canadian thenestor It's like the fifty-first state or something. They have snow and junk. Damn non-Californians with their damn snow and junk. 981121 ... k the border has been peaceful for a hundred years or something. after the "aroostook war" or something like that. it's fairly pretty though. but canadians get to have those cool accents. my accent is a mixture of new york, california, british, and cuban :) gotta love florida. 981121 ... kathryn The last war we had with the States, we won. I don't think that record would really stay so unsullied if we tried again, say, right now. But I can still say it. 990204 ... Annie My friend Andrew is Canadian, and he has the cutest accent ever. He says "bean" for "been" (but he says I say "Ben" for "been"). And Canada also has better candy bars than we do. In addition, all packaging is in French and English, so I can feel continental... when really, I'm just schlepping around Windsor's shoreline. 990205 ... jules i'm canadian. i am canadian. i'm glad i have to take french in school. i'm glad we have gun laws and i don't have to pass a metal detector to get into school. i don't know anyone who lives in an igloo. i think our flag is pretty. i have american friends and i like them. 990318 ... Derek Canada kicks ass. By speaking french, I can say things like «vous parlez trop de merde» and none of you now what the hell I'm saying! Persoannly, I haven't seen too many differnces between the coutries, we all surf the same internet, watch basically the same TV shows, listen to the same music and so on.... 990415 ... Annie But I do understand what you're saying. I took French for six years. Broadened my love for croissants. 990415 ... kitty why do americans feel this driving need to comment on the so called canadian accent? is it a peculiarity of the american ear drum that causes them to hear "aboot" where "about" was spoken? the only accent i've ever heard give that spin to the word was scottish, which we ain't. 990701 ... sheila broslofski blame canada! 990702 ... emsie I am canadian too. I haven't really noticed anything wicked about our country, until it was brought to my attention. I've been taking french for 13 years now, and I totally love it. I don't really think canadians have accents tho. I've never said "aboot", and I've never heard anyone say it. I like our health care system and the multiculturalism of my city (toronto). I like our gun laws too. I think canada is great. 990702 ... ewrw ewr 991109 ... deadpilot godspeed you black emperor! more than makes up for alanis 991206 ... alicia I am a 17 yr old girl living in Ohio and I was just recently told that I have Canadian accent ! My friends now analyze the way i pronounce everything. It gets rather annoying. They set me up to be forced to say the word "out" just so they can laugh. I don't even know any canadian's ! I may have picked it up from my father who spend a lot of his summers in Windsor or even my grandparent's who are in Canada a lot ? 991214 ... Anne Ashcraft I think Canada SUCKS ASS! Canadians are all a bunch of moose-f*uckers (except for Tom Green. He's cool because he admitted that Canada SUCKS.) What do Canadians do for fun? I bet they like to shove icicles up their asses. USA rules ( especially CA, but all the states are really cool in their own ways). I've been to Canada, and all it is is a frozen wasteland. Shout it from the mountaintops: USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA!!!!!!!! 000212 ... lotusflower i cannot live without canadian rubbish. ketchup chips rule! 000212 ... stan Anne, I love the USA too. It's about the only place on earth where you can be ethnocentric, xenophobic, orallyproflatulant and just downright ugly, and no one will think it strange that you are proud of it. God bless America! (where we don't need to work on ourselves because we can nuke everyone else) 000804 ... claudia not to be anti-american or anything, but what are you ignorant assholes talking about? shut the fuck up, because you're not sounding smart. what do canadians do for fun? we make fun of losers like YOU who don't know shit about our country. so for those few americans who haven't got a clue, keep your mouths shut. we kicked your ass once, and we'll do it again. I AM CANADIAN. 000822 ... Wayne peace, dudes ya, sure i have a flag but it's just a piece of cloth. i live in vancouver but don't worry about where i walk at night. i've got my own version of independence day and my idea of excitement is to hopefully go camping if it falls on a weekend. so what if i miss fireworks, i make my own. i eat szechuan, greek and vietnamese food amongst others. less than half my friends are white and i prefer it that way because they are easier to get along with. i pay a huge amount in taxes. the world does not hate my country. they kind of ignore it as if it were norway or something. i can go to almost anywhere in the world on my passport too without fear. this has included places such as haiti and lebanon. the temperature is about 75 out right now, as it has been pretty much all summer. ok, it gets cooler at night. way up high in the mountains, sure, i did see a little bit of snow. i can go camping and backpacking all over the place for free. this summer i have seen amazing lakes and mountains and waterfalls. the ocean is right next door. most cars on the road look under 5 years old. i never notice garbage on our streets. the grungy area of town is really quite small, probably way less than a square mile. i could make way more money in the states but no thanks. i'd rather be here. now that's national pride. 