The olympics
Llama_Killer
Join Date: 2002-07-30 Member: 1029Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">I got a big dilema</div>I know this will sound like the jerry Springer show but my cousin is on the Canadian olympic team (downhill to be more precise) and my dad works for the swiss goverment and is a sponsor for the Swiss downhill team.... Get the picture.
I just tought it would be funny to share with the comunity my akward position.
(is that how you spell akward?)
I just tought it would be funny to share with the comunity my akward position.
(is that how you spell akward?)
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can you get rid of the other guy insulting Caanadian then?
edit: nvm
"We need the lumber," we'd say.
"Oh, of course," they'd say. "We'll just move up here, to the cold part."
Remember the Russian/Canada figure skating thing? Who dragged that out? The Canadians? Nope, it was the Americans. The Canadians smiled, waved, and held up the silver medal.
Americans have more things to insult, but it's more fun to insult Canadians, because they're so polite, they have nothing to insult [to get them all riled up]. Except the way they talk, eh?
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-Ryan!
"For some reason a glaze passes over people's faces when you say 'Canada.' Maybe we should invade South Dakota or something."
-- Sandra Gotlieb, wife of the Canadian ambassador to the U.S.
I recommend it, you'll definitely learn something you never knew.
uh the US invaded Canada a number of times and lost... Not to mention after the last time Canada burnt down the white house. So bring it on!!!
Bush was told that we had a national igloo and he beleived it whole heartedly...
Our politicians seem like that, (Our Defence Minister holding our troops (the few that exist) back cause there might be casualties after 9\11, HELLO! It's a war) But you might have some troubles with the actul ppl. At least i hope so.
<a href="http://www.satirewire.com/news/feb02/warship.shtml" target="_blank">Canada has a Warship?</a>
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this was not meant to insult / harm / be mean. Its just to point out that Canada has an Army. Just because we are not at war every 10 years does not meen we cant fight in fact we have some of the best sharpshooters in the world (wich was proven in Afganistan). /end of rant
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actualy russia and China where stronger.
WTF canadians have warship
I prefer South Park's US-Canada war to the events in Canadian Bacon. For crap's sake, we were saved by the lady from Cheers!
I hereby recind my previous statement of all Canadians being polite. Thanks for showing me the exception.
Most Canadians I've talked to have has a sense of humor about their country. Most Americans need to have more of a sense of humor about theirs.
And as far as the whole invade Canada goes, you have the cause-and-effect thing drastically skewed. The War of 1812 started because of British impressment of US sailors (which had actually ceased already) and an alliance formed between the British and the Indians, who were being mistreated in the North-West frontier. The British moved forces into Canada, and Americans fear British tyranny. The War Hawks went in to oust the BRITISH (not French Canadians), and succeeded in getting stopped cold. In August of 1814, Britain sent some fresh troops into the undefended capital, where the White House was burned on August 24, 1814. The troops then tried to move into Baltimore, where they were stopped, owned, and sent packing. And lest you forget, Americans trooped also managed to burn York, now Toronto, in April 1813.
We were not attacking Canadians to try and steal more land for ourselves, were were trying to fight the British off. And succeeded in a stand still. Still, better than losing, right?
And Canadians ARE too kindly for their own good. And, apparently, think that Americans are insane. Just look up Polk and the "54-40 or fight" threat to see that. Polk bluffed his way into swiping more Canadian land in the Oregon/Washington area. I mean, sure, we paid for it and all, but Canada wouldn't have even sold it to us if we didn't threaten to take it by force. (Yeah, so we do want to rule the world. What of it? <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo--> )
Look, most Canadians have a sense of humor about their country. I am in no way anti-Canadian. I just like to joke around with them. It's not like we Americans don't give you guys fodder to use to mock US, eh?
Oh, and how do you spell Canada in Canadian? C, eh. N, eh...
-Ryan!
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure"
-- Dan Quayle
Wait a sec this forum is about the precarious situation im in not a bout the war of 1812...... rats that always does happen to me.
-Ryan!
"A clever saying proves nothing."
-- Voltaire