AM CANADIAN
(clears Thoat)
(the canadian one is actually a commercial and is all true!)
Hey...
I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader...
and I don't live in an igloo, or eat blubber, or own a dogsled...
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada,
although I'm certain they're really, really nice.
I have a Prime Minister, not a President.
I speak English & French, NOT American.
and I pronounce it 'ABOUT', NOT 'A BOOT'.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack.
I believe in peace keeping, NOT policing.
DIVERSITY, NOT assimilation,
AND THAT THE BEAVER IS A TRULY PROUD AND NOBLE ANIMAL.
A TOQUE IS A HAT, A CHESTERFIELD IS A COUCH,
AND IT IS PRONOUNCED 'ZED' NOT 'ZEE', 'ZED'!!!
CANADA IS THE SECOND LARGEST LANDMASS!
THE FIRST NATION OF HOCKEY! AND THE BEST PART OF NORTH AMERICA!
MY NAME IS JOE!! AND I AM CANADIAN!!!!!!!!
I AM AMERICAN
Wassup...
I'm not particularly intelligent, open-minded, or well-liked.
And I don't live in a safe place, eat a balanced diet, or drive very well.
I don't know Shakespeare, Da Vinci or Gutenberg,
although I'm pretty sure they were American.
I drink beer, not water, I am outspoken, not opinionated,
Guns settle disputes, not discussions.
Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing,
And it's pronounced RUFF, not ROOF.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack, unless I go somewhere.
Burger King IS fine dining. Washing after peeing is for LOSERS,
Twinkies and Moon Pies ARE GOOD for breakfast,
I have a SHED, NOT a GARAGE, and WWF ACTION IS REAL!
The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the ONLY country in the world,
The FIRST nation of IGNORANCE,
And the BEST part of SOUTH AMERICA!!
MY NAME IS JIM-BOB, I am married to my sister,
AND I AM AMERICAN!!!!!!!
these are of course all in good fun and not intended to be taken seriously by americans. The canadian one was a widely known commercial from the hillarious promo's Molson beer did a few years back.
I AM CANADIAN
I AM CANADIAN
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
the one where the beaver attacks the american was good too
the one where the american guy keeps making fun of the canadian in the office was good too, he jeresy's him
the one where the american guy keeps making fun of the canadian in the office was good too, he jeresy's him
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
I'm hispanic....and i hate you all. 
fucking mad cow, we can't have tripas anymore.
i got a mexican and american flag painted on the hood of my car.....biatch!
i make guayaveras look hella cool as well as the wife beater
i can cuss your ass out in spanish and english
mexican food owns you all
i own a truck that actually hauls shit around
look at this color, women kill themselves for this kind of swarthy
and my gayo can kick the hell out of some damn beaver any day.
* sends rooster in for kill *
fucking mad cow, we can't have tripas anymore.
i got a mexican and american flag painted on the hood of my car.....biatch!
i make guayaveras look hella cool as well as the wife beater
i can cuss your ass out in spanish and english
mexican food owns you all
i own a truck that actually hauls shit around
look at this color, women kill themselves for this kind of swarthy
and my gayo can kick the hell out of some damn beaver any day.
* sends rooster in for kill *
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Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
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How come the only thing I though of was the fact that their slogan is (or was) I am. Canadian. As in two seperate sentances. And that takes away the whole point since its no longer patriotic.
I don't think my brain will allow me to have fun.
How come the only thing I though of was the fact that their slogan is (or was) I am. Canadian. As in two seperate sentances. And that takes away the whole point since its no longer patriotic.
I don't think my brain will allow me to have fun.
-Sarah
Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
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Sufjan Stevens
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Let's make it clear, Canadians do say ABOOT. I was in London, Ontario and stopped at a Wendy's on the way home from an OLP concert and there was a table of teenagers and everytime they tried to say about, it sounded like ABOOT.
And I love how I am supposedly not educated. I love it. I truly do. I'd like to believe my grades and my IQ would say otherwise. Yep, when it comes down to it, I'm probably smarter than 98% of you here. I'll exclude Jim (I know, I'm complementing him for once), Corey, Doug, and (at times) Venom, but beyond that, yeah. And I'm American. Hah!
And yes, I know who Steve Gutenberg is! (that was a joke. You know, funny-ha ha)
And I love how I am supposedly not educated. I love it. I truly do. I'd like to believe my grades and my IQ would say otherwise. Yep, when it comes down to it, I'm probably smarter than 98% of you here. I'll exclude Jim (I know, I'm complementing him for once), Corey, Doug, and (at times) Venom, but beyond that, yeah. And I'm American. Hah!
And yes, I know who Steve Gutenberg is! (that was a joke. You know, funny-ha ha)
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.
i was scared you would be touchy about this issue. Relax man, it's just a joke, feel free to post any anti-canadian jokes you find. It's all just stereotypes man. Obviously you don't fall into these stereotypes, butthere is enough truth mixed in on both sides to make it enjoyable for the audience. It is true that wearing a Canadian flag on your backpack when traveling is a good wayto get a better treatment. I have family friends from the states that wear a Canadian flag on their stuff when traveling because they arn't stereotyped as obnoxious that way. But anyways, it's all in good fun Alan. Canada has been losing any culture it had pretty quickly and we're being assimilated into the States, it's just kinda our way of tooting our horn just like your and everyone elses country does.
PS No one around here says ABOOT i've never heard anyone say it that way, i think east coasters are the only ones that do. I do know though that me and my friends have a fun time with Americans and purposfully do stuff like that and "eh" around them, maybe the guys knew you were from (detroit?) and were pulling your leg.