000823 ... claudia VERY well said. did i sound too abrasive before? i'm so sorry if i did. but hey, moose make excellent lovers. 000823 ... moonshine I didnt think anything good came out of canada until this last week. Fucking beautiful canadian men. 000904 ... klairchen The canadian are quite lovely, yes it's true. Keep it a secret though. 000904 ... klairchen The Canadian Men, that is. 000904 ... splinken canada plays a large part in the what-if game, sometimes. what if we lived in Quebec? what if we were part of a militant faction of the free-quebec-movement? what if we patrolled our streets with guns, just like the panthers did? to police the police. that sort of thing. i didn't what-if these things, someone else did. but i have given them a lot of though. 000904 ... ducky I was starting to get scared there for a bit, splinken. 000904 ... *CatMeow* I love the fact that we can hold an election and find out who is now running our country in the SAME day... I hate the fact that Stockwell Day was even an option in our election... I love the fact that my country is not egocentric and self-centered enough to call itself "the most powerful country in the world"... I hate the fact that we're not... I love the fact when I hold a door open for someone, they'll say thank you... I hate the fact that it's so cliche that we're polite... I love the fact that I'm a Canadian... I hate the fact that people are judging me (or anyone for that matter) based on my geographical location on the globe. 001207 ... Kate Fletcher I am doing a paper on why Americans dislike canadians, and I never realized that this issue is so big. As children we are taught not to descriminate against people who are different. This is exactly what americans are doing. Okay okay, some of our music sucks a little, and we have weird accents, but so does everyone. We are also one of the only countries in the world without nuclear bombs, and we have gun laws that make a lot of sense. I believe that there is so much hatred towards Canada, because we confuse Americans. Our customs are very similar, but at the same time very different. However, I do not want to come across as someone who dislikes Americans, and I know that not all Americans hate Canadians, however there are a great deal that do, and I hope that someday, no one will care about which country you come from, or what kind of clothes you wear, or the colour of your skin. Everyone should remember that there is only one race in this world, and that is the human race. 010327 ... no one I'm American, and I must say that I sadly have this untrue but existent hatred towards Canadians. I thought about it and I have absolutely no basis for this, so I asked my friend one day why we hate Canadians. He basically said that it was because Canada has no culture. No important literature has ever come from there, only Alanis Morrissette and Barenaked Ladies. Jim Carrey and Mike Meyers. Those are the only things anyone has ever gained from that country. I admit I didn't look into it or anything so there could be some wonderful writers from there and I just don't know it, but I thought about it and couldn't think of any. I think it's just that you guys have never done anything truly significant or impressive that has had any real, lasting effect on the world. 010327 ... k ok wher is miniver when this blather really needs her... 010327 ... kennee hey no_one, maybe you know nothing of Canada because your american education system has failed you. the content of your education consists of all-american biases. you know nothing of your wonderful and diverse Candadian neighbours. your loss. and just remember, Canada is on top....... 010327 ... Kate Fletcher hey no one, I hope that someday you come and visit canada, so that you will be able to see what a wonderfully divers country it is, i am sure you will not be dissapointed 010328 ... theaustrailianguy "im not a canuck!" -the austrailian guy 010328 ... no one I hope I can, too. I've heard it's nice, but cold. I hate the cold. I'll come sometime during the summer. 010328 ... Kate Fletcher the only time it is cold is in the winter. Is it cold where you live in the winter? Yes. Makes sense doesn't it? Yes, we have a slightly longer winter than some places, but its not that bad. Sorry if that sounded rude, but the reason why everyone thinks canada is so cold is because all our postcards have either igloos, or snow, or something like that! Its a little ridiculous. Canada is beautiful year round, and there is just as much to do in the winter as there is in the summer. 010328 ... no one sorry to have gone along with the stereotype. I'm from a place where people do the same thing, sometimes I've been driven to actually ridicule the obnoxious tourists, so I apologize for having been one of those people. But in all fairness, I don't know anyone from there that could have corrected me. I still don't want to come during the winter, though. Just because I hate the winter everywhere. I'm freezing at 70 degrees and below, so I still think I'll just plan on a summer visit. 