1. Incompetent and too darn nice. 2. no sense of urgency 3. won't remember their passwords tomorrow because they haven't worked for 24 hours 4. Thinks Tim Hortons = good donuts 5. then the profanity started, so I'll leave it at that...
The rule that their radio stations have to play a certain percentage of Canadian artists. You think Jagged Little Pill was ubiquitous where you lived? Try listening to the radio in the metro Detroit area when their broadcast towers are in Ontario.
<span>Oooo, disagree! Crosby is Canada's gift to the Penguins, and therefore, to me. (Besides, he's apparently actually a really nice guy, based on the experiences of a couple family members who met him in a non-PR setting.)</span>
A government that can be thrown into a constitutional crisis by the actions of an appointee of the British Crown. Rush. Too lazy to come up with their own name for their currency. The crappy Neil Young albums. Giant inflatable beavers.
You know, I get this Isaac, but I saw him live once and - honestly - it was one of the best live shows ever. His music is pretty lame, but - wow - the guy puts it out there for an audience.
Bryan Adams.
ReplyDeleteIt's zee, not zed.
ReplyDeleteAbandoning an awesome holiday name in Dominion Day for the incredibly bland Canada Day.
ReplyDeleteTheir fear of the dark.
ReplyDeleteTheir submission to the Queen... of England. And also their Mounties: Horses haven't been useful since the automobile was invented.
ReplyDeleteFrom The Wife, who works with Canadians:
ReplyDelete1. Incompetent and too darn nice.
2. no sense of urgency
3. won't remember their passwords tomorrow because they haven't worked for 24 hours
4. Thinks Tim Hortons = good donuts
5. then the profanity started, so I'll leave it at that...
They haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1993. Also, The Love Guru.
ReplyDeleteThe rule that their radio stations have to play a certain percentage of Canadian artists. You think Jagged Little Pill was ubiquitous where you lived? Try listening to the radio in the metro Detroit area when their broadcast towers are in Ontario.
ReplyDeleteWe love you, D'Arcy!
Eight comments and no one has said Sidney Crosby yet? Ok then, I'm saying it.
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ReplyDelete<span>Oooo, disagree! Crosby is Canada's gift to the Penguins, and therefore, to me. (Besides, he's apparently actually a really nice guy, based on the experiences of a couple family members who met him in a non-PR setting.)</span>
ReplyDeletecan't find Spy Magazine's epic "The Canadians Among Us," but did find this: The Canadians plan to replace God.
ReplyDeleteShatner!
ReplyDeleteCeline Dion.
ReplyDeleteThe Canadian fetishization of Sidney Crosby, then.
ReplyDeleteSandcastles in the Sand.
ReplyDeleteA government that can be thrown into a constitutional crisis by the actions of an appointee of the British Crown.
ReplyDeleteRush.
Too lazy to come up with their own name for their currency.
The crappy Neil Young albums.
Giant inflatable beavers.
And here I was, thinking "The mall. Today."
ReplyDeleteWell, if we're talking hockey, Claude Lemieux.
ReplyDeletewhoa whoa whoa french fries + gravy = genius!!!
ReplyDeleteThe takeover of HDtv with sneaky Canadian shows (except Mike Holmes, I forgive him).
ReplyDeleteThat it is a long way from Australia and so I don't get to see my brother and sister-in-law enough.
ReplyDeleteFrench Canadians
I fear my comment would violate the no-politics rule, lying as it does at the intersection of autism and national health care.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Olympic torch engineering that works a solid 3 times out of 4!
ReplyDeleteYou're OK with the cheese curds?
ReplyDeletesaying "eh" makes for the worst ear worm ever
ReplyDeleteJoe Carter's homerun
ketchup flavored potato chips
Low rent summer drama programming (e.g., Flashpoint, Rookie Blue)
ReplyDeleteThe self-importance of the Juno Awards.
Only the parts between N49 and N54 40. Curse you, James Polk!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I get this Isaac, but I saw him live once and - honestly - it was one of the best live shows ever. His music is pretty lame, but - wow - the guy puts it out there for an audience.
ReplyDeleteJustin Bieber.
ReplyDeleteNickelback.
The way they moved their olympics broadcast off the CBC, so those of us in Seattle had no choice but to watch the NBC coverage.
ReplyDeleteoot and aboot.
ReplyDeleteSnowbirds in Florida during the winter (and yes, this may include my own family).
ReplyDeleteNo, Zed. Like Zed Zed Top.
ReplyDeleteI do believe this blog has an express preference for science.
ReplyDeleteyes, yes I sure am!
ReplyDeleteBieber.
ReplyDeleteAnd the several Canadians I have dated. I don't know why I keep going back to *that* well.
You've got a weird thing for boys who say "aboot"?
ReplyDeleteZed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
ReplyDeleteDon't be putting down my girl Sandra Rinomato.
ReplyDeleteBecause you think they're going to be so polite?
ReplyDeleteDamn straight.
ReplyDeleteThe snazzy maple leaf flags they have sewed on every piece of travel gear they own?
ReplyDeletesewn.
ReplyDeleteDid Canada do something stupider on this than giving birth to Jenny McCarthy?
ReplyDeleteNo, I just have a thing for Canadian melodrama.
ReplyDelete* Most of the Shania Twain catalogue, but especially "From this Moment" and "You're Still the One."
ReplyDelete* Trying to trick people into eating their ham by calling it Canadian bacon.
The way they put HUGE Canadian flags all over their luggage when traveling so no one thinks they're americans (God forbid!)
ReplyDeleteActually, her French stuff isn't bad.
ReplyDelete:D
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