"Norah Bleazard" <norah.dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
[...]
:> The remark has sent Americans into such a tizzy some are now
:> dusting off their
:> atlases to find out where Canada is located.
: I'll get crap from this one... but most Americans have trouble realizing
: that anything even exists past their border and are always in complete shock
: when they find out they weren't the first, the discoverer, or the inventor
: of a specific item.
Its not that we think there's nothing outside of our borders, its
just that we realize that there's nothing *of any consequence* outside
of our borders - a small difference but an important one. ;-) Hoo boy,
here it comes! :-)
(Ok, Toronto DML meets excepted of course, but even that is the
direct result of the US export of Daks.) ;-) (Whew! Worked some
Dak content in there after all!) ;-)
:> Every Canadian-born hockey player now toiling for an American
:> team will also
:> return to the Great White North.
:>
:> We’ll enlist the guy who starred in the “I am Canadian” commercials to
:> deliver speeches
:> to rally the troops across this vast country.
: WOOOOOHOOOOOOO go Joe go!!!... I got the video of his rant... funniest
: commercial ever not viewed by an American.
In that case you may not want to read this:
http://www.freedomsite.org/pipermail/fs_announce/2000/000105.html
:-) It doesn't echo my sentiments exactly, but I must admit, I
do agree with most of what he says. I dunno - I never really cared
for the commercial - it can be funny viewed from a certain perspective
I suppose, but I think they went too far with the diversity and anti-american
"policing the world" bit. When I "read between the lines" I don't like
what I see. Not because of the anti-american sentiments directly, but
the socialist undertones that form the basis of those sentiments.
BTW, anyone who hasn't seen the commercial can find it here:
http://us.share.geocities.com/cf1051andonly/videos/Iamcdian.mov
If that doesn't work for you, a google search will no doubt turn up
other copies.
Oh, speaking of being a commercial not viewed by Americans - for obvious
reasons, it was not aired in the US; I guess Molson wants the ugly Americans
to continue buying their swill. Those pesky Americans - so easy to make fun
of yet so nescessary to their bottom line. ;-)
: Which reminds me of a joke I
: read recently... best sentence that no American will understand... Honey,
: pass me a "SERVIETTE" I've spilled my "POUTINE" on the "CHESTERFIELD".
I understand 2/3rds of that sentance - is there a consolation prize? :-)
UG!H Never mind - I just looked up "poutine" and discovered what it is.
(A waste of perfectly good french fries!) I know, someone figured that
french fries were just too darn healthy and needed a heapin' helpin' of
cheese curd and gravy! ;-) Why am I NOT surprised to discover that
this monstrosity came from Quebec? ;-)
Doesn't it look yummy? http://www.quebecinfo.com/restpoutine/
:-)
[...]
: The Invasion as already begun Tom. I've been spotting Tim Horton's in
: Michigan and New York. We're hitting them slowly with coffee and donuts.
: The typical Canadian type of invasion - slow and steady. First with hockey,
: actors, music, and now... WHAMMO... Timmy's. And I believe there are at
: least 2 Swiss Chalet restaurants in the U.S.
Very true! There is a Tim Hortons that just opened up in town here,
right next to McDonalds (gasp! the horror!) I was distrustful of it
from the start, but I had no idea how deep the conspiracy went! ;-)
Fortunately, living in such close proximity to "THE PIT" has rendered me
impervious to to its culinary evils. (Mud pit evil is stronger than Tim
Hortons evil.) ;-)
---Jon-
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