010328 ... victim Can't we all just get along? 010329 ... upper canadian hey. i'm canadian. 8th generation. i've passed much time in the forest, adrift in a canoe or stolid in the snow, staring at the stars, with no one around for miles. by force of will or otherwise, during such times i've lost myself. become the forest. been reminded that, in the big show, i'm as close as it gets to nothing. such intimations're nothing new, and've been had by many peoples in many places and times, but the fact that canada facilitated them for me, personally, is the reason i love this country as i do. it has made me humble. to me, it's all about the land, not the people. cheers. 010329 ... Kevin Im canadian. I have no problems with the United States, only when some idiots think that Canada sucks, when, in fact, it is a better place to live. In the summer it's hot, in the winter it's cold, and in fall and spring its cool. Best climate in the world! We have the best bacon, fruits and vegetables, and lumber. Anyone who thinks Canada is not diverse is horribly wrong. Canada is probably MORE diverse than the U.S., without all the racism. Here you will find much more acceptance and respect. Don't forget: C4N4D4 0//N5 j00! 010704 ... nocturnal otay there, fella. a bit hostile with that canadian pride, are we? no need for such bitterness towards us americans, 'specially on our day, eh? 010704 ... Norm I like americans. I like the chicks in California. I like the climate. I like them being our neighbour. I don't see what the fuss is about. Maybe its their beer, I don't understand that. P.S. I'm not Mexican I'm Canadian. 010901 ... . : * p s y b o r g * : . Canada rules. America sucks. Yeah, I'm American, but it's not like I have a choice. I'm going to move as soon as I can. Actually, I'm pretty close to Canada. I live in North Dakota. I went to Winnepeg a few times when I was little, but I don't remember it. I always feel weird for thinking America sucks when everyone else here is all, America is the best country in the world, all the other countries suck ass. A lot of people here are so fucking conceited about America. It disgusts me. I would much rather live in Canada. And yes, they do have a culture. For music, Nelly Furtado and Esthero are Canadian. (Who rule, by the way.) Clothing brands are Brawd, Snug, Geek Boutique, and Luscious. (which also rule) I want to go to Toronto so bad. (I can't resist talking about shopping here, I love it) I saw a site for a store in Toronto and their shit was so fucking dope. Much better than any store around here. Oh, and the biggest mall in the world is in Edmonton, too. Ha. I bet you all thought the Mall of America was the biggest mall in the world. NOT EVEN CLOSE! Edmonton's mall has a thousand something stores, twice as many as the Mall of America. Okay, this is getting long. I think I made my point, so bye. 011029 ... phil goose 020729 ... Suicide Snowman yeah, but what do you fuckers have to say about Bryan Adams and Celine Dion... c'mon, I got more people for that list too... I'm American, and I want an apology. 021203 ... the game Looser pot laws...stronger beer...more choice... I AM CANADIAN and proud to no longer be tha US's BUTT MONKEYED ASS CLOWN!! Who is the true SUPER POWER, I ask you?? 030711 ... Vic I live in French Canada, I'm native from Québec/Saguenay, the home of the French Canadians separatist movement, and when I hear you say that there's people patrolling the streets with guns ... I'm sure of one thing, you never came here, you should, you could see that in fact all the things you heard about phanters like things are pretty false. You don't know us... In anyway. But I still know how English Canadians are as I live near the best french school for english in north america ( The only one thought ) You are fine, polite like us, you got pretty girls like us, well besides the fact that we don't talk the same language, we are the same. Stop beleiving all the shit about Pro-French militants. Ask an english canadian that came here, he will tell you we are fine. I'm proud to live in the only country in the world where frenchs and englishs coexists peacefully. 030915 ... *cough* o.o 030915 ... phil Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon "Green Destiny Sword Sweepstakes" OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS Eligibility. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal U.S. and Canadian residents (excluding residents of New York, Florida, Rhode Island, and any other jurisdiction where Sweepstakes would be prohibited by law) who have reached the Age of Majority (which is 18 years of age in most states within the United States, with some exceptions). 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Death of a Rose i don't think we hate americans any more than americans hate us. it's the vocal minority with their bullhorns shouting out the hate messages, just to prop themselves up on the podium of mutual support. Hell, personally, i think americans rock. But I'd still prefer to live in Canada. 