June 30, 2007

Are Canadians stupid?
  • what are you talking aboot, eh?
  • Yup.
  • Pretty much, yeah. But it makes me look golden as a result, so I's all good.
  • *amasses storyboards for Talking to Canadians show, heads south*
  • Mmm hmm.
  • Do they sing the Star Spangled Banner at a futtboll game? I rest my case.
  • Stupid, no. Ignorant, yes. All this talk of Canadians not knowing their history just reminds me of my high school history teacher, Mr. Stewart, and how frustrated he'd get when his students would blithely admit in class that they hadn't done the assigned reading or finish the essay assignment from the previous night (this was in 1986). Mr. Stewart would then grumble about how kids just didn't care anymore - one time he even kicked a nearby desk so hard that it jumped half a foot off the floor. I was always amazed at how the other kids thought nothing about saying to the teacher's face that they hadn't even bothered doing the homework. But hey, it's just history class, right?
  • The title of the national anthem was named by 96 per cent of the respondents, but only 58 per could name the first two lines of O Canada. This is five percentage points worse than in 1997. I blame this on 24-hour TV broadcasting. When I was growing up, it was the playing of both national anthems that woke you up every night and told you you'd fallen asleep in front of the TV again.
  • YOU BE SORY TO SAY THE CANADIANS STUPID. ONE DAY WHEN YOU SITTING QUIETLY, YOU REALIZE THE TOOTH. CAN YOU HANDLE THE TOOTH? WHEN THE BIG NOISE IS OVER WHAT DAT YOU HEAR? IT THE SOUND OF THE GREAT BEAVER PADDLING HIS CANOE DOWN TO ATTACK YOUR HOUSE>
  • CAN YOU HANDLE THE TOOTH? TEETH, surely?
  • Blame Canada!
    and that bitch Anne Murray, too...
  • Remember, Canadians, just being smarter than Americans doesn't make you smart.
  • The short answer is "yes". The longer and more convoluted answer is "Yes, the assertion in question is correct and sustainable."
  • of course they are...they don't even know what Canadian Bacon is....
  • Yes they are.
  • In general, no, Canadians are not stupid, but this blanket statement may or may not apply to people from Alberta. Or Quebec. Your kilometerage may vary.
  • OMFG! I spent a decade in Alberta, and my sweetie is from Quebec. *gives fuyugare a wedgie*
  • Happy Canada Day, dumbasses!
  • Just because some dork on Jeopardy remembers details about the civil war doesn't mean we all do. I, for one, am a dumb american when it comes to history. I challenge my knowledge, or lack thereof, to any canadian's knowledge, or lack thereof.
  • Okay, so then who wins a kickboxing match between Betsy Ross and Laura Secord?
  • Secord. Hands down. If she can drag a cow from Queenston to DeCew Falls, she's got some pretty impressive leg strength. And earlier, I forgot to add: For those of you in Quebec, Happy Moving Day, dumbasses!
  • "Canadians." Seems to be the feller in the story is just as bigoted whether he's using the word literally or as slang.
  • Wow. I actually read something out of the National Pest. I feel dirty...