NationStates Jolt Archive

This is a fairly international board, so I figure you are a good crowd to ask.

What item, person, event, or value would you say best symbolises Canada?

We just did a poll here, and according to the locals it is the maple leaf. Personally, I do not think I would have chosen that, but I suppose it does work. We do tend to draw them on just about everything we make, and the country does have a hidden addiction to maple syrup. Still, as far as I know maple trees do grow outside of Canada, too... Right...?

What do you think?



Anyway, here are some more detailed results of the poll:

1 Maple leaf
2 Hockey
3 Canadian flag
4 Beaver
5 Canadarm
6 Canada Day
7 Peacekeeping
8 Pierre Trudeau
9 Universal health care
10 Niagara Falls
11 The Rockies/Rocky Mountains
12 Wayne Gretzky
13 Parliament Hill
14 Ottawa
15 Frederick Banting/Insulin discovery
16 RCMP/Mounties
17 CN Tower
18 Quebec City/Old Quebec City
19 Terry Fox
20 Confederation

#21: Eh?

Sinuhue/Neesika, Terrorist Cakes and Ladamesansmerci, though not necessarily in that order.

Sinuhue/Neesika, Terrorist Cakes and Ladamesansmerci, though not necessarily in that order.
There's East Canuck, too. And if I remember rightly, Smunkee will be going there soon as well. And possibly the Coral Islands.;)

the stripper in my english class from Canada. SHE IS HOT....

Let's see...

First things that show up are Canada's identity as the nation to the north of the US, then the flag.

Then Vancouver. Forests, snow... I generally think of Canada as similar to Washington State. Which can be taken multiple ways.

cheap drugs, bad jokes, and girls

Canada makes me think of...

Rocks and trees, and trees and rocks, and rocks and trees, and trees and rocks...
And rocks and trees...
And trees and rocks...
And rocks and trees...
And trees and rocks...
And water!

And the war of 1812! :gundge:

Quebec

In that I think about how Quebec wants to break away

A loft apartment full of old people over a really great party.

Quebecois

#21: Eh?

I was going to say that. :(

Pine trees, actually.

Yeah, i think the Maple Leaf is prettymuch the Canadian Mascot, lol...

Maybe old Uncle Sam can eat some Maple Syrup later in celebration or something, lol....

Hockey and poutine

Saskatchewan.

And the last Saskatchewan Pirate!

And the war of 1812! :gundge:

*points and laughs*

There's East Canuck, too. And if I remember rightly, Smunkee will be going there soon as well. And possibly the Coral Islands.;)

I can't remember the last time I saw East Canuck post.

Sinuhue/Neesika, Terrorist Cakes and Ladamesansmerci, though not necessarily in that order.

There's East Canuck, too. And if I remember rightly, Smunkee will be going there soon as well. And possibly the Coral Islands.;)

*feels left out* :(

Norman Bethune

*feels left out* :(

Don't worry, they forgot about me as well (you'd think they'd at least remember my 14K-post account).

Don't worry, they forgot about me as well (you'd think they'd at least remember my 14K-post account).

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!1!1!11!!!1!1!!!

Thats cute you think we pay attention to Canadians, lol...

*points and laughs*

Eh?

Alex Trebec?

Trade Orginizations

lmfao, THATS exactly what i think of...

Damn NAFTA...

http://www.1984web.com/img/funny/posters/countries/canada.jpg

1 & 2 are the first things that come to my mind truth be said.

*feels left out* :(

Don't worry, they forgot about me as well (you'd think they'd at least remember my 14K-post account).

Are either of you hot women? If no, you have the reason why you were forgotten, if yes, pixplzkthnxbai

Moose, mounties, lumberjacks and ginger beer. Come on a flag with a moose on would be great.

Everyone loves Canada. Canada is like the worlds gay friend.

Eh?

o.o *waves tiny Canadian flag?*

Hockey
Tim Horton's
Canadian Tire Money
Poutine
Newfies
"I've got a weird thing for girls who say 'aboot'"
Battle of Alberta (suppose this goes under 'hockey')
Moose
Friends (as in mine, not the TV show)

Everyone loves Canada. Canada is like the worlds gay friend.

This may be the truest statement ever.

http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/canada-americas-hat-tshirt-sm.jpg
'Nuff said.

Political Apathy.

Who thinks the flag should be changed to orange and white? http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=orangeoq2.png
BTW, Happy Canada Day!

Snow, nice people, Due South, the Eskimo, my uncle and Trailer Park Boys.

Shut the fuck up, Lahey.

I think about Terrance and Phillip, and maybe some Ike too...

- Oh Terrance, you farted in court!
- Yes Phillip, I'm making a case for our defense!

The lakes, rocks, and trees of the Canadian Shield.

THE EMPAHR!

(also the terrible weather around Calgary)

Oh, and Boards of Canada.

Though they're from Aberdeen...

Everyone loves Canada. Canada is like the worlds gay friend.

That may be true, But whether everyone loves them for it...idk...

Depends on whether theyre lesbians or not, from experience theyre the only gay friends ive enjoyed hanging around, lol...

There's this animated thing that the CBC uses whenever it starts its broadcast day. You have to be up at about five a.m. on the east coast to see it, but it's there. It's an animated journey across the entire country, passing through cities, prairies, woods and coastline, all to the tune of "O, Canada". That's the first thing I think of.

Maple Syrup

Modern Canada - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJAsgIIfNM

Nous avons deux langues et aucunne personne n'a fait de commentaire a ce sujet. Je croix que c'est que la combinaison de la culture, histoire et langue francaise et anglaise qui definissent le Canada.