040114 ... Doar but hey...what aboot those sneaky romanians....i'm mean seriously...what's up those people? :-) 040114 ... micky jo my seventh grade history teacher taught us to spell Canada by thinking C eh? N eh? D eh? seems kinda racist now but it works I want to move to Canada to get my masters because studying History in the states seems like a waste of time 040129 ... shivers i am canadian i love it here, ppl are nice well some, i guess its just the same as newhere else 040130 ... smurfus rex my assistant director is from Hamilton, Ontario. his parents were both from Jamaica. his initials are R.C.M.P. I swear. I call him "Jamadian". he says if he gets the security director spot at Vaughan Mills, then I have to go because I'm his ace. I do not wish to live in Canadia. but I do not think it would be worse than Oklahoma. 040130 ... magicforest I hate Hamilton. It's made entirely of one-way streets and it always has a haze of yellow-grey smog over it. But there is something good about it--it's a shorter drive than to Toronto, thus easier for me to get new art supplies from Curry's. 040130 ... no reason there's a film shoot in hamilton tonight. 040130 ... dudeinanigloo I have lived in Canada my whole life, and I have never regretted that fact for a single second. There are so many great things about this country, and the rumour that it is the best country in the world to live in is absolutely true!! There are some Americans who believe the rumours that are being spread around their country, interestingly enough, and they think that we ride polar bears to work, we live in igloos, our parliamentiary buildings are made of ice, etc. Well, I can tell you that I have never seen a polar bear, or an igloo (except on TV). It is also not cold everywhere. You can live in Kelowna (BC) for ten years and you will never see a snowflake (again, except on TV). Our healthcare is a big one, too. If you get injured, and have to go to the hospital, you don't have to pay several hundred dollars just to get treatment. In fact, all hospital services are free!! Healthcare is actually paid for in your TAXES. We are full of good ideas. I'm not saying that living in Canada is better than the US of A. It's just that the living CONDITIONS are a bit better. Our income tax is about 20% higher than yours, but hey, our dollar is worth 70% as much as yours. The higher income tax pays for more public and social services, for example, free hospital services. Try visiting here on your summer vacation. Go to Vancouver, Kelowna, Edmonton, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, or Toronto. You will see that there is something in Canada that you might find interesting. I AM CANADIAN!! 040409 ... minnesota_chris I've heard the old part of Quebec is really pretty, in a European sort of way. 040410 ... smurfus rex the more I watch World News Tonight the more I think about moving to Canada. Nobody calls Canada the Great Satan. 040411 ... alex canadiens really dun have a culture. they take everythin from us. listen to them bullshit about everythin. they got fuckn' nuthin to brag about. 040412 ... pete Thanks alex.. we have a culture, we don't take everything from you, we tend not to brag too openly, and i am not a nationalist. 040412 ... magicforest Oh my god, Minnesota Chris, you have no idea...basilicas and cobblestone streets and statues and ornaments and wrought iron and little patisseries and chocolateries and friendly people everywhere. When I die I want to go to old Montreal. Also, to Alex, if we take everything from the USA (I presume you meant the USA) then why does our country have things you don't? Like sanity? 040412 ... misstree reposted from american, because if alex can do it, so can i, and it really deserved to be on the canadian page: ___ they can spell better than you, for starters. and they actually have air you can breathe. that's why they import arctic winds; so we have to keep our own refuse to ourselves. and they're nowhere near as bloodthirsty as americans. and they believe that sick people should be healed. and they don't go into siezures when someone accidentally flashes a tit. and they don't have as many babies making babies, or as many of their own citizens in jail. yep, those canuck bastards. they should all go back to canadia and just send us smoked hams and sketch comedy. aaaah... i got nothin'. just got sick of quotes. :P and, i have to add, while doing telephone customer cervix, i fell in love with canadians. even nicer than texans. i tell ya, someone's doing something right up there. and after watching a town hall meeting just after the 9/11 bombings and seeing how reasonable and intelligent everyone was acting, well, poo on you for being so durned cold or i'd export myself in your direction. licks canadians. 040412 ... Smurf This pleases me 040423 ... Smurf No, honestly, Cold Rocks! You havn't lived untill you've had a 20 person snowball fight in 2 feet of snow in the middle of July! Everyone Go to Russ.. Err, CANADA! 040423 ... dudeinanigloo Alex and mistree: I don't intend to be all "anti-American" or anything, but DO YOU HAVE A FUCKING CLUE?! It's ignorant Yankees like you that us Canadians make fun of. Shut the fuck up, because you don't sound intelligent! 040515 ... minnesota_chris go reread what misstree wrote, and apologize. She'll spank ya otherwise. Unless you don't get sarcasm, in which never mind. 040516 ... dudeinanigloo I do get sarcasm chris, but there is a point at which it doesn't work anymore. When you willingly and knowingly make fun of someone's country, and its culture, then sarcasm just doesn't cut it. I apologize if I was a little rough earlier, but that's just how I feel. 040516 ... dudeinanigloo I do get sarcasm chris, but there is a point at which it doesn't work anymore. When you willingly and knowingly make fun of someone's country, and its culture, then sarcasm just doesn't cut it. I apologize if I was a little rough earlier, but that's just how I feel. 040516 ... dudeinanigloo I do get sarcasm chris, but there is a point at which it doesn't work anymore. When you willingly and knowingly make fun of someone's country, and its culture, then sarcasm just doesn't cut it. I apologize if I was a little rough earlier, but that's just how I feel. 040516 ... dudeinanigloo whoops, didn't mean to post it three times... 040516 ... ethereal hey dudeinanligloo....HEY wait!! DUDE IN AN IGLOO....ohhhhh I get it!! Canadian right? Cause you know...igloo...snow...ice...cold...you know!! Canada, eh? It seems even you are a victim of your own pet peeve... 040516 ... dudeinanigloo Ah, this post is just reeking intelligence today. Yes, genius, that is what I based my name on. Now please explain to me two things: 1. What you were trying to accomplish in writing that; and 2. What the hell that last sentence means. 040520 ... Robin Williams Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party. 040520 ... minnesota_chris I'm just saying that misstree likes Canadians. What she was saying was S A R C A S M which means to speak in a way opposite of how you truly feel. which means when she wrote "yep, those canuck bastards. they should all go back to canadia and just send us smoked hams and sketch comedy." she was imitating a stupid guy. She doesn't actually feel that way. Although you do have very good hams and sketch comedy. Really really good. 040521 ... magicforest you know? we really do. 040521 ... obvious bacon 040522 ... yosemite i have to say canadian men are hot and great in bed! that is what it is all aboot! 040725 ... puredream yeah, and who the fuck says aboot? I've never understood that... 040725 ... grandmafolk being canadian doesn't mean anything because i am not proud nor proud of you 041208 ... werd Whos from Tdot? 041214 ... tuned ur asses i bet you yanks arent taught in school that the canadian militia burnt washington to the ground and the original whitehouse (whatever the fuck u call it). BOOYA! 041214 ... tuned ur asses i bet you yanks arent taught in school that the canadian militia burnt washington to the ground and the original whitehouse (whatever the fuck u call it). BOOYA! 041214 ... milo i am !! 041227 ... david Hi, David from New York here. With all due respect to idiots, Claritas Institute puts Canada on the list of most diverse countries on earth. The United States, however, surpases it. The major disconnect is the border country. Canadians visit all-white border states and, to a lesser degree, US border citizens visit Border provinces in remote places such as such as Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and a dual image of "all white" socieites emerge. One only need visit Totonto, Vancouver or, for that matter, New York City, Miami, Los Angeles --- in fact all of the Southwest --- to realize that both countries are holding on to b.s. notions of the othre. Let's stop hating one another and start getting along. You are only truly "diverse" when you arrive at the realization that, although white people may suck, you would't change yourself for the world. All people suck, and, if you travel the world, you will see that the people that bitch and moan in our societies, have no value for human life in theirs. 060604 ... thot I think the Canadian take on diversity is the "fluid mosaic" model, rather than the (arguably American) "melting pot" model. Meaning, I suppose, those heartfelt "I American now!" immigrant cries from cliched films and TV clips don't translate into Canada-speak. More of a "Well, you are whatever you were when you came here, except that now you can say you live in Canada. And we'll accomodate you by putting up street signs in whatever language your area speaks." Another thing is that people who come to Canada usually only come to our big cities (all diverse), rather than the thousands of little white suburbs and rural communities scattered in between. Anyway, Canada is as multicultural as any other place, it's just more proud of it. Plus we've got a low population, so we love us some new meat. 060604 ... dipperwell I know this place is where I am, No other place is better then. No matter where I go I am, Proud to be Canadian! I am, you know I am, I am Canadian! I am, you know I am, I am Canadian! (Come on!) I love this country where I am, This land is where I make my stand. No other heart is truer than, The one we call Canadian, Sing it! I am, you know (you know I am) I am Canadian (you know I am) I am, you know I am (you know I am) I am Canadian. I AM CANADIAN! sings (anyone else know this?) 060604 what's it to you? who go blather from