# Canada the insignificant fart in a windstorm! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853 "2006-07-01T07:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/101 "2006-07-03T15:32:55Z")
You know, it seems like a an iron law of these boards that any rant about Canadia will devolve by the second page into badinage and the exchange of geographic trivia. Has anyone else noticed this? ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/102 "2006-07-03T15:34:38Z")
Oh, my God, I just wrote “Canadia!” Jesus, I’m suggestible! ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/103 "2006-07-03T16:03:45Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > You know, it seems like a an iron law of these boards that any rant about Canadia will devolve by the second page into badinage and the exchange of geographic trivia. Has anyone else noticed this? Yep, I’ve noticed it, too. Evidently neither Canada nor people saying bad things about Canada gets anyone all that angry… ---
**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/104 "2006-07-03T16:09:27Z")
> [@The Flying Dutchman](#): > > In the interest of thoroughness on this topic. > > While researching to respond to the Quebec Separation thread I came across quite a few regions of Maine and one in New Hampshire that can claim Canadian territory that lies due south. My God, do you ever stop paying for a mistake around here? If this doesn’t cease pretty soon I’m leaving for Canadia. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/105 "2006-07-03T16:19:27Z")
> [@Ring](#): > > My God, do you ever stop paying for a mistake around here? If this doesn’t cease pretty soon I’m leaving for Canadia. Head south, if you do! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/106 "2006-07-03T16:19:43Z")
Jeez I wrote Canadia also. I thought about doing it, but then I said to myself, “No, this late in the game it’d be lame,” and then I did it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/107 "2006-07-03T16:24:32Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Head south, if you do! 😛 Ok here comes my first true Pit response: “Go jump in the lake.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/108 "2006-07-03T16:42:30Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Head south, if you do! 😛 What? You don’t want **Ring** to travel through your state? Its a long way over the poles. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/109 "2006-07-03T17:23:46Z")
As an Alaskan (I’ve been living down here in the Seattle area temporarily for the last 12 years), I feel that entitles me to a sense of superiority to both Canadians and Lower48ians. Fairbanks Alaska wins any internet hometown pissing contest ever. I win. Case closed. Buh-bye. Bye now. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/110 "2006-07-03T17:29:56Z")
> [@MelCthefirst](#): > > I don’t get the point of the OP. > The vast majority of countries are probably insignificant on their own. > If Canada doesn’t sing its own praises and ensure its own TV shows and films are produced, who will? > NZ is only just (last 10 years or so) starting to develop a sense of national pride - let’s be honest, who else will do this? _I’m_ proud of New Zealand. You guys have . . . those bird things . . . apparently quite a lot of sheep . . . oh, and kiwi fruits. I like those. Although they’re originally Chinese. I guess you guys will just have to content yourselves with living in one of the most spectacularly beautiful places in the world. I need to take a vacation to New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/111 "2006-07-03T17:40:53Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Canada is to America as Scotland is to England… Yes, indeed, since Canada was ruled by the U.S., has been at war with the U.S., uses American money (although they print it themselves), and has at various times shared a monarch with the U.S. … Oh, and don’t forget that bit where the Americans told the Canadians they couldn’t wear their clan colors anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/112 "2006-07-03T17:44:38Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > Yes, indeed, since Canada was ruled by the U.S., has been at war with the U.S., uses American money (although they print it themselves), and has at various times shared a monarch with the U.S. … Oh, and don’t forget that bit where the Americans told the Canadians they couldn’t wear their clan colors anymore. Well, to be fair, Canada (or at least, what would become Canada) _has_\* been invaded by the US twice. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/113 "2006-07-03T18:04:18Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > Yes, indeed, since Canada was ruled by the U.S., has been at war with the U.S., uses American money (although they print it themselves), and has at various times shared a monarch with the U.S. … Oh, and don’t forget that bit where the Americans told the Canadians they couldn’t wear their clan colors anymore. And don’t forget the time a bunch of Canadians painted themselves blue and mooned the invading American soldiers. Man, that was great. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/114 "2006-07-03T19:11:47Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > And don’t forget the time a bunch of Canadians painted themselves blue and mooned the invading American soldiers. Man, that was great. That was at the Battle of Banff, right? They didn’t actually paint themselves blue. It was just cold that day. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/115 "2006-07-04T04:09:39Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > > [@Ring](#): > > > > My God, do you ever stop paying for a mistake around here? If this doesn’t cease pretty soon I’m leaving for Canadia. > > Head south, if you do! 😛 Hey, don’t be too hard on **Ring** - he’s probably been learning about geography from Stockwell “Doris” Day. ---
**Author:** ![Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ink\_a\_dink\_a\_dink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ink_a_dink_a_dink)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/116 "2006-07-04T07:06:29Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > For eighty years it considered itself an autonomous part of the British Empire, until its King, who like the NWT until recently was named after William Lyon Mackenzie, signed the Treaty of Ogdensburg, by which Canada agreed to stop defining itself as “not part of England” and to start defining itself as “not part of the U.S.” Oh my GOD. I lived in Ogdensburg. The ruinous, rotting pit hellhole of the sucking universe is how I generally refer to it. Inky \*not bitter 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LionelHutz405](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lionelhutz405/32/536_2.png) [@LionelHutz405](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LionelHutz405)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/117 "2006-07-04T14:37:58Z")
A TV announcer discussing the World Cup: “Well, no matter which country wins it, there is going to be a celebration in downtown Toronto.” That’s true, and rather amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/118 "2006-07-04T15:08:46Z")
> [@Ink a dink a dink](#): > > Oh my GOD. I lived in Ogdensburg. The ruinous, rotting pit hellhole of the sucking universe is how I generally refer to it. > > Inky > > \*not bitter 😉 Could be worse. Could be a lot worse. Could be Osnaburgh, Ontario. Think third world living conditions with huge substance abuse and violence problems. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/119 "2006-07-04T21:34:13Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Could be worse. Could be a lot worse. Could be Osnaburgh, Ontario. Think third world living conditions with huge substance abuse and violence problems. As you know, I’ve been there, and considered crafting a post just like yours. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853/120 "2006-07-04T23:57:36Z")
> [@Ink a dink a dink](#): > > Oh my GOD. I lived in Ogdensburg. The ruinous, rotting pit hellhole of the sucking universe is how I generally refer to it. > > Inky > > \*not bitter 😉 Oh, I know Ogdensburg passably well myself. Like the downtown mall that closed down entirely because it couldn’t retain tenants even with free parking and free rent. But it could have been worse – Heuvelton? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-the-insignificant-fart-in-a-windstorm/362853.md?page=7)