No one has mentioned as far as I can see that we have two languages. I think that it is a combination of our languages, histories, and cultures that defines Canada.

Nous avons deux langues et aucunne personne n'a fait de commentaire a ce sujet. Je croix que c'est que la combinaison de la culture, histoire et langue francaise et anglaise qui definissent le Canada.

No one has mentioned as far as I can see that we have two languages. I think that it is a combination of our languages, histories, and cultures that defines Canada.

Yeah i think having to read that post exemplifies why we're fighting becoming that tooth and nail below the border, lol...

Nous avons deux langues et aucunne personne n'a fait de commentaire a ce sujet. Je croix que c'est que la combinaison de la culture, histoire et langue francaise et anglaise qui definissent le Canada.

No one has mentioned as far as I can see that we have two languages. I think that it is a combination of our languages, histories, and cultures that defines Canada.

Well said. I very much appreciate being born into a place where additional language skills is the norm, not the exception.

Relevant, all the Canadians will get these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyfPJKWqig&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzsbZ3oem3Y&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9GYWbhBoHM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkm21rg04o&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-tNQA2pOp4&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBykK84kkGo&feature=related

And for a funny one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVS97_GjnSk&feature=related

*snip*

Just for you New Manvir, about a week ago we [my friends - a lot of Canadians in HK] were throwing email insults around and this one came up against Canada, as in how dynamic and busy it was.

Anyway, I knew someone on NSG was from Hamilton, just couldn't remember who...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhdk9aFmHaY

Canada makes me think of a sexy Chilean living in Montreal. Also how I hate his incessent bragging about said city and its various delights.

Nous avons deux langues et aucunne personne n'a fait de commentaire a ce sujet. Je croix que c'est que la combinaison de la culture, histoire et langue francaise et anglaise qui definissent le Canada.

No one has mentioned as far as I can see that we have two languages. I think that it is a combination of our languages, histories, and cultures that defines Canada.
That's because west of Ontario, French is regarded with about as much enthusiasm as hot chili enemas.:D

Just for you New Manvir, about a week ago we [my friends - a lot of Canadians in HK] were throwing email insults around and this one came up against Canada, as in how dynamic and busy it was.

Anyway, I knew someone on NSG was from Hamilton, just couldn't remember who...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhdk9aFmHaY

I walk down those streets everyday. It's true though I have never seen a traffic jam in Hamilton.

21) Take off, Hoser, eh! ;)

Mistreatment of Aboriginals
political apathy
apathy
pointing and laughing at America while we are blind towards our own faults
long winters
beavers
hockey

Mistreatment of Aboriginals
political apathy
apathy
pointing and laughing at America while we are blind towards our own faults
long winters
beavers
hockey

SHHH!!!! The rest of the world doesn't know about that stuff!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIrmPEyt0Nc Welcome to Canada, It's the Maple Leaf State....

Thinking of Canada...

1. Eh?
2. Donuts-I hear all Canadians have some kind of obsession with donuts..kinda like Americans and caffeine products priced higher than gas...on a DAILY basis.
3. Hockey (when are they NOT striking?)
4. The nation that, some time in the future (unless America changes its energy ways), will get to call the U.S. "Canada's b!#ch." Kinda like Russia and Eastern Europe now...
5. http://www.invadecanada.us/

SHHH!!!! The rest of the world doesn't know about that stuff!!!

Oops.... :(

I feel so un-Canadian. Better move to Iceland.


2. Donuts-I hear all Canadians have some kind of obsession with donuts..kinda like Americans and caffeine products priced higher than gas...on a DAILY basis.


Nah, that's only because we worship Tim Horton's, it sells donuts but everyone goes there for the Double Double. That's our real obsession.

Nah, that's only because we worship Tim Horton's, it sells donuts but everyone goes there for the Double Double. That's our real obsession.

We Michiganders also worship at the altar of the Canadian Coffee God only we see the foul "Double Double" as the worst sort of heresy!

*starts Crusade*

Alex Trebec?
Shouldn't that be ... "Who is Alex Trebec?"

Timbits
Bob & Doug MacKenzie
Beer
Pamela Anderson before the cosmetic disaster zone effect
The Tweed sisters
Beer
Air Canada (I doesn't have to be all good stuff.)
Beer again, if you fly air canada you'll need it.
Ice Fishing (with a few twofours)
Twofours (is there a hyphen in that?)
9 month winters (except for where I am, then 9 months of rain)
Nortel, BreX & the VSE
The old joke about how you can tell a politician is lying to you "His lips are moving."
The NDP (By year 3000 or we call it quits)
The Block (A national party who actually admit that they are trying to destroy the country. Vs the rest, which it's just a bonus.)
Half of american tv and a third of the movies.
Sir John A. (Best drunken scottsman since Rob Roy)
Tar Sands (Who else would try to get oil from sand?)
The Ontario Law Society (I think that's who it was) going after someone over the old joke "What do you call 500 lawyers on the bottom of lake ontario? A good start."
After the ice storms in quebec the restoration of power in the best priority ever: Hospitals, police/fire & then the strip clubs / bars.:)
William Shatner
Lorne Greene <comic book guy>Best Death Ever!</comic book guy>
Red Green (Steve Smith & Rick Green)
Boot To The Head! (na na)


and of course the most important:

Ed the Sock! (and Liana of course)

bear moose beavers and bullets :D


I want to go hunting there, mainly because it's easier for a commonwealth citizen to haul a rifle around in a commonwealth country than in the United States of Paranoia

Beautiful countryside, great people, good weather (well, for my tastes), Toronto, and, of course, Rush. Oh, and The Kids In The Hall.

