# The American Annexation of Canada: A Practical Proposal **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 10, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841 "2000-12-10T02:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/21 "2000-12-10T22:52:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > The Americans finally take the hint. You’ve forgotten that we have such short memories. Most of us don’t even know there _was_ a War of 1812. I think you might have to ram this idea into our thick skulls again. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Muffin_ > During the last go round the folks in my mom’s town (St. Stephen) turned back the invading Americans by putting on a fireworks display for them. Just like little kids, the Americans got distracted, forgot why there were there in the first place, and returned home after the show. Oooo… fireworks! We love fireworks. That and donuts. I think America should adopt a policy a little more like the Vikings of old, raiding foreign nations for all their things that go ‘boom’ and pastries. Who’s with me? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kami\_Bum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@Kami\_Bum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kami_Bum)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/22 "2000-12-10T22:54:20Z")
I don’t think judging people from [battle.net](http://battle.net) really reflects their culture…com’n…everyone has a big ego on there(let’s not even talk about the koreans) ---
**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:** [December 10, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/23 "2000-12-10T22:56:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Derleth \* > **I’m glad that most of you took it in the spirit it was intended: Humor.** A person would not have to be very swift to pick up on a thread titled “A Practical Proposal.” ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/24 "2000-12-11T00:26:04Z")
This was intended as a JOKE??? You mean I have spent the last twenty-four hours collecting incendiary material and roadmaps to Washington, D.C. for NOTHING… Damn. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/25 "2000-12-11T00:33:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bagkitty \* > \*\*This was intended as a JOKE??? > > You mean I have spent the last twenty-four hours collecting incendiary material and roadmaps to Washington, D.C. for NOTHING… > > Damn. \*\* Shhh… Don’t go spilling the beans. We’re do close. ---
**Author:** ![nebuli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/0ea827/32.png) [@nebuli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebuli)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/26 "2000-12-11T00:53:11Z")
> [@](#): > > You mean I have spent the last twenty-four hours collecting incendiary material and roadmaps to Washington, D.C. for NOTHING… Heck, right now 49% of the _American_ population is doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/27 "2000-12-11T23:48:41Z")
Maybe I should have called it ‘A Humble Proposal’ (now nobody will see the reference). Maybe my next one will be ‘How to Make a Billion Dollars Without Really Trying: Get Your Startup Nation on America’s Foreign Aid Plan’ of course, the standard reference will be ‘The Lion that Roared’ (if you don’t get that one, look it up [here](http://us.imdb.com)). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/28 "2000-12-11T23:50:43Z")
Okay, the reference mentioned above is ‘The _Mouse_ that Roared’. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/29 "2000-12-12T02:51:53Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Muffin_ > A person would not have to be very swift to pick up on a thread titled “A Practical Proposal.” Swift! Now that’s a good pun… and so modest of you to not draw too much attention to it, Muffin ---
**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:** [December 12, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/30 "2000-12-12T04:10:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SNenc \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Muffin_ > > A person would not have to be very swift to pick up on a thread titled “A Practical Proposal.” > > Swift! Now that’s a good pun… and so modest of you to not draw too much attention to it, Muffin \*\* I don’t want to be confused with those vulgar folks using Yahoo. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/31 "2000-12-12T04:21:21Z")
At last, we would have a source for strategicly vital whale blubber. And easy access to the most Godforsaken mosquito infested tundra this side of Siberia. And we get Quebec too? Oh, goody. Let France have Quebec! No, _make_ France take Quebec. Hell, they owe us that much! Saved thier snotty asses twice in one century. Long as they keep paying the rent, I say leave them alone. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-annexation-of-canada-a-practical-proposal/44841/32 "2000-12-12T13:40:35Z")
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