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Originally Posted by Rndm
"meh" is a term used out of sloth... as used by the Simpsons characters many times.
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Hmmm, well, thanks for setting me straight on that one.
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Originally Posted by Gimpy
when i was in gr.9 geography we watched this video entitled "American Ignorance" which was a guy goin around to diff. parts of the states and asking questions about canada to various american citizens and it was just halarious, here is what i remember from that video:
Some guy in Texas -
About how big is Canada?
Uhh, pretty dang big, i'd say about the size of texas
Did you know VCRs were just legalized in Canada?
Really? Already?
What are your thoughts on the Polar Bear hunting marathon every year on Toronto?
Oh, I think its very creul and should be stopped immediatly
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Well, the movie was entitled "American Ignorance", of course they wouldnt show any intelligent Americans in the movie. Most of us here are not that dumb. I will admit that us Americans do not know as much about current Canadian events and Canadian culture as Canadians know about America. How would we? All the news on channels such as CNN is American news, or about America in another country. We dont even have the opportunity to learn about current Canadian issues.
I could go out and make a movie and call it "Canadian Ignorance", but I doubt I would get anything like what was in "American Ignorance", simply because Canadians know more about America than Americans know about Canada.
But like I said before, most Americans are not stupid enough to say that Canada is the size of Texas. Obviously that moron has never even glanced at a map. And about the VCR's, I have no idea why an American would say that. The things that come to most americans mind is this "Cold, Snowy, Hockey, and fishing." The other "first thing" that comes to peoples mind is that Canada is like Americas brother. That is how a common layperson sees Canada.