Happy...

Canada Day

I want to go hunting there, mainly because it's easier for a commonwealth citizen to haul a rifle around in a commonwealth country than in the United States of Paranoia

Is it? I know Canadians who go hunting in Michigan and they don't seem to have any problems.

The different states have different laws, but for most of them, to be a non-american wanting to go hunting there you must have a invitation from a gun club or hunting preserve to shoot or hunt on their land before they allow you to bring in your own rifle or to hunt there. Thats above and beyond having import and export permits for firearms. An invitation from a friend from an online hunting forum or somewhere general like NS to come along and shoot on his/her farm/ranch is not sufficient reason for the border paranoids to allow us to bring in our own rifle.

talking to other NZers who have been hunting in Canada, it's just a matter of having the Import/Export permits. so I could just chat up a pretty canadian chick with a farm that has moose wandering over it, pick up the export/import permits for the rifle and fly over.

Plus flying direct Auckland-Vancouver means no US Dept of Homeland Insecurity.

The different states have different laws, but for most of them, to be a non-american wanting to go hunting there you must have a invitation from a gun club or hunting preserve to shoot or hunt on their land before they allow you to bring in your own rifle or to hunt there. Thats above and beyond having import and export permits for firearms. An invitation from a friend from an online hunting forum or somewhere general like NS to come along and shoot on his/her farm/ranch is not sufficient reason for the border paranoids to allow us to bring in our own rifle.

talking to other NZers who have been hunting in Canada, it's just a matter of having the Import/Export permits. so I could just chat up a pretty canadian chick with a farm that has moose wandering over it, pick up the export/import permits for the rifle and fly over.

I had no idea it was such a hassle for non-North Americans. I know Michigan has agreements with Ontario to make it easier. In fact, it's easier to fish on the St. Mary's River between Michigan and Ontario than it is to fish on the Menominee between Michigan and Wisconsin. Damned cheesehead bastards...

Plus flying direct Auckland-Vancouver means no US Dept of Homeland Insecurity.

Always a huge plus. I always get into Canada very easily, but I dread going home because the US border guards treat me like an escaping convict rather than a citizen of the same damned country.

#21: Eh?

22 - Mounties.

I always figured William Shatner as the quintessential Canadian.

I always figured William Shatner as the quintessential Canadian.

Really, some Canadians seem quite nice to me.

Lets see...

Everybody's either a lumberjack or a furtrader.

All ya'll live in igloos, eat blubber, and have dogsleds.

Ya'll all know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, who're really, really nice.

President, American, Aboot, policing, something about beavers and hats. Zee, Zee, Zee.
Land mass, Ice Hockey, and Joe...

;)

I passed my Canada Day test here on the ground in Osaka by a) knowing it was Canada Day, b) knowing some of the lyrics to "Oh Canada", and c) scoring high marks (90%) on my friends quiz based on the above "Joe Canada" Rant.

I tend to think of our beautiful native peoples. Actually, I tend to think about one particularly attractive one. And beaver. And maple syrup. And pouring maple syrup on the beaver and licking it off.

Happy Canada Day.

That's because west of Ontario, French is regarded with about as much enthusiasm as hot chili enemas.:D
Hot Chili Enemas! Ooooh I want one! :p

I always figured William Shatner as the quintessential Canadian.
See I always think of Benton Fraser as the quintessential Canadian, despite knowing many that aren't like that at all :p

4. The nation that, some time in the future (unless America changes its energy ways), will get to call the U.S. "Canada's b!#ch." Kinda like Russia and Eastern Europe now...

http://www.ratemyeverything.net/image/987/0/Canada_vs_the_United_States.ashx

eh?

Tim Horton's, definitely, is what I think of first. Rrrrroll up the rrrrim to win!

Canada is the United States attic. US citizens go up to Canada , look around and go, Oh yea, i forgot all about that being up here.

We Michiganders also worship at the altar of the Canadian Coffee God only we see the foul "Double Double" as the worst sort of heresy!

*starts Crusade*

HERETIC!!! Burn HIM!!!!

Celine Dion/Avril Lavigne

See I always think of Benton Fraser as the quintessential Canadian, despite knowing many that aren't like that at all :p

I always saw Dave Foley as the quintessential Canadian. Probably due to my childhood of watching Kids in the Hall on CBC.

HERETIC!!! Burn HIM!!!!

Damnable heathen!!! Black is the righteous way to drink coffee!!!

*burns small village*

Damnable heathen!!! Black is the righteous way to drink coffee!!!

*burns small village*

The Double Double is god's gift to coffee!

*sacks Buffalo*

#21: Eh?

Damn, i was going to say that too!

That and Moose and Bears and Salmon.

And snow!

And trees!

and...and...Log cabbins...

And....grass..

And trees!!

And moose.

I would have to say (2) Hockey, and (7) Peacekeeping, Canada has done more UN Peacekeeping missions than all of NATO but the did drop the ball in Rwanda and that whole affair in Somalia that lead to the de-activation of the Canadian Airborne Regiment.

I tend to think of our beautiful native peoples. Actually, I tend to think about one particularly attractive one. And beaver. And maple syrup. And pouring maple syrup on the beaver and licking it off.

Happy Canada Day.

I accept your version of Canada Day.

