# Damned Canadians. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437 "2004-11-12T19:54:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/41 "2004-11-13T04:07:17Z")
And there’s another thing. That one time I went to Canada, you know, the family reunion thing? I mean, I’d been up there before, and I’ve been there since, and I thought I could cope, but you bastards just had to screw with me again. There I was, trying to decipher the menu in that resteraunt, and it was all in _French_. The only person at the table who had a clue about the French Language was my Dad (his mother was from Quebec), and even he was at a loss. It took me almost ten minutes to realize that if I just flipped to the back the whole thing was repeated in English. Canadian English, but still understandable. And what **Polycarp** said. Sheesh. Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/42 "2004-11-13T04:33:57Z")
Just practicing - the Grey Cup game is in Ottawa this year and we have to have snow for that. Now that’s real football! Canadian rules. Championship game held in November - in an outdoor stadium. In the world’s nearly-coldest capital. 😃 Now if only the canal would freeze - we could skate to the game! Anyone remember the Snow Bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/43 "2004-11-13T05:04:33Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > It took me almost ten minutes to realize that if I just flipped to the back the whole thing was repeated in English. Heh-heh. Poche. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/44 "2004-11-13T05:50:26Z")
> [@Das Glasperlenspiel](#): > > Just practicing - the Grey Cup game is in Ottawa this year and we have to have snow for that. > > Now that’s real football! Canadian rules. Championship game held in November - in an outdoor stadium. In the world’s nearly-coldest capital. 😃 > > Now if only the canal would freeze - we could skate to the game! > > Anyone remember the Snow Bowl? [hijack]My Grey Cup tickets arrived by registered mail today! Woo-hoo! Now if the Riders just do the job on Sunday… 😛😛😛😛😛😛 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/45 "2004-11-13T05:56:47Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Sheesh: a little thing like holiday management of weather control, and trust them crazy British North Americans\* to screw it up! > > … > > - Your document of independence is entitled the British North America Act, so that’s the right name. Live with it! 😛 Nitpick # 1: Actually, it’s called the [Constitution Act, 1867](http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/c1867_e.html). Nitpick # 2: It didn’t grant us independence. Our independence arrived gradually, as part of our constitutional evolution. The Brits formally recognized our independence in the [Statute of Westminster, 1931](http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/StatuteofWestminster.html). ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/46 "2004-11-13T06:16:59Z")
Huh. It was 15 degrees and sunny here today. That’s 15 degrees Celsius… ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/47 "2004-11-13T09:11:24Z")
Huh, **alice** , didn’t you get snow in _ **August** _😕 ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/48 "2004-11-13T13:42:39Z")
\ Fuck off. You want it to stop? Tell your TV station meteorologists to start colouring the great nation to the north in a distinguishable fashion. And include some of the provincial boundaries. Then we’ll consider diverting some “cold Canadian air”, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/49 "2004-11-13T14:40:53Z")
Hey some of that Canadian air came all the way to Texas and dropped our temps into the 45 to 60 degree range. I could smell those Canadian’s breath in that cold front! I hate used air! ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437/50 "2004-11-13T18:49:57Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > “Oh, no! It’s SNOWING! I only have the latest SUV, not the Maibatsu Monstrosity, so I must creep 15 FUCKING MILES BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT DOWN WOLF RD!” For some reason, people here get stuck on “Derrrr” and forget how to drive as soon as one flake hits the road. I don’t get it. You’d think they’d never seen snow before. And nothing pisses me off more than an SUV babying his/her precious vehicle by driving slowly and avoiding manhole covers. I think your Maibatsu Monstrosity[sup]TM[/sup] can handle a bump or two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-canadians/274437.md?page=2)