November 03, 2004

Jesusland and the US of C

This has probably appeared before despite my fruitless search. If so, please delete. Otherwise it may produce the same wry grin I got from it. A small smile on a hellish day

posted by kamus 20 years ago
  • Ahahaha! Its so nice to laugh after a long cry... Thank you, kamus.
  • Jeebus!
  • Ooooh no you don't. Get off, come on now, we're full up already. No hitching rides... especially you, New York. Unless you put the Statue of Liberty in a toque. And even then, we're renaming you something native and difficult to say (Saskatchewan needs a self esteem boost, we need something new to mispell/mispronounce)
  • the island nation of gnostics is a mycotic growth beneath it it's mushroom season
  • Weird, I had the same idea too. I like the names for those countries though.
  • If Canada knows what's best for them, they should seal their borders NOW. Refuse entry to all non-Canadians. Mexico should do the same. I'm eagerly looking forward to bin Laden exploding a dozen nukes in the US. I hope he does it right in front of me. The only way to fight rot is with fire.
  • You think Canada would turn down NYC and San Francisco? No way. There's plenty of room for everyone.
  • Fuyugare: We'll open our borders only in the event of America being cancelled. And calimehtar: The only problem is that if we get NYC, we'd have to get Buffalo as well...
  • There is no way the US of C could not take Alaska.
  • a similar idea to the FPP, this one is titled, Canada 2.0
  • the meh - have you ever noticed that when you're in the USA driving north to the border, it doesn't matter where (okay, i haven't crossed near either west or east coasts, but anywhere else this applies) it seems like you've finally reached the end of anything culturally interesting... these wastelands like north dakota, northern montana, buffalo new york, detroit.... and then you cross the border keep going the same direction and within a few hours everything has changed. From Montana you get to Lethbridge which is a cute bustling city compared to the wastelands of Butte and Shelby (disclaimer - i haven't driven that route in 10 years or so). Even Hamilton Ontario (excluding the decaying industrial part of town) is green and civilized, and it only gets better as you get closer to Ontario. I don't know exactly what this means, but it always makes me a slightly smug Canadian for no good reason.
  • last sentence of the first para should read "as you get closer to Toronto." if that makes my rant any more comprehensible.
  • The only exception to your rule is Windsor, which is just north of the border from the bustling metropolis of oh wait no you're right.
  • calimehtar -- I'm from upper Michigan, and it's that way every time I go back up there. I live in Wisconsin now, and driving from here to there, you cross through about four areas of empty woods that seem like they have to be beyond any kind of civilization at all, when suddenly, more little towns! It's weird to finally get all the way up there and realize Thunder Bay is only about 80 miles north.
  • Ah! I saw this before on Ken Layne's blog. He has funnier commentary.
  • To be accurate, you'd have to include large sections of Alberta and maybe London, Ontario into your Jesusland.