Having lived in Michigan right across from Windsor, one of the first images that comes to mind with Canada is that city. After that, it'd probably be Quebec/this girl I know since she was from there and probably the first girl I ever had really deep feelings for.

trees, snow, wilderness, and lots of wonderful places where an over abundance of humans aren't. at least that's what i think of when i think of canada.

pretty much none of the crap on that (op's) list intrests me in the least.

but a place that actually has places without too many people and WITH trees and furry critters and all that at the same time, now that, to me, is a major plus. i think canada's only big minus, like that of the u.s and most of its sphere of influence generally, is not enough little people sized trains, or public transportation of any sort. i know canada, like the u.s. has some, and even the u.s. is restoring to levels in exceeding in the past as to total amount, but as to percentage population wise, really really lame, and that IS one of the weaknessess of capitolism in its more fanatical forms, such as america has been destroying the planet for all of humanity, even itself, with.

=^^=
.../\...

The Double Double is god's gift to coffee!

*sacks Buffalo*

Damn the Devil's cream and sugar!

*sacks Thunder Bay*

I suppose Thunder Bay was a poor choice as no one would miss it, especially the residents thereof.

I think of the heavy cloud of smog that hangs over Toronto in the summers.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3373/warrantiestd8.jpg

There's East Canuck, too. And if I remember rightly, Smunkee will be going there soon as well. And possibly the Coral Islands.;)

I can't remember the last time I saw East Canuck post.

*sheds a tears* You folks remember me! Those 3000+ posts weren't for naught!

Thank you for your not-so-deep concern, but I am doing well. Not here so much due to having a baby and changing jobs but I still hang around.

Anyways, intersting Canada Day fact: In quebec, it's the busiest moving day of the year. About half the leases begins and end on July 1st. I helped someone move this year, again.

But now that all the celebration is done, Happy hangover, Canadians.

There's a country called Canada? How come I hadn't heard? Have they done anything intresting..... oh, right. Now I understand.

Oranges

But then I was chased through a disused fruit market by a Mountie wielding a pair of angry lobsters when I was a small child.

I heard the other day about a chip, gravy and cheese thing?

I heard the other day about a chip, gravy and cheese thing?

I believe they call it poontang.

I'm joking

I invented a game in Montreal. Its a scavanger hunt style game. The object is to find a diner in Montreal that doesnt have a signed picture of Celine Dion on the wall anywhere. That woman can eat and sure does get around.

I heard the other day about a chip, gravy and cheese thing?

It's poutine, and it's God's gift to humanity. I miss living 10 minutes away from New York Fries :(

Damn the Devil's cream and sugar!

*sacks Thunder Bay*

I suppose Thunder Bay was a poor choice as no one would miss it, especially the residents thereof.

Yea, no one cares about Thunder Bay.
*advances toward Detroit*

I invented a game in Montreal. Its a scavanger hunt style game. The object is to find a diner in Montreal that doesnt have a signed picture of Celine Dion on the wall anywhere. That woman can eat and sure does get around.

She's America's problem now.

MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I believe they call it poontang.

I'm joking

Bwhahahaha!

Thinking of Canada...

2. Donuts-I hear all Canadians have some kind of obsession with donuts..kinda like Americans and caffeine products priced higher than gas...on a DAILY basis.

I dunno... I've seen those "America runs on Dunkin" commercials and they kinda scare me.

Timmies seems like a less... addictive product. At least in the way it's advertised. :p

Always a huge plus. I always get into Canada very easily, but I dread going home because the US border guards treat me like an escaping convict rather than a citizen of the same damned country.

You know, I get the same treatment coming home to Canada. American customs always treats me very nice, but coming home, I get interrogated. :(

Canada makes me think of Canadians which make me think of the french...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RHVoFpncgA

The Double Double is god's gift to coffee!

*sacks Buffalo*

Damn the Devil's cream and sugar!

*sacks Thunder Bay*

I suppose Thunder Bay was a poor choice as no one would miss it, especially the residents thereof.

So it's just like Buffalo?
*Moves to take Hamilton*
Sorry, we're keeping the Predators in America.

Canada makes me think of Canadians which make me think of the french...

Okay, you're on to us. We surrender.

So it's just like Buffalo?
*Moves to take Hamilton*
Sorry, we're keeping the Predators in America.

Don't worry, the NHL hates Jim Balsillie and Gary Bettman wants to make sweet love to the South anyway. Stupid NHL. Stupid Bettman.

immigrants and gay marriage

Canada...I don't know how to spell it, but how about the Fluer De Lis symbol?

Canadian hate speech laws. Even Howard Stern was banned from the airwaves for many years.

Canadian hate speech laws. Even Howard Stern was banned from the airwaves for many years.

Funnily enough, Canadians can say shit on Canukistani tv and radio that are strictly censored from your regular airwaves.

Our songs are not so heavily bleeped out to the point where 50 cent songs sound like one big music solo. My god, we can say things like 'smoking dope' 'bitch' and so on...it's amazing...

Ginger Ale. I know it's not Canadian, but it's the earliest association with the word I had, so I think of pop.

Funnily enough, Canadians can say shit on Canukistani tv and radio that are strictly censored from your regular airwaves.


Stern was banned from the airways for years because he called a mentally disabled person a retard. That apparently shook the foundations of Canadas existence and it was labeled hate speech and he was banned for several years.

Stern was banned from the airways for years because he called a mentally disabled person a retard. That apparently shook the foundations of Canadas existence and it was labeled hate speech and he was banned for several years.

Uhhh...no.

