# With Apologies to Canadian everywhere **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 22, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996 "2010-02-22T17:57:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/1 "2010-02-22T17:57:59Z")
First off, let me say that Canadians are among the politest and friendliest people on Earth. They have brought us such comedic greats as John Candy and Mike Meyers. I hope they have a sense of humor about this: O Canada! The home of Ice Hockey! True hockey love in all thy fans command. With glowing hearts we saw thee pwned, By players from the south! When it was done, O Canada, We punched you in the mouth. 2014, we’ll see you in Sochi Until then Canada, we beat you 5 to 3. O Canada, we beat you 5 tooooo 3!. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/2 "2010-02-22T18:19:34Z")
We don’t call it “ice hockey” here - it’s just plain “hockey.” :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/3 "2010-02-22T18:22:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > We don’t call it “ice hockey” here - it’s just plain “hockey.” > :mad: > 😃 No field hockey? Tonsil hockey? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/4 "2010-02-22T18:31:11Z")
Hockey is the original game, and requires no modifier. Field hockey, table hockey, air hockey, tonsil hockey are all derivations of the game we call hockey. We’ll talk after we deal with the Germans. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/5 "2010-02-22T22:50:45Z")
Funny, You had a better goalie than us. Congrats on the win. It’s still not over though. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/6 "2010-02-22T23:09:46Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > We’ll talk after we deal with the Germans. And, assuming you win and you’d durn well better, the russians after that if what I read was correct. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/7 "2010-02-22T23:14:37Z")
Hey, it’s not over yet! > [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > We’ll talk after we deal with the Germans. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? I actually got a chuckle out of the OP’s rewrite of “O Canada.” Well done! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/8 "2010-02-22T23:20:58Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hockey is the original game, and requires no modifier. Field hockey, table hockey, air hockey, tonsil hockey are all derivations of the game we call hockey… [Do I play hockey!?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cllpwMkBy4) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/9 "2010-02-23T05:24:14Z")
I think the Canucks have done a lovely job on the Olympics overall but why are they giving the medal winners bouquets of broccoli? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/10 "2010-02-23T05:50:07Z")
Broccoli’s good for you - makes you strong like bull. (“I’m from Canada” - what, no eh? I suspect this song was written by a poseur. Also, I thought the hockey song had “Second verse, same as the first!” in it.) ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/11 "2010-02-23T17:45:54Z")
Americans can have their little laugh about the ‘hockey’ game - but who kicked who in the manly sport of [Ice Dancing](http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-features/news/newsid=440780.html#canada+gets+golden+moment)! Eat silver America! ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/12 "2010-02-23T17:59:45Z")
> [@This\_Just\_In\_2](#): > > Americans can have their little laugh about the ‘hockey’ game - but who kicked who in the manly sport of [Ice Dancing](http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-features/news/newsid=440780.html#canada+gets+golden+moment)! > > Eat silver America! I thought figure skating was the least manly Olympic event. Not any more. Personally, I would rather be a target in the Biathlon than come close to making any country’s Ice Dancing Team. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/13 "2010-02-23T18:03:41Z")
> [@This\_Just\_In\_2](#): > > Americans can have their little laugh about the ‘hockey’ game - but who kicked who in the manly sport of [Ice Dancing](http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-features/news/newsid=440780.html#canada+gets+golden+moment)! > > Eat silver America! To be fair, I’m Canadian and I would have been hard-pressed to pick a winner between the silver and gold dancing pairs. On the other hand, that Russian couple would not have been on the podium if I had my druthers. [\drift] ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/14 "2010-02-23T18:04:39Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Personally, I would rather be a target in the Biathlon than come close to making any country’s Ice Dancing Team. It is _precisely_ that attitude holding Americans back in this sport. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/15 "2010-02-23T18:06:49Z")
> [@This\_Just\_In\_2](#): > > …who kicked who in the manly sport of [Ice Dancing](http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-features/news/newsid=440780.html#canada+gets+golden+moment)! > > Eat silver America! [Eating silver not recommended](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100218/od_afp/germanyoly2010lugemengeroffbeat_20100218172413). Or did you really mean [Platinum](http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/In-Plushenko-s-mind-and-website-he-s-the-plat;_ylt=AjAR3NBt0_6RaE_Lp0MJ1p9otLV_?urn=oly,221408)? Don’t forget, my fellow Americans, that NBC bumped the Canada-USA hockey game to MSNBC so they could show Ice Dancing in prime time. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/16 "2010-02-23T18:47:20Z")
Do you believe in a somewhat improbable victory in a preliminary-round game? Yes! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/17 "2010-02-23T18:57:05Z")
I always wanted to put the lyrics of _Oh Canada_ to the music of [O Superman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYu88jIDYs) by Laurie Anderson. O Canada Our ho-ome, and native land. Native land, eh eh eh eh eh eh e-eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/18 "2010-02-23T19:49:32Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > I thought figure skating was the least manly Olympic event. > > Not any more. > > Personally, I would rather be a target in the Biathlon than come close to making any country’s Ice Dancing Team. Let’s think about this for a moment. Long hours of practice that involve a pretty young lady who spends most of her time in your arms… I’m not seeing the unmanliness here. Where do I sign up? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/19 "2010-02-23T20:33:30Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Let’s think about this for a moment. Long hours of practice that involve a pretty young lady who spends most of her time in your arms… > > I’m not seeing the unmanliness here. Where do I sign up? 😃 I had a friend who was a professional ice dancer. He said one of the big perks was that it’s the only sport where the boys and the girls all changed in the same room. To a 17 year old boy, that must have been a BIG perk. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996/20 "2010-02-23T20:35:45Z")
> [@This\_Just\_In\_2](#): > > Americans can have their little laugh about the ‘hockey’ game - but who kicked who in the manly sport of [Ice Dancing](http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-features/news/newsid=440780.html#canada+gets+golden+moment)! > > Eat silver America! Hah! I’m not allowed to see the video of the Canadians winning gold on that site because I’m not American! Oh, internet, you wound me with your frivolous vagaries. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-apologies-to-canadian-everywhere/529996.md?page=2)