# Are "the Canadians" Right to Laugh At Us? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826 "2010-03-01T04:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/41 "2010-03-01T21:55:21Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sure, but smoked beaver just isn’t going to catch on. Oh, you sweet innocent child . . . ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/42 "2010-03-01T22:03:57Z")
The only people getting laughed at are the ones who take the original email seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/43 "2010-03-01T22:13:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > No poutine on the west coast. How about smoked salmon? Eh, no thanks. We’ve got lox - same deal. Thanks, though! /wanders off in search of poutine. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/44 "2010-03-01T22:14:28Z")
The OP was **Hooveroid’s** first Dope post. Odds there will ever be a second? ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/45 "2010-03-01T22:20:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The OP was **Hooveroid’s** first Dope post. Odds there will ever be a second? So…is it right to laugh at **Hooveroid**? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/46 "2010-03-01T23:09:48Z")
Let him offer sacrifice to the jackal-headed god, Anewbies, and all will be forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/47 "2010-03-01T23:18:10Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > The OP was **Hooveroid’s** first Dope post. Odds there will ever be a second? From his/her [profile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), it looks like they joined, signed on, posted then signed off. So I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/48 "2010-03-02T00:04:07Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > This is a guy who says of Sarah Palin: > And my favorite: > I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that he doesn’t speak for all, many, or probably even any Canadians. Maybe **Sam Stone**? I guess there are a few Canucks who have a romantic vision of the USA happily divorced from personal experience. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/49 "2010-03-02T00:07:17Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Maybe **Sam Stone**? I guess there are a few Canucks who have a romantic vision of the USA happily divorced from personal experience. Galganov makes **Sam Stone** look like a sandal-wearing dope smoking hippie. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/50 "2010-03-02T00:12:35Z")
Don’t lump me in with that clown, please. > [@](#): > > Galganov makes Sam Stone look like a sandal-wearing dope smoking hippie. I resent that characterization. I don’t wear sandals. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/51 "2010-03-02T00:22:11Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Please do not make veiled threats you have no intention of following through on. We already have somebody who does that. Yeah, but Ted Nugent refuses to come to Canada and Chuck Norris doesn’t know where it is. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/52 "2010-03-02T03:05:40Z")
This thread is really confusing me - are we all dope-smoking hippies or right-wing reactionaries? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/53 "2010-03-02T03:10:47Z")
My guess would be that the SDMB is heavily populated with dope-smoking reactionaries, but none of them have shown up here to actually debate anything. Thread Closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826.md?page=2)