Topic: What does a Canadian look like, anyway?

[CanadianAtHeart]

I'll agree with that, absent, for sure.  I have met stupid people from all walks of life. . . And it seems to me that stupidity is not limited to any one country.  It just seems like Americans are a bit more vocal about it than most.  Thanks for humoring a not-quite-so-vocal American. . . Although clearly one who has no problem barging into a Canadian chat room.   

[Spr.Earl]

CanadianAtHeart no prob's, we don't mind all y'all's

[CanadianAtHeart]

Haha. . .    

It very much amuses my (Canadian) grandfather that I typically use sentences that incorporate both "y'all" and "eh?"

[mattoigta]

Haha. . .       

It very much amuses my (Canadian) grandfather that I typically use sentences that incorporate both "y'all" and "eh?"

Hah that's excellent

Y'all come back now, eh?

[cheeky_monkey]

All Nox wants is attention. Even after knowing him for 8 years he still wants attention. Did any one else realize that "Nox" is in ObNOXious.

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

I'm not. We had a little pop quiz with questions like "longest serving Prime Minister" "leader of the northwest rebellion" "date of confederation" "leader of the French Army at the Plains of Abraham" "leader of the English Army at the Plains of Abraham" I was the only one to get all six questions right(there was another person, but I gave him the answers).

[Smoothbore]

The stupid disease as it turns out, is hereditary. That means a person may be less intelligent just because his mother was so dumb she got fired from the M&M's factory for throwing out the w's.

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

I'm not. We had a little pop quiz with questions like "longest serving Prime Minister" "leader of the northwest rebellion" "date of confederation" "leader of the French Army at the Plains of Abraham" "leader of the English Army at the Plains of Abraham" I was the only one to get all six questions right(there was another person, but I gave him the answers).

Oh yeah, than how much is a'million plus a'million?

[absent_element]

Haha. . .    

It very much amuses my (Canadian) grandfather that I typically use sentences that incorporate both "y'all" and "eh?"

Haha...that's pretty good man.

[Da_man]

shes canadian
 

[Smoothbore]

Ahh....The Girl Next Door, I went to see the movie just for her.

[Enzo]

The igloo comment reminded me of something. When I was a teen, a class trip to Seattle came along. While we were down there, we interacted with some local kids. Bear in mind, this was a "day" trip as Victoria's not exactly a long way from Seattle. The inevitable questions came up (also bearing in mind that teenage boys will try to one up each other, regardless of nationality, when pretty girls are watching) with that "tone." Yes, the igloo thing, and the "power & running water" comments. All in good fun. So transportation came up and I quietly entered the conversation.

"Do you guys all have dogsleds?"

"Of course."

"How come you don't have snowmobiles?"

"Oh, well, we do, but only for in town use. Not when we go out into the bush or over vast distances."

"Why not?"

"Snowmobiles run out of gas, and you can't eat a snowmobile "


The looks were incredulous, keeping the straight face was the hardest part. We had a good laugh over that.

[mandal]

Ahh....The Girl Next Door, I went to see the movie just for her.

I wouldn't get your hopes up, she keeps her clothes on

[Carcharodon Carcharias]

Recently a girl from our Canberra detachment, who his a PTE RAAOC (Clerk), posed in Australia's FHM magazine. I wish I could figure out how to post her pic here, but I am too thick, so check out the recent 'uploads' (hurry now), and you decide. She's not too bad in the pic, and much more yummier in person. In the CP when in the fd, the young Lads hang about lie flys around a day old corpse! Us older SNCOs, are much more steath in our wicked thoughts! Go have a look and you decide.

Cheers,

Wes

[Carcharodon Carcharias]

  She's in the 'For The Boys' section


Cheers,

Wes

[SFontaine]

I am pleasantly amused , it never fails (it seems to me) that inorder for a CDN to describe what he or she is, it always comes to a point where they describe what they are not (American) in a demeaning manner.     Hmmm.....pot calling the kettle black?     

Well if you're confused on how to be Canadian check out this little guide

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=3212

[LeeYang]

Good link and very funny. I studied in Canada and the USA and I see a great difference. But only in attitude.
I think there is a very funny movie called 'Canadian Bacon' and the Americans are pushing their way through a crowd saying 'out of the way' and pushing Canadian people. And the Canadian people say 'oh! Sorry.' 

[Inch]

One thing that sticks out in my mind about the differences between Canadians and 'mericans is the fact that they wear running shoes with jeans all the time.  Not all of them mind you but next time you're in the U.S. of A. have a look at their footwear.

[Mansell]

See, the beauty of Canadian Bacon is that the director is Michael Moore. Not too many people know that. One of our more favourite movies directed by a Friend from the South.

[commando_wolf63]

While posted to C.F.B. Cold Lake   during one of the bi-annual exercises I was on the oppisite side of the main base I had an American come up to me and ask me if he could hitch a ride back to base I told him if he wasnt in a hurry as I had to pick up some officers who were lodged at a motel in the town of Cold Lake that it'd be ok for him to catch a ride with me.  As I drove past Grande Center the American aske me if we were still on Base my answer to that was No. As we passed several farms in the area he was confused and asked if we were on Base and I still replied no. I fianlly asked him what his fixation with the houses was and why he kept asking if "we were still on Base"  I immeditatly had to pull over on the side of the highway as his answer nearly caused me to swereve off the road as I was laughing so hard.  "Everybody down in Alabama knows Canadians live in Tepee's in the summer and Igloos in the winter."

[Scott]

Excerpts from an email I received that I would like to share:

These questions were posted on an International  tourism website about Canada:

Q) I have never seen warm weather on Canadian TV, how do the plants grow? (UK)

A) We import all of our plants fully grown just to sit around and watch them die.

Q) Will we see Polar Bears in the street? (USA)

A) Depends on how much you've been drinking.

Q) I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto- can I follow the railroad tracks? (Sweden)

A) SURE, it's only four thousand miles, take lots of water........

Q)Are there any ATM's (cash machines) in Canada? Can you send me a list of them in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax? (UK)

A) What did your last slave die of?

Q) Can you give me information on hippo racing in Canada? (USA)

A) A-fri-ca is a big triangle shaped continent south of Europe. Ca-na-da is the big country just to your north....oh f*** it. SURE, there's hippo racing every Tuesday night in Calgary, come naked.

Q) Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada? (USA)

A) Only at Thanksgiving

Q) I was in Canada in 1969 on R&R, and I want to contact a girl I dated while I was staying in Surrey, BC. Can you help? (USA)

A) Yes, and you still have to pay her by the hour.

Q) Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)

A) Yes, but you will have to learn it first

I mean no disrespect to our friends from the south, I have family from there (I make fun of them too) I mean it as good natured.

Cheers!

[~RoKo~]

Hah! That's brilliant, mate, thanks for posting that!

[CJ]

Hey All,

Yes, no one has written on this topic in a LONG time but I felt the need to share 

I'm over in the Golan right now and many of the LOs and shop keepers I meet marvel that I am Canadian. I usually get the question "Are you Arabic?" When I ask why they don't think I'm Canadian, I usually get "You don't look like the others... You know, white."