# I am starting to dislike Canadians. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 28, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904 "2003-06-28T02:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/81 "2003-06-29T13:40:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*Ten bucks to anyone who can figure out what this means. \*\* Would that be in United Statesian dollars or in ‘funny money’ (aka Canadian currency)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/82 "2003-06-29T13:50:08Z")
I don’t want anybody to be at all misled by my posts in this thread. I therefore wish to clarify one thing in particular. I do, in fact, tar entire cultures with the same brush after forming an opinion of a single individual. This is how I know, for example, that all Mexicans are radiologists who drive BMWs, and all Dutch guys ride motorcycles, drive Renault station wagons, and have massively hot girlfriends living in California. Also, all posters on the SDMB take things far too seriously, as evidenced by the replies in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/83 "2003-06-29T13:59:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*As near as I can tell, the only redeeming feature of the Quebecois is that they produce some incredibly hot women. Unfortunately, at some point they end up opening their mouths and the garbage they call a language spews out. Then Mr. Happy just wilts. \*\* :rolleyes: You don’t have a clue, do you? ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/84 "2003-06-29T14:04:05Z")
Y’know, I don’t get Americans (those United Statesians, I mean). They’ve got this great big country there, all those people, that big economy, they invented almosy all of the great styles of music from the last century, they’ve kicked the arse of pretty much every country they could get their hands on, and there’s people like **Exgineer** and that still feel they’ve got to shit on people like Canadians. It’s a bit like the big football hero on campus picking on all the dweebs. You start thinking, wait is he [shrek]trying to compensate for something?[/shrek] Then again, I’m impressed that an American like Exgineer has learnt that other countries _exist_. If he keeps that up, he might even be able to one day locate Canada on a map. Kudos to you, Exxy! ---
**Author:** ![WaryEri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea666f/32.png) [@WaryEri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WaryEri)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/85 "2003-06-29T16:34:13Z")
Black people suck. Of course, you should all know that by saying black people suck, I mean that my neighbours Ted and Bob suck, because Ted lets his Great Dane crap on my lawn, and Bob keeps parking in front of my driveway. They happen to be black, but that has nothing to do with why I think they suck. That should have been obvious, geez. And if you got offended by me saying that black people suck, you must be uptight and can’t take a joke. What, Canadians aren’t allowed to get offended and sarcastic about being tarred with the same brush as a handful of asshole tourists? ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/86 "2003-06-29T16:41:49Z")
Alright, that’s it! If you all can’t play nice with the neighbours, you can just go back to your own country and stay in your room until you’ve thought about it. Now shake hands and no sulking! I mean it! Darn kids! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/87 "2003-06-29T16:43:48Z")
And I’m talking to BOTH of you! ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/88 "2003-06-29T17:15:13Z")
This is all because I never spelled out “I was being sarcastic” in big red letters, right? For future refrence, just about everything I post is sarcasm and/or hyperbole unless specifically noted. Testing my new system: > [@](#): > > all Mexicans are radiologists who drive BMWs \ This refers to a guy I met in New York last year. \ > [@](#): > > all Dutch guys ride motorcycles, drive Renault station wagons, and have massively hot girlfriends living in California. \ This refers to some low-post-count newbie on the SDMB. \ Whaddaya think? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/89 "2003-06-29T17:19:23Z")
> [@](#): > > ## \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* As near as I can tell, the only redeeming feature of the Quebecois is that they produce some incredibly hot women. Unfortunately, at some point they end up opening their mouths and the garbage they call a language spews out. Then Mr. Happy just wilts. > > _omni-rot_ > You don’t have a clue, do you? My first thought when I read this was that **Exgineer** was an escaped mental patient or an alien. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/90 "2003-06-29T17:21:30Z")
oops, **omni-_n_ot**. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/91 "2003-06-29T17:33:46Z")
Out here in the Rest Of The World [sup]TM[/sup], we have a stereotype known as the “Ugly American.” He’s loud, obnoxious, arrogant, ignorant, prone to fits of uncontrolled anger, carries a gun at all times, and presumes to know everything about everyone. **Exgineer** , you are not helping to dispell this stereotype. And no, “I was only kidding” is not a good enough excuse. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/92 "2003-06-29T17:33:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > **Y’know, I don’t get Americans (those United Statesians, I mean). They’ve got this great big country there, all those people, that big economy, they invented almosy all of the great styles of music from the last century, they’ve kicked the arse of pretty much every country they could get their hands on, and there’s people like Exgineer and that still feel they’ve got to shit on people like Canadians.** There are probably hundreds of ‘slam the US’ threads on this message board, and more than a few Canadians (not necessarily on this board) make a sport of US-bashing! But, God forbid the tables should be turned. Can you say DOUBLE STANDARD??? (not to say that any bashing is right) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/93 "2003-06-29T17:35:40Z")
I still think French-Canadians who spend winters in Florida are arogant and rude, but maybe it’s because they are out of their element. The ones I dealt with when I traveled in Canada were all very nice people. Maybe the nice ones kick the bad ones out of Canada at certain times of the year. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/94 "2003-06-29T17:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > \*\*This is all because I never spelled out “I was being sarcastic” in big red letters, right? For future refrence, just about everything I post is sarcasm and/or hyperbole unless specifically noted. > > Testing my new system: > > \ > This refers to a guy I met in New York last year. > \ > > \ > This refers to some low-post-count newbie on the SDMB. > \ > > Whaddaya think? \*\* Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You were being **SARCASTIC**. Well now, that changes _everything_. We just knew there was some rational explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/95 "2003-06-29T17:45:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo \* > \*\ ***Exgineer** , you are not helping to dispell this stereotype. And no, “I was only kidding” is not a good enough excuse. \*\* How’s this then? Fuck off. If you happen to be hypersensitive and choose to be offended by a series of posts so full of hyperbole that any reasonable person with two brain cells to rub together _could not possibly take them seriously_ you go right ahead. Just don’t expect me to feel responsible for your blood pressure, you humorless whiner. Seriously, fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/96 "2003-06-29T17:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo \* > **Out here in the Rest Of The World [sup]TM[/sup], we have a stereotype known as the “Ugly American.” He’s loud, obnoxious, arrogant, ignorant, prone to fits of uncontrolled anger, carries a gun at all times, and presumes to know everything about everyone.** I have my own little stereotype for people like you: A fuckin’ imbecile. ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/97 "2003-06-29T18:02:43Z")
Lola, Lola, Lola… Not unlike our friend Exgineer, DPJ was just being…sarcastic. Couldn’t you see that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/98 "2003-06-29T18:03:57Z")
What a **stupid** thread. I don’t see why it should exist on these boards anyway, but being neither Canadian or American, I’ll consult with my colleagues first and hear what they have to say. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/99 "2003-06-29T18:26:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by omni-not \* > \*\*Lola, Lola, Lola… > > Not unlike our friend Exgineer, DPJ was just being…sarcastic. Couldn’t you see that? 🙂 \*\* Hey, I am not necessarily supporting Exgineer in this thread - just pointing out that there is a double standard. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904/100 "2003-06-29T19:00:59Z")
It goes like this, **Coldfire**. Some people got it, and some people didn’t. I don’t particularly enjoy being accused of dishonesty, but since it’s degenerated to a bunch of name-calling, for which I suppose I’m responsible, I don’t think it matters much what you do with it. Kill it, leave it, flame me for it, whatever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-starting-to-dislike-canadians/184904.md?page=6)