OT: I would like to congratuelate the prime minister of Canada, Tim Hortons,

[narf poit chez BOOM]

For finally getting a double-double, that is, support from both sides of congress.

One hour of TALKING TO AMERICANS reruns! BWAHAHAHA!!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ April 27, 2004, 03:56: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Renegade 13]

LOL! I love hearing what Americans think about Canada....and the misconceptions some have http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Yes, there's getting to be to many caribou in Vancouver. Even the timbits aren't enough now.

[Kamog]

Yep, it's always snowy up here and we live in igloos.

[bearclaw]

hee hee

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Kamog:
Yep, it's always snowy up here and we live in igloos. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah, I heard their buillding a dome to preserve our national igloo/capital building.

[Karibu]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Yes, there's getting to be to many caribou in Vancouver. Even the timbits aren't enough now. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Am I allowed to go into Vancouver? WAU!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
No, really, what was the prime minister talking about?

[Kamog]

Also, all of us add "eh" to the end of our sentences when we talk. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I don't know anybody who does that!

[Fyron]

Of course, Canadians have just as many misconceptions about Americans as Americans have about Canadians. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Of course, Canadians have just as many misconceptions about Americans as Americans have about Canadians. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">We have proof. Do you have proof? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ April 27, 2004, 06:59: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Fyron]

Proof of what exactly?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Proof of what exactly? <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That Canadians, for example, think that the capital of the US is chicago?

'Cause Al Gore thinks the capital of Canada is Toronto. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Yef]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
That Canadians, for example, think that the capital of the US is chicago?

'Cause Al Gore thinks the capital of Canada is Toronto. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Al Gore doesnt count.
He invented the internet, remember?

I'll send him an e-mail. How in the world can he forget that Montreal is the capital?

Oh wait, it's Ottawa! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Cirque du Soleil is brainwashing me!!!

[Renegade 13]

Originally posted by Kamog:
Also, all of us add "eh" to the end of our sentences when we talk. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I don't know anybody who does that! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, I do add "eh" to my sentences sometimes. Not often, but where it fits http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

And Fyron, I'd wager the average American has more misconceptions about Canada, than Canadians have about America.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

I hear Canadians get a free voucher ration for Kokanee or Moosehead Beer! They still drive Studabakers/Avanti's, and are good with Duct Tape origami. Regina (rhymes with...) has a good internationally famous ballet company. And seems all good sci-fi shows are coming out of Vancouver! And as for Baby Harp Seals...I hear they secrete a life saving medicine from their brains when hit. Yellow Knife sounds like a real rocking place to go!

Yellow Knife really does sound cool, just like Bad Axe Michigan!

[David E. Gervais]

One thing that Canadians can do is Spell 'Canada' using only 3 letters..

C 'eh, N 'eh, D 'eh.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

hmm...might want to explain that first statement a bit. There's a Canadian-made comedy show called This Hour Has 22 Minutes, in the form of a news show, and one of the segments they make is called TALKING TO AMERICANS and yes, it's printed and sounds like that when they say the name.

They had an hour-long compilation of segments. Basically, they find an american and some of these people are college students and proffeser's, being fooled about their area of expertise. Obviously, some people go along with it for a joke, but some people are all to obviously fooled.

[Karibu]

Heh, I have no idea if this is true or not, but I once read somewhere following conversation between George W. Bush and some finnish man:

GWB: Hello, where are you from?
finnish man: I am from Finland
GWB: Oh really? I haven't visited that state yet.

However, there actually is three or four places in USA, which are called "Finland". Don't ask me where, but I once saw them in some map in internet. One was in east coast, one was somewehere near Chicago and one might have been in middle west. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Yef]

Originally posted by Renegade 13:


And Fyron, I'd wager the average American has more misconceptions about Canada, than Canadians have about America. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't know how it is in Canuckistan, but in many other countries people think that America is what they see on the TV.