# The boss of Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374 "2001-10-04T13:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/41 "2001-10-06T01:25:08Z")
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/42 "2001-10-06T02:23:32Z")
Lee? Peart? Lifeson? They’re mere boys compared to the true King of Canada: **Gordon Lightfoot** ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/43 "2001-10-06T02:27:43Z")
Hey Odie, you can be **Captain Canada** , the first Canadian superhero. That’s more fun than being the plain old boss. 😃 Rose ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/44 "2001-10-06T02:32:38Z")
Works for me…do I get a maple leaf on my chest…or do I have to settle for a beaver on me…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/45 "2001-10-06T02:40:43Z")
Would a beaver on you really be ‘settling’? 😉 Actually, **Captain Canada** wears a shiny white jumpsuit with a glowing red maple leaf emblazoned on the chest. The leaf shoots out lasers and stuff, and you ride a giant red moose. Sound good? Rose ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/46 "2001-10-06T02:43:19Z")
Sure…as long as I get a beaver for a sidekick… I think I am obsessed about beavers…mmm…beavers… ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/47 "2001-10-06T02:50:41Z")
Hmmm…BeaverGirl maybe? Loyal companion and trusted sidekick, a beautiful little spitfire (if you ignore the buckteeth and the big flat tail). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/48 "2001-10-06T02:52:05Z")
Well that would be the best offer I got recently…as long as she doesn’t mind…errr parting her fur… ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/49 "2001-10-06T02:57:34Z")
Like anyone would turn down **Captain Canada**! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/50 "2001-10-07T21:01:44Z")
Uh, I would, if he was wearing: > [@](#): > > **a shiny white jumpsuit with a glowing red maple leaf emblazoned on the chest.** And: > [@](#): > > \*\* The leaf shoots out lasers and stuff, and you ride a giant red moose.\*\* Sounds too much like my last boyfriend, **Tundra Man**. Only, Tundra Man rode an Umingmak. That’s why I left him. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/51 "2001-10-08T00:36:23Z")
Will you guys please stop hijacking my thread and tell me who the _real_ boss of Canada is? My wife says it’s Sears, my son says it’s Superman, and I say it’s me. So, who’s right? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/52 "2001-10-08T00:42:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*…And I have made a decision. I’m the boss of Canada. Nyah. \*\* Duh. ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/53 "2001-10-08T01:13:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > \*\*There’s an NDP’er here? I gotta get a camera. They told me those guys wuz extinct. \*\* Harummmph… and we prefer to be referred to as New Democrats, not NDPers… Now, I want you to go and read the collected works of Rosemary Brown, then come back and I’ll quiz you on them. ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/54 "2001-10-08T02:40:39Z")
all this gets me to wondering: who is the boss of the U.S.A.? I don’t think it’s really George W. any more than I think the boss of Canada is really Chretien. If either of these guys were really in charge, we’d be in a lot of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/55 "2001-10-08T03:36:38Z")
Well, I don’t know about America, but **Ginger** is the boss of Canada. Hey, I didn’t know either, until she said so. Say, is a curtsy optional or mandatory? ---
**Author:** ![Ferggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Ferggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferggie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/56 "2001-10-08T04:40:44Z")
\ Being a Texan, and the product of the U.S. education system, I have no idea who the boss of Canada is… But someday, it will be me, I’m sure of it. Eh. \ (Actually, I hate the suggestion we call ourselves “United Statesians,” because there’s also a United States of Mexico. But it just feels weird to refer to myself as an American with the implication that Canadians weren’t from “America,” seeing as how most of this side of the world is “America” in one way or another.) ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/57 "2001-10-08T05:26:04Z")
OOOOOH, ate too much!!! May never eat again!!! Never, ever, want to see turkey, ham, sweet potatos et al again!!! Actually, I had a great time with the In-laws. The kids all got along great, the Bro-in-law’s new girlfriend is pretty nice and my boys didn’t cuss in front of Grandma (Major Victory!) Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is having their’s tommorow, and I hope all you Sunday Diners had a great one! ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374/58 "2001-10-08T05:27:57Z")
OOps how’d I get here!? I’m supposed to have put this on the Canuck Thanksgiving thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-of-canada/85374.md?page=2)