Canadians, eh?
Apparently, my placing Canadians on my pet peeves list has cause a bit of a stir north of the border. They were so angry that they were getting ready to invade, but then realized that one of their two army hellicopters was in the shop, so it has been postponed.
My swipe at Canadians is part of a running feud with friends at LCC. There are about an equal number of Canadians and Americans on staff there, so there is some friendly rivalry. Just to be clear, I really have nothing against America, Jr. In fact, I think of Canada as the 51st state we never had.
On a related note, Vilnius University in Lithuania has a Department of English Philology. While that is not unusual, it is interesting that they have only one speciality in their department: Canadian Studies. I love the opening line on their web page:
Canadians? Aren’t they just a bunch of igloo inhabiting, ice hockey playing, beer chugging, beaver worshipping, Celine Dion-loving, polite, peacekeeping, unarmed Americans with health care?
You gotta love it!
On February 15th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
Just so you know, there are already plans in place to invade the U.S. These plans are guarded by the best top secret methods available to Canadian authorities, which means you can view them online here.
On February 16th, 2007 at 1:08 am
Somehow, I find the Tim Horton’s part of the plan the most frightening.
On February 16th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Peace-loving, AND health care, I’ll even watch Ice Hockey for that!