What is Canada?

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Rndm

"meh" is a term used out of sloth... as used by the Simpsons characters many times.

Hmmm, well, thanks for setting me straight on that one.

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

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.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

lol, i heard an interesting comment today :

Canada and america is like kazaa and kazaa lite, all of the good stuff none of the sh*t
i don't actually believe this, well on some points such as the lack of slavery in Canada as well as guns not being part of the constitution, but other than some points, Canada is essentially the same thing as america, in fact many of the stars in hollywood and music come from canada, including jim carrey, ashton kutcher, Shania Twain, Not By Choice, and many more that i can't remember off the top of my head, but you'd be surprised. Also many movies are shot in Canada, such as bulletproof monk, all of that was Toronto. in any case, Southern Canada is just aboot the same thing as america.

Also where did the "aboot" originate, because i've known all the time that it was from americans, but than south park said it was canadians, but the only reason i say it is because it sounds funny. I have yet to meet anyone that uses it on a daily basis

[Hero2]

what comic was it that said all canada has for a navy was a tug boat

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

lol, thats actually very untrue during the second world war, Canada had a bigger Navy than the Americans

[Mechadragon]

Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe

lol, thats actually very untrue during the second world war, Canada had a bigger Navy than the Americans

Considering how much of our navy was lost in Pearl Harbor, that doesn't surprise me.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

i meant before that

[Hero2]

we still took two beaches to your one

[Joeiss]

Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe

lol, i heard an interesting comment today :
well on some points such as the lack of slavery in Canada

Know your facts before you post. There was slavery in Canada. If you want me to talk about it, I will, lol.

Originally Posted by Hero2

we still took two beaches to your one

And we also got further than anybody else, and then had to come back and help out the Brits and the Americans... so your point?

[Hero2]

we alos took the heavest beachs you got the easy beach

[Joeiss]

It really doesn't matter man.

If they would have switched positions, the opposite would just happen. American troops would have pushed through, and Canadian troops would have needed help. It makes no difference in the end.

And I am not sure if you are trying to make fun of the Canadian Military of this time... Because anybody who knows anything about war knows that whenever the Canadians would move into a position (especially in WWI), it meant something big was about to happen.

[Hero2]

lol operation human shield

[Joeiss]