Provide a link please for this supposed reason for his getting yanked. Also, don't forget to mention how many times he's been yanked, banned and kicked off the airways in your own country.

Maybe Canuks just don't like loud-mouthed fuckwad USians.

Uhhh...no.

Provide a link please for this supposed reason for his getting yanked.....
....Maybe Canuks just don't like loud-mouthed fuckwad USians.


I was wrong about the reason apparently, "Stern has claimed on-air that the Canadian government disapproved of his use of the ethnic slur "Polack", and that this was one of the reasons why his show was not broadcast in Canada until February 6, 2006, when "Howard 100" debuted on Sirius Canada."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show

I was wrong about the reason apparently, "Stern has claimed on-air that the Canadian government disapproved of his use of the ethnic slur "Polack", and that this was one of the reasons why his show was not broadcast in Canada until February 6, 2006, when "Howard 100" debuted on Sirius Canada."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show

Yes, I read that.

I would now like to claim that my tits have suddenly become double Zs instead of DDs.

Do you get my point?

Canada...I don't know how to spell it, but how about the Fluer De Lis symbol?

FLEUR de lis, that's more of a French symbol than a Canadian one.

On reading the thread, do I detect hostility between the U.S. & Canada?
Being in Europe, Canada means The Mounties to me. Fine men they are

Don't worry, the NHL hates Jim Balsillie and Gary Bettman wants to make sweet love to the South anyway. Stupid NHL. Stupid Bettman.

We could...get rid of him...

*arranges Mountie hit squad*

Canada makes me think of a certain handsome guy I know...

Canada makes me think of a certain handsome guy I know...

Yeah, what's with those hot Canadian men?

;)

What item, person, event, or value would you say best symbolises Canada?


Turpentine.

On reading the thread, do I detect hostility between the U.S. & Canada?
Being in Europe, Canada means The Mounties to me. Fine men they are

I would say in a nutshell, US finds Canada to be frumpy effeminate French Socialists or beer swilling dumb rednecks all living in the woods and Canadians find US people to be boorish, aggressive, conceited and pushy.

Yeah, what's with those hot Canadian men?

;)

I don't know, woman. But they sure are hot.:p

Canada makes me think of, (in no particular order)

Construction materials (I buy a lot of Canadian stuff)

Beavers

Beer

Nainamo Bars

Darn good scenic railroad

Tidepools

Star Trek

Maple Syrup? No. I award that one to Vermont. But in French, Sirop D'Erable, definitely Canada.

Bears

The seasonal horde descending on Florida.

The seasonal horde descending on Massachusetts and Maine (Because to some Canadians, apparently, the New England Winter is "mild".) Yes, they really do this.

Moose

Fish... hmm... lots of wildlife references.

The curious lack of a definitive cuisine.

Guyanese immigrants

The Great White North. (Rick Moranis and that other guy)

A nation full of people desperately trying to prove they are not like us in the USA by pointing out their odd little cultural differences, oblivious to the fact that on the USA scale, the sum total of all these differences would make them slightly more exotic than Wisconsinites, but far less exotic than, say, Hawaiians, Texans, or Californians. (in that order)

Pennies that store clerks in the USA STILL reject, ignorant to the fact that the Canadian penny is now worth MORE than a US penny.

Rough, macho Frontier town names like Moose Jaw and Yellowknife.

The shop at the border crossing between Montreal, Canada, and Burlington, Vermont. It's full of all sorts of "Canadian" products, implying that you're never going to see the exact same thing once you cross the border into Vermont.

The Red Green Show. (Along with the SCTV, source of Everything I Know About Canada, really.)

A strong sense of patriotic and cultural pride, destiny, and exceptionalism. Well, technically, that's just Quebec. The rest of Canada indulges them, apparently thinking it is some sort of therapy.

Loons.

Pretty water birds with black heads and black and white speckled body, which for some reason are also called "Loons".

A population that pretends to dislike the United States, but we know they really love us, because even though they have such a HUGE nation, almost every Canadian chooses to live within driving distance of the United States. Let's face it, if we shifted the border north by 50 miles, Canada would still be far larger than the USA, but the population would be down to what, 20? 30?

Uhhh...no.

Provide a link please for this supposed reason for his getting yanked. Also, don't forget to mention how many times he's been yanked, banned and kicked off the airways in your own country.

Maybe Canuks just don't like loud-mouthed fuckwad USians.

In the case of Howard Stern, I would agree with the Canucks.

Pennies that store clerks in the USA STILL reject, ignorant to the fact that the Canadian penny is now worth MORE than a US penny.


They seriously will pick through your change and do that?

When we get American pennies up here we usually ignore it regardless of value. "Well, guess Abe came up here for the ladies."

In the case of Howard Stern, I would agree with the Canucks.

I would ask you if you have ever actually listened to his show. And not in a cursory dismissive fashion but with an honest attempt to give the show a full chance? i Ive introduced H.S. to a large handful of people that had terrible preconceived notions of him and expressed strong distain for his show. (both men and women) I actually went out of my way to buy several of then Sirius radios and a subscription. Every last one of them are now avid fans. Believe it or not there is a perfectly good reason why he was #1 in every market he entered and is by several multiples the most popular show on satellite radio XM and Sirius included.

Pennies that store clerks in the USA STILL reject, ignorant to the fact that the Canadian penny is now worth MORE than a US penny.



They seriously will pick through your change and do that?
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Two in the last six months. Weird.