PS No one around here says ABOOT i've never heard anyone say it that way, i think east coasters are the only ones that do. I do know though that me and my friends have a fun time with Americans and purposfully do stuff like that and "eh" around them, maybe the guys knew you were from (detroit?) and were pulling your leg.
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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LIES!!!!
EAST COAST IS ABOOT FREE!!!! ITS A MAINLANDER ACCENT DAMNIT!!!
And we don't say "eh?" either. Well, some people do. But thats not the point.
There is a Newfie rant like that somewhere...I should find it. It'll be the only one that no one will be offended by.
EAST COAST IS ABOOT FREE!!!! ITS A MAINLANDER ACCENT DAMNIT!!!
And we don't say "eh?" either. Well, some people do. But thats not the point.
There is a Newfie rant like that somewhere...I should find it. It'll be the only one that no one will be offended by.
-Sarah
Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
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trentm32
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Those are pretty good... just makes me kinda wish I was Canadian...
*FBI/CIA burst into my house and kill me for anti-American sentiment*
*FBI/CIA burst into my house and kill me for anti-American sentiment*
"When looking up there, I just felt whole, like I belonged. Like one day I too would shine my most brilliant. Sitting there also made me think about sitting through services at my little country church back home. About that never-changing congregation of the same sixty-seven people and everyone has known you since before you were born. Now, out here in the real world, everything just seemed more vivid than when I used to sit in that little pew. That pew that was now so, so far away from where I was. I feared I had somehow left God behind there, too. I feared he was somehow just sitting there, saving my seat on the fifth pew from the front row, just waiting on me to come back. I left so quickly, I worried that he may not have noticed I was gone. And, now, I’m just too far away to find. So he’s just sitting there, patiently waiting on me to come back. I closed my eyes and prayed a moment. I hoped more than anything that he could still hear me." -an excerpt from my novella, A Sea of Fallen Leaves.
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hmmm so if it's not the westerners......and it's not the easterners.....and it sure as hell isn't quebec..........who the hell is it????? I think it's a fabricated lie used by the media.
also i don't know anyone who uses "eh" frequently, and when they do it's not like american's show it on tv.
also i don't know anyone who uses "eh" frequently, and when they do it's not like american's show it on tv.
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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Maybe you just don't notice it because you're from there. I know I heard lots of ABOOTS when I stopped in Ontario on my way to New York and the other way around. I'm not making this up.
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.
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trentm32
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That movie rules.
"When looking up there, I just felt whole, like I belonged. Like one day I too would shine my most brilliant. Sitting there also made me think about sitting through services at my little country church back home. About that never-changing congregation of the same sixty-seven people and everyone has known you since before you were born. Now, out here in the real world, everything just seemed more vivid than when I used to sit in that little pew. That pew that was now so, so far away from where I was. I feared I had somehow left God behind there, too. I feared he was somehow just sitting there, saving my seat on the fifth pew from the front row, just waiting on me to come back. I left so quickly, I worried that he may not have noticed I was gone. And, now, I’m just too far away to find. So he’s just sitting there, patiently waiting on me to come back. I closed my eyes and prayed a moment. I hoped more than anything that he could still hear me." -an excerpt from my novella, A Sea of Fallen Leaves.
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Rufus Wainwright wrote:Maybe you just don't notice it because you're from there. I know I heard lots of ABOOTS when I stopped in Ontario on my way to New York and the other way around. I'm not making this up.
It sounds like aboot to you americans because you all say "abaawt."
And yes thats not really true, and yes i admitt some Canadians Say aboot, but not I. Just like not all americans talk in a southern accent.
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trentm32
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I'm from the South and I don't talk with a Southern accent.
Though, I do make a conscience effort not to, that may be why.
Though, I do make a conscience effort not to, that may be why.
"When looking up there, I just felt whole, like I belonged. Like one day I too would shine my most brilliant. Sitting there also made me think about sitting through services at my little country church back home. About that never-changing congregation of the same sixty-seven people and everyone has known you since before you were born. Now, out here in the real world, everything just seemed more vivid than when I used to sit in that little pew. That pew that was now so, so far away from where I was. I feared I had somehow left God behind there, too. I feared he was somehow just sitting there, saving my seat on the fifth pew from the front row, just waiting on me to come back. I left so quickly, I worried that he may not have noticed I was gone. And, now, I’m just too far away to find. So he’s just sitting there, patiently waiting on me to come back. I closed my eyes and prayed a moment. I hoped more than anything that he could still hear me." -an excerpt from my novella, A Sea of Fallen Leaves.
<a href="http://www.soundthesirens.com">SoundTheSirens.com</a>
<a href="http://www.soundthesirens.com">SoundTheSirens.com</a>
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Just because your from a particular location, doesnt mean you automatically talk like the majority of the population. It's just human nature to slowly start talking like those around you. I'm sure if an american spent enough time in Canada, they might start dropping the odd "eh" into their sentances.
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My cousin (19 years old), grew up here and then moved to Georgia a few years ago. Now she talks like she's been there her whole life.
Anyways, Canadian's don't say "aboot" as much as people seem to think. We just say "about" differently than Americans. Just like Americans say "ruff" in place of "roof". It doesn't sound odd to people who say it because it's all around them. And they don't actually say "ruff", that's just how it sounds to people who aren't around that pronunciation all the time.
Anyways, Canadian's don't say "aboot" as much as people seem to think. We just say "about" differently than Americans. Just like Americans say "ruff" in place of "roof". It doesn't sound odd to people who say it because it's all around them. And they don't actually say "ruff", that's just how it sounds to people who aren't around that pronunciation all the time.
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Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v
Every now and then I fall out into open air just to feel the wind, rain and everything.
And though the hum and sway gets me down, I'll find the way to peace and openness.
"Robbo" - © Alex (happeningfish)...^5 ^5 v v