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In a Canadian mall: Your hardpressed to find the security guard if your life depended on it.

 

In an American mall: ten men in black suits, 4 security guards, and two cops close-off the area in front of a pizza shop because someone ripped the leaf of one of plants.

Guest InfinitZero
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there are none...we're practically the same

 

same music, same movies, same mentality

 

maybe a few differences on war but that's it id say

canadians are just a bit more liberal

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I don't know about how Canadians feel when they're called Americans, but if someone calls me European I'm going to make him eat a 2x4 that has several nails on it. >:/

Guest InfinitZero
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everyone is so antiamerican and its so stupid. Thats why for my american history class im doing a major essay on antiamericanism in youth :)

 

btw i am canadian

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I don't know about how Canadians feel when they're called Americans, but if someone calls me European I'm going to make him eat a 2x4 that has several nails on it. >:/

that`s hardly in the outlines of the Brussels EU statute AND rather Un_European of you!

surely you could be Friendly and give them one of your much loved Pine Tables instead!? :))

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In canada, the drivers at a red light stop their cars *behind* the crosswalk, not *in* the crosswalk.

 

Mokele the irrate pedestrian

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In canada, the drivers at a red light stop their cars *behind* the crosswalk, not *in* the crosswalk.
LOL, what a good observation.
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In canada' date=' the drivers at a red light stop their cars *behind* the crosswalk, not *in* the crosswalk.

 

Mokele the irrate pedestrian[/quote']

 

no, thats just who's driving. ;)

Posted
In canada' date=' the drivers at a red light stop their cars *behind* the crosswalk, not *in* the crosswalk.

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Stop? In many US cities, red means three more cars go through the light.

 

 

 

A Canadian is just like an American, but with health care.

 

An American is just like a Canadian, but with a handgun.

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http://www.favreau.info/misc/canadavsusa.php

 

And a couple more- I don't remember where I got them:

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"The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

 

50° Fahrenheit (10° C): Californians shiver uncontrollably - Canadians plant gardens.

35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C): Italian Cars won't start - Canadians drive with the windows down

32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C): American water freezes - Canadian water gets thicker.

0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C): New York City landlords finally turn on the heat - Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C): Mt.St. Helens freezes - Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-100° Fahrenheit (-73° C): Santa Claus abandons the North Pole - Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C): Ethyl alcohol Freezes - Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-460° Fahrenheit (-273° C): Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops - Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

Submitted by Mike, Broomfield, Co."

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"Culture Differences between Aussies, Canadians, Americans, and Brits:

 

On National Pride:

 

Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.

Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad

Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.

Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.

On Helping Other Nations:

 

Aussies: Believe you should look out for your mates.

Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club.

Americans: Believe that people should look out for & take care of themselves.

Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job.

On their national Anthem:

 

Aussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer.

Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness.

Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them.

Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.

On Television:

 

Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.

Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.

Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.

Aussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.

On Sports:

 

Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball.

Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby.

Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.

Aussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them in.

On the English Language:

 

Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English".

Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English".

Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.

Aussies: Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say.

On Shopping:

 

Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island

Aussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.

Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.

Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.

On Beer:

 

Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.

Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.

Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.

Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it.

On Helping Others in Need

 

Americans: Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally suspect.

Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.

Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things.

Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.

Submitted by Vicki, Kennet Square, Pa."

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Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.

Which is fair enough, as you'd have to be some kind of blind deaf mute to mix them up.

Posted
in america, we like to blame everything on canada. i dont know who they blame their stuff on but eventually theyre gonna get mad at us and invade michigan.

yes, we could take over half the globe and nobody would notice.

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Canadiands don't lock their doors.

Americans do.

 

and more to the point:

Canadians don't feel that they NEED to lock their doors.

Americans do.

 

and even further to my hidden point:

Canada = not much fear.

America = way, way too much fear.

Posted
Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English".

Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English".

 

Those two are mutually exclusive, unless you're referring to a third party like the Zimbabweans.

Posted
hey, doesnt canada have a queen? in the us, we have about 2 million of those weirdos.

Yes in fact we do have a queen, Elizabeth the second, and we also live in igloos and ride dog sleds all day. :rolleyes:

Posted

americans are multi cultured,multi racial and yet call themselves all american.

canadians all look alike,and call themselves aunt,uncle,brother,sister.

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