Not only ignoring that the Canadian penny is worth more, but also that taking the time to look at a penny, reject it, hand it back, and accept a replacement from me, is a net labor cost of more than a penny. Business-wise, if it's round, roughly penny sized, and coppery colored, logic says just shut up and take it.

FLEUR de lis, that's more of a French symbol than a Canadian one.

Thank you, I guess I was thinking Quebec? That was the first symbol I thought of because I was recently given a t-shirt with a fleur de lis on the front, brought from an industry conference in Montreal...But come to think of it there is a maple leaf on the back...So I'm now thinking maple leaf...And curling...

On reading the thread, do I detect hostility between the U.S. & Canada?

Yes.

Canadians.

++

Yea, no one cares about Thunder Bay.
*advances toward Detroit*

Do you really want to go to Detroit? We've made Detroit the shithole that it is as a defense against Canadians.

Pennies that store clerks in the USA STILL reject, ignorant to the fact that the Canadian penny is now worth MORE than a US penny.

I've used Canadian coins of every denomination my whole life in the US.

Two in the last six months. Weird.

Not only ignoring that the Canadian penny is worth more, but also that taking the time to look at a penny, reject it, hand it back, and accept a replacement from me, is a net labor cost of more than a penny. Business-wise, if it's round, roughly penny sized, and coppery colored, logic says just shut up and take it.

different problem here in NZ. Aussie 5 10 and 20 cent coins used to be exactly the same size and shape and would work in vending machines. Now NZ has changed the coin size, dropping the 5c altogether and shrinking the 10, 20 and 50 down in size. but the 1 and 2 dollar coins are still the same. when I was in Aussie last a NZ $1 would be recognised by the vending machines there as an Aussie $2 coin :D while the Aussie $1 and Kiwi $2 coins are likewise interchangeable :D during the trip I was over there, a lot of Kiwi $1 coins got dropped in vending machines by the group I was with :D and double their face value in choc bars and goodies recieved back :D

Do you really want to go to Detroit? We've made Detroit the shithole that it is as a defense against Canadians

Detroit will be easy to take (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Detroit), purely a propaganda victory.

Detroit will be easy to take (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Detroit), purely a propaganda victory.

That is why we turned it into an urban wasteland. First, it will be hard to move troops through without taking casualties from the local populace and second, we don't really want it anyway. There is an old joke that goes "We should have another war with Ohio, this time the loser gets Detroit"*

On a more serious note, the Battle of Detroit is why Michigan moved it's capitol to Lansing.

*This is a reference to the Toledo War where Ohio lost the only "battle" but still got Toledo.

That is why we turned it into an urban wasteland. First, it will be hard to move troops through without taking casualties from the local populace and second, we don't really want it anyway. There is an old joke that goes "We should have another war with Ohio, this time the loser gets Detroit"*

On a more serious note, the Battle of Detroit is why Michigan moved it's capitol to Lansing.

*This is a reference to the Toledo War where Ohio lost the only "battle" but still got Toledo.

I think the best strategy is to let the Toronto Gay Pride Parade just continue down to Detroit, where the intense dance music and bright colours will instantly transform Detroit into a stylish, eco-friendly model city. The main drawbacks will be random cases of rainbow-related blindness and the unfortunate renaming of the Detroit Red Wings to the Pink Wings. Strangely enough, the Tigers and the Pistons are "gay enough" already.

Not only ignoring that the Canadian penny is worth more, but also that taking the time to look at a penny, reject it, hand it back, and accept a replacement from me, is a net labor cost of more than a penny. Business-wise, if it's round, roughly penny sized, and coppery colored, logic says just shut up and take it.
Legally, coins are to be traded at a 1:1 ratio, no matter how far apart the two dollars are for larger transactions. Things are pretty close now, but even back when the Canadian dollar was worth 75 US cents, on could not (Officially) try to skimp on paying some extra change by handing over American money. It does not really matter anyway, though, since Canadians avoid using cash whenever debit/Interac machines are availiable.

Sinuhue naked?

Sinuhue naked?

Muahahahahahahahahahaaa:p

Legally, coins are to be traded at a 1:1 ratio, no matter how far apart the two dollars are for larger transactions.
No. Legally, there is no obligation to accept the other's currency at all.

Muahahahahahahahahahaaa:p

I would agree with Hotwife. However, once started down that course, Canada is very far from my mind.

I would agree with Hotwife. However, once started down that course, Canada is very far from my mind.

Well, WestJet is a Canadian company with fantastic low fares to 46 destinations within our great land. That's where 1% of my mind is. The rest is on the destination itself.

Simplicity...You never hear of Worldwide Rioting and Bombing because of something Canada did...

Simplicity...You never hear of Worldwide Rioting and Bombing because of something Canada did...

If the Buffalo Bills move to Toronto, does that count?

If the Buffalo Bills move to Toronto, does that count?

Probably not...If Manchester United did, possibly, lol...

Canada makes me think of moose, syrup, hockey, and "eh".

Yea, no one cares about Thunder Bay.

*cares*
Actually, not so much for the city itself. But the surrounding area is nice.

Well, WestJet is a Canadian company with fantastic low fares to 46 destinations within our great land…

Canada makes me think of the Air Canada satefy video. All the happy smiling people…

This is a fairly international board, so I figure you are a good crowd to ask.

What item, person, event, or value would you say best symbolises Canada?

We just did a poll here, and according to the locals it is the maple leaf. Personally, I do not think I would have chosen that, but I suppose it does work. We do tend to draw them on just about everything we make, and the country does have a hidden addiction to maple syrup. Still, as far as I know maple trees do grow outside of Canada, too... Right...?

