February 27, 2001

3:58 PM

Canadian World Domination.It's all about the beer, the beavers, and total and utter capitulation from the rest of the civilized world.
posted by sid (24 comments total)

... and it's an insult to Canada.
posted by fbeach at 4:28 PM on February 27, 2001

I don't even believe I'm about to type this, but here goes....


ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US, EH?


(cowering in a corner now)
posted by briank at 4:43 PM on February 27, 2001

fbeach - I don't get it. How is it an insult to Canada? It's hilariously funny, and manages to get a few valid points about America's culture across, which, after all, it is trying to ape.
posted by sid at 4:49 PM on February 27, 2001

I saw Canadian Bacon, too. Big deal.

Canada is a good neighbor. Their cities are clean, their medicines are cheaper and some of their chicks are hot. All their hockey teams are moving to the States where we mop the floor with Canucks.

It's all good. 'Nuff said.
posted by Capn_Stuby at 5:59 PM on February 27, 2001

You know a country can't be bad when some of their chicks are hot! As well as wonderfully cynical, which few americans seem to know of canadians.

briank:come out of the corner, that was funny.

-A *hot* Canadian.
posted by fiery at 6:10 PM on February 27, 2001

Hey, Sid, funniest link text I've seen in a long time. Have a maple bar on me.

She can dominate me anytime, meowr.
posted by capt.crackpipe at 7:45 PM on February 27, 2001

The Communist menace on our Northern border must be eradicated at all costs.

Who's with me?
posted by aladfar at 7:48 PM on February 27, 2001

You mean the Eskimos? I'm with you!
posted by Neb at 7:57 PM on February 27, 2001

FIFTY-FOUR-FORTY OR FIGHT!
FIFTY-FOUR-FORTY OR FIGHT!
posted by daveadams at 9:12 PM on February 27, 2001

Insult? bahah. That site has always been a laugh. And it's so canadian in that oh-so-canadian kind of way. Canadians seem to laugh at their own stereotypes a lot - Canadian Bacon and South Park the movie were probably laughed at more here than in the states. Chilly Beach is hilarious too.


...though I find this post rather redundant, as I could have sworn I have seen this site here at least once or twice before (or maybe that was in its previous pre domain incarnation?).

and that beaver kicks ass.


posted by mkn at 10:16 PM on February 27, 2001

If this is the same CWD site I saw several years back, I've actually met the mastermind behind the site. The girl who runs it is incredibly intelligent, and was a student at the University of Waterloo. I had the opportunity to meet her during a job interview and she just totally blew me away with her energy and expertise.
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 1:13 AM on February 28, 2001

Let me know when they take over the US so I can go home.
posted by pracowity at 2:09 AM on February 28, 2001

But where is the corresponding French translation for the Francophones?

Mais où correspondant la traduction est-elle française pour le Francophones?




(Yeah, yeah, I used Babel Fish; I took Latin instead of French, allright?)



posted by Avogadro at 5:18 AM on February 28, 2001

Ooh, I have a canadian story. A girl in my class last semester was from canada, and she was grousing about our non-metric measurements, and she sez "What does 'pt' stand for?" and I sez "It stands for 'pteradon.' There's twelve pteradons in a gallon, and that's the measurement people at gas stations prefer you to order by. Just ask for 100 pteradons and" <edited for brevity and because it wasn't actually all that funny> -- and she bought it!!! Hahahahahhaha!
posted by sonofsamiam at 7:14 AM on February 28, 2001

Anyone in the US seen "This Hour Has 22 Minutes"? It's a satirical look at current events. One of my favourite segments is "Talking to Americans." In one of these, they told students at Harvard that in Canada, we put old people on ice floes and send them off to die. They were circulating a petition to stop this, and lots