# I hate Canada. Who's with me? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 19, 1999, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367 "1999-08-19T21:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![zoony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zoony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoony)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/61 "1999-08-26T05:41:00Z")
Actually, 18 in Manitoba. WhooHoo! What’d be the point in having the longest unguarded frontier if you couldn’t take a jab at one another now and again? The only question I have is if no other country in the world is as good as the United Stakes of Asparagus, how come you guys travel to other countries for vacations? As much as I love being a Canadian living in Canada (even though I hold dual Canada/US citizenship) I could spend several vacations in a row visiting different parts of the US. Especially Texas, it’s so quintessentially American (oops, UnitedStaesian). Z * * * abusus non tolit usus ---
**Author:** ![bj0rn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@bj0rn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bj0rn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/62 "1999-08-25T20:06:00Z")
its 20 in iceland… ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/63 "1999-08-25T20:43:00Z")
Yeah, bjorn, your right. We really should think about getting rid of the draft. Thanks for the suggestion. We’ll get right on it. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/64 "1999-08-26T03:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > How old do you have to be to drink in Canada? Either 19 or 18, depending on the province. I’m given to understand that 18y.o. residents of Ottawa frequently troop across the bridge to Hull, Quebec, to party. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/65 "1999-08-26T03:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > You have that wrong. According to my copy of The Globe and Mail Style Guide, we use Americans to refer to residents of the US, but we do not use America to refer to the entire country. Americans live in the US, not America, just like Canadians live in > Canada, not Canadia. > [@](#): > > Um, OK. I’ve read this five times and I still don’t see what part of my post it’s supposed to refer to. The part where you natter about Canadians throwing fits when you use the word “American”. We don’t. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/66 "1999-08-26T04:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > [[Metric. Admit it. It is so much easier to multiply by 10 than it is to remember how many rods there are in a furlong.]] > > Screw metric! Jealous, furlong boy? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/67 "1999-08-26T04:01:00Z")
**bjOrn** : > [@](#): > > personally i like living in a country where i dont have to worry about being drafted in some stupid army! what a silly concept You _do_ know that the U.S. has not had military conscription for nearly 25 years. right? * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/68 "1999-08-26T04:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The part where you natter about Canadians throwing fits when you use the word “American”. Ah, OK. You threw me with that bit about what you call the land mass between Canada and Mexico. > [@](#): > > We don’t. Maybe you personally don’t, Matt, but I’ve sure heard it from some of your compatriots. * * * Never regret what seemed like a good idea at the time. ---
**Author:** ![elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbow)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/69 "1999-08-26T07:05:00Z")
Just so you can see more clearly let me just point out that Canadians are just unarmed Americans with health care. And everyone here in Canada knows that ‘Americans’ live in the ‘Excited States’. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Big\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Iron)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/70 "1999-08-26T09:00:00Z")
[[Jealous, furlong boy?]] Matt Ha! I gets 20 rods to the hogshead and I likes it that way! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/71 "1999-08-26T13:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Just so you can see more clearly let me just point out that Canadians are just unarmed Americans with health care. _Ah, t’es con, ciboire!_ How many Americans speak French as their first language? _Hostie d’tabernacle…_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Zambezi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/72 "1999-08-26T14:56:00Z")
Canada is geographically beautiful. If it just weren’t for their pudding headed liberal views. But you do have to love teh votes on succession and the battles with the natives over land. Better than any US TV show. ---
**Author:** ![zoony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zoony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoony)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/73 "1999-08-26T16:51:00Z")
you betcha Mr.Z, Guess you guys’d just shoot 'em all, huh? After all, it’s in the constitution. Mmmm, I love pudding… Z ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Zambezi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/74 "1999-08-27T05:01:00Z")
Yes, Zoony, our constitution clearly states “…the right to bear arms as an organized militia but only for the purposes of blowing away native americans, canadians and anyone else you don’t happen to like.” That is why murder is legal in the US. ---
**Author:** ![zoony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zoony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoony)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/75 "1999-08-26T18:07:00Z")
Now that I think about it, I never saw anything in the Constitution that said it was illegal. It’s all starting to come together… Z ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Zambezi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/76 "1999-08-26T21:25:00Z")
You mean I can just start Shooting people? WOOO HOOO! Canada Ho! Armed American Comin’ through! ---
**Author:** ![GoSensGo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@GoSensGo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoSensGo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 1999, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/77 "1999-08-26T22:00:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Ah, t’es con, ciboire! How many Americans speak French as their first language? Hostie d’tabernacle… I don’t care about this swearing in English in the pit, but swearing in French!?! And to get back to the original topic, it seems Jahender doesn’t have as many supporters as Contestant # 3 does. “Proud to be Canadian” Alex ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 1999, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/78 "1999-08-27T03:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Ah, t’es con, ciboire! How many Americans speak French as their first language? Hostie d’tabernacle… All of us, of course. We’re just not supposed to let the goldanged furriners find out about it. We also all speak Portugeuse, Russian and Swahili. And none of us know a word of English. Everything’s dubbed. ---
**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 1999, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/79 "1999-08-29T06:11:00Z")
Okay, so I overreacted. It’s just that when I was a wee lad, my mum told me that hate is a very strong word. So when I hear it I tend to get a little jumpy. So repeat after me, “I have some unresolved issues with Canada which awaken insecurities from deep within my heart. Most of these insecurities center on my inability to pay for a vital knee operation I had in the late 1970s, and my inability to sing the chorus to “Mmm mmm mmm” by the Crash Test Dummies in the correct octave.” That wasn’t so hard, was it? ---
**Author:** ![rathead99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@rathead99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rathead99)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 1999, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367/80 "1999-08-31T00:36:00Z")
Short and succinct United States Richard Nixon-Criminal Bill Clinton-Perverted Criminal Agent Orange-It won’t hurt honest Jerry Falwell-Extolled Extortionist Jerry Springer-Idolized Epitomy Embracer Of American Ideology Jerry Mathers-The Beaver Charles Manson-Cult Hero Dieppe-Let’s sacrifice Canadians to keep the Russians happy WW2-Let’s get involved now that it’s simple to win and take ALL the glory Battle of Wounded Knee-Let’s go kill some redskin women and children to show the world how courageous we are. Sports-If ya can’t beat em…cheat Constitution-Supports the right to bear arms and permit the needless slaughter of children Vietnam…We belonged there …i think…but maybe not…it was a police action…no a drug party…no…a shooting gallery…no… protecting the world from communism…no oh I don’t know…let’s just go shoot some geeks cuz they’re different from us. Etcetera…ad naseum Canada The True North Strong and Free Sports-Wayne Gretzky Politics-The less politcians politic…the better the country Economics-We have what everyone wants…simple Constitution-We support the right to arm bears Music…bare naked ladies, tragically hip Stompin Tom…ha Ambition-Complacency…the spice of life Etc…Etc…Etc [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-canada-whos-with-me/2367.md?page=5)