What do you think?


Anyway, here are some more detailed results of the poll:

1 Maple leaf
2 Hockey
3 Canadian flag
4 Beaver
5 Canadarm
6 Canada Day
7 Peacekeeping
8 Pierre Trudeau
9 Universal health care
10 Niagara Falls
11 The Rockies/Rocky Mountains
12 Wayne Gretzky
13 Parliament Hill
14 Ottawa
15 Frederick Banting/Insulin discovery
16 RCMP/Mounties
17 CN Tower
18 Quebec City/Old Quebec City
19 Terry Fox
20 Confederation


Canada makes me think aboot Maple Syrup. That's cool, eh?



:D

I think the best strategy is to let the Toronto Gay Pride Parade just continue down to Detroit, where the intense dance music and bright colours will instantly transform Detroit into a stylish, eco-friendly model city. The main drawbacks will be random cases of rainbow-related blindness and the unfortunate renaming of the Detroit Red Wings to the Pink Wings. Strangely enough, the Tigers and the Pistons are "gay enough" already.

Of course, you run the risk of the Parade being corrupted by Detroit and turning around to attack Toronto in a frenzy of burning cars and automatic weapons fire.

*cares*
Actually, not so much for the city itself. But the surrounding area is nice.

Sorta like Sault Sainte Marie. I used to live in the crappier of the Twin Soos.

Canada makes me thinks of:

Mining and oil exploration in the arctic tundra with no environmental hazards.

Keeping very quiet about things they do. Canada is the biggest oil importer to the US with 21% vs Saudi at 20%
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

Sneaky Canadians, making sure everyone hates the Arabs for the oil situation, and all the while, they have been the largest importer of oil.

Canada makes me thinks of:

Mining and oil exploration in the arctic tundra with no environmental hazards.

Keeping very quiet about things they do. Canada is the biggest oil importer to the US with 21% vs Saudi at 20%
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

Sneaky Canadians, making sure everyone hates the Arabs for the oil situation, and all the while, they have been the largest importer of oil.

You think that's bad, just wait until we're selling you clean water at 300$/barrel.

I think of all of my loyal subjects, whether they recognize my sovereignty or not.

And peameal bacon. Mmmm.

Canada will be the next super-power. They have all the fresh water and resources. Makes me think of universal health care and true democracy and freedom, none of the false equality in US.

They have all the fresh water.

Not all of it. Much of the Great Lakes are in the US.

You think that's bad, just wait until we're selling you clean water at 300$/barrel.

And lets not forget how they have been very quietly been sucking US industry up north, while making sure that the other countries get blamed for out sourcing. Look at the biggest union, AFL-CIO-CLC= American Federation of Labor-Congress Industrialized Organizations-Canadian Labor Congress!!!

They have tricked our auto industry "Canadian car factories remain most productive in North America: Scotiabank" http://www.topix.com/forum/ca/toronto-on/T9S4J7VB3GJUB51BS

Taking our candy industry "Life Savers is moving its candy factory from Michigan to Canada, where sugar is cheaper, displacing 600 employees" http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0320-02.htm

Quietly taking over the technology industry http://www.bctechnology.com/statics/bh-jan0501.html

In general, they are trying to take over the US!!!

In general, they are trying to take over the US!!!

pffft, in general we're trying to take over the world, just in case you haven't noticed.

And lets not forget how they have been very quietly been sucking US industry up north, while making sure that the other countries get blamed for out sourcing. Look at the biggest union, AFL-CIO-CLC= American Federation of Labor-Congress Industrialized Organizations-Canadian Labor Congress!!!

They have tricked our auto industry "Canadian car factories remain most productive in North America: Scotiabank" http://www.topix.com/forum/ca/toronto-on/T9S4J7VB3GJUB51BS

Taking our candy industry "Life Savers is moving its candy factory from Michigan to Canada, where sugar is cheaper, displacing 600 employees" http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0320-02.htm

Quietly taking over the technology industry http://www.bctechnology.com/statics/bh-jan0501.html

In general, they are trying to take over the US!!!

And you know why our industry is moving to Canada? Universal healthcare. If GM could get out of the healthcare business (right now it's primarily a healthcare provider who happens to sell cars to try to pay for it) things would improve tremendously. This is why I've been advocating that Michigan enact universal healthcare for years.

pffft, in general we're trying to take over the world, just in case you haven't noticed.

The next stage of the plan is an Arctic invasion of Russia.

*nods*

Strange brew.
"The power of the force stopped you, you hosers."

Don't be surprised if we find a NAU with Canada and the US at the helm. Quite similar, we are. Speak English. Hated by a number of French people. We should join forces and conquer Latin America. And by "we", I mean the US, 'cause the New York Police Department is larger than your military. Just sayin'.

Don't be surprised if we find a NAU with Canada and the US at the helm. Quite similar, we are. Speak English. Hated by a number of French people. We should join forces and conquer Latin America. And by "we", I mean the US, 'cause the New York Police Department is larger than your military. Just sayin'.

No, just....no...

No, just....no...

It's true, man! The Canadian military is something like 47,000 and the NYPD is something like 55,000.

It's true, man! The Canadian military is something like 47,000 and the NYPD is something like 55,000.

I was objecting to your whole North American Union thing. A lot of our identity is "We aren't the USA"

the Canadian military has about 60 000 active soldiers, with 25 000 Reserve. Not much, but I doubt the NYPD has a budget of $16.9 Billion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_military

I was objecting to your whole North American Union thing. A lot of our identity is "We aren't the USA"

the Canadian military has about 60 000 active soldiers, with 25 000 Reserve. Not much, but I doubt the NYPD has a budget of $16.9 Billion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_military

Huh...maybe the Secretary of Defense's employee lied to me...then again, that wouldn't be a surprise. Anyway, we could kick your ass and you know it. I also don't mean to start an argument here, but... I think we can both acknowledge it to be true.

Huh...maybe the Secretary of Defense's employee lied to me...then again, that wouldn't be a surprise. Anyway, we could kick your ass and you know it. I also don't mean to start an argument here, but... I think we can both acknowledge it to be true.

Yes you could kick our ass and we know it, but it would be bad for the US's image. What argument? I thought we were just having a friendly chat?

Yes you could kick our ass and we know it, but it would be bad for the US's image. What argument? I thought we were just having a friendly chat?

Yes, we were, but whenever I mention the fact that our military is superior, some Canadian comes out of the blue and starts flaming. Also, I kinda like Canada better. Probably because you haven't done anything to piss anybody else off.

Has anyone mentioned beer, hockey, and Celine Dion yet?

Not all of it [Freshwater]. Much of the Great Lakes are in the US.
Hahaha... There is nothing "fresh" about the water in the Great Lakes.

Hahaha... There is nothing "fresh" about the water in the Great Lakes.

Except in the sense that it might try to pinch your ass if you aren't paying attention.

Not all of it. Much of the Great Lakes are in the US.

You left off the fact that about half of Canada is made of boreal-forest-spotted lake.

Canada also makes me think of sinful deliciousness.

*runs off to get herself some chocolate*

Not all of it.
True
Much of the Great Lakes are in the US.
Not so true. Fully half of the great lakes are Canadian. In fact, except for lake Michigan, they're pretty much evenly split. Except that we get more of lake superior.

Not all of it. Much of the Great Lakes are in the US.

97% of fresh water is in Canada (even if it is frozen)



If anyone tried to wage war on us, I think that a lot of other countries would join up against the attacker. Everyone likes us more than you guys anyway (America).

You left off the fact that about half of Canada is made of boreal-forest-spotted lake.

Hmm, despite having basically lived in Northern Ontario (Sault Sainte Marie) for over a year I wasn't aware of this. Still, attempting to use this water would cause enormous damage to the ecosystem.

Not so true. Fully half of the great lakes are Canadian. In fact, except for lake Michigan, they're pretty much evenly split. Except that we get more of lake superior.

Half isn't "much"?

You left off the fact that about half of Canada is made of boreal-forest-spotted lake.

Hmm, despite having basically lived in Northern Ontario (Sault Sainte Marie) for over a year I wasn't aware of this. Still, attempting to use this water would cause enormous damage to the ecosystem.

Not so true. Fully half of the great lakes are Canadian. In fact, except for lake Michigan, they're pretty much evenly split. Except that we get more of lake superior.

Half isn't "much"?

Half isn't "much"?
Not in the sentance "Much of the great lakes belong to the USA." Much never meant "half". It means "more than" or "most of it".

They have a lot of water, sure. But not more than half the great lakes.

Not in the sentance "Much of the great lakes belong to the USA." Much never meant "half". It means "more than" or "most of it".

They have a lot of water, sure. But not more than half the great lakes.

Had I meant "more than" or "most of" I'd have said that.

I'm very familiar with who owns what in the Great Lakes as I've lived in Michigan most of my life.

To head off a lot of discussion I'll state up front that I'm not trying to make a "hurr! our dick is bigger than yours!" point, I'm just saying that the Great Lakes belong to the US just as much as they do to Canada.

Not in the sentance "Much of the great lakes belong to the USA." Much never meant "half". It means "more than" or "most of it".

Not in US usage. It means "a substantial amount".

"I spend much of my time gardening." does not mean, on the average, more than 12 hours a day.

If we use it differently here, perhaps its the Spanish influence, where "mucho" means "much" as I've described it, where your meaning would translate as "la mayor parte".

If we use it differently here, perhaps its the Spanish influence, where "mucho" means "much" as I've described it, where your meaning would translate as "la mayor parte".

To be fair, my English likely isn't any more Spanish influenced than theirs since I live about 3 hours away from Canada. I've spent a substantial amount of time in Canada and no one knew I wasn't Canadian until I told them. To be honest, I think it was a case of being extremely sensitive to the sorts of "America is da bestest!!!" posts that are so frequent on this forum.

Not in US usage. It means "a substantial amount".

"I spend much of my time gardening." does not mean, on the average, more than 12 hours a day.

If we use it differently here, perhaps its the Spanish influence, where "mucho" means "much" as I've described it, where your meaning would translate as "la mayor parte".

Must be my french heritage heating up. Anyways, it's not worth pursuing more than this.

Apologies, NW. It's not worth fighting over. It wasn't a knee-jerk "you USians!" reaction too. It was more "grammar-nazi"esque.

Not in US usage. It means "a substantial amount".

"I spend much of my time gardening." does not mean, on the average, more than 12 hours a day.

If we use it differently here, perhaps its the Spanish influence, where "mucho" means "much" as I've described it, where your meaning would translate as "la mayor parte".

This is the problem you encounter when you try to translate too literal. "Mucho" actually means "a lot". Mucho de tomar, mucho de comer, as an example, trs: to eat a lot, to drink a lot.

"La mayor parte", to use that, does not convey what that phrase really means. Sorry. In that case, it should be used as "en su mayoría", "la gran parte".