igloos...heh, needless to say he was surprised.

Pea Brain-Warrior(Banned) · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2004, 19:56:19 »

Quote from: absent_element on June 09, 2004, 22:30:07

And what a beautiful Canadian she is....

I once meant a tourist from the southern US who thought all Canadians lived in igloos...heh, needless to say he was surprised.

Funny, one of my friend's brothers went down to the state, and a guy assked him this exactly...

"Does your igloo melt in the summer?"

Want to know what my friend's brother said? Of course you do.

"What is s u m m e r?!"

brin11 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 10, 2004, 23:11:11 »

Granted this was many moons ago but...when my mom was a youngin' she lived down in New Orleans for a bit and she once held a large table of Americans quite enthralled with her description of igloo building. She still has a giggle about it when she tells that story.

mattoigta · « **Reply #20 on:** June 10, 2004, 23:39:38 »

My father tells me of when he was a teenager, he'd go down to Expo '67 every day, and when he'd see the planes come in, alot of Americans would get off the plane in big fur coats - and realize it was a hot summer day

absent_element · « **Reply #21 on:** June 11, 2004, 07:14:17 »

Quote from: brin11 on June 10, 2004, 23:11:11

Granted this was many moons ago but...when my mom was a youngin' she lived down in New Orleans for a bit and she once held a large table of Americans quite enthralled with her description of igloo building. She still has a giggle about it when she tells that story.

OMG...yea I can understand her still having a giggle from time to time over that one.

This thread is beginning to remind me of Rick Mercer's 'Talking to AMericans'..heh

Infanteer · « **Reply #22 on:** June 11, 2004, 13:19:20 »

You'd be surprised on how stupid alot of Canadians can be....

Pea Brain-Warrior(Banned) · « **Reply #23 on:** June 11, 2004, 17:55:47 »

Quote from: Infanteer on June 11, 2004, 13:19:20

You'd be surprised on how stupid alot of Canadians can be....

True, take me for example. I'm an idiot, henceforth stupid Canadian, considering that I am legally Canadian (Born and raised), which furthermore leads to me being stupid - and - a Canadian.

And to whom stated it, I agree this is turning out like Rick Mercer's "Talking with Americans".

absent_element · « **Reply #24 on:** June 11, 2004, 21:47:54 »

Nox...do us all a favour and just stop.

Infanteer,

Personnally I think stupidity is pretty evenly distributed to all people.

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Author Topic: What does a Canadian look like, anyway? (Read 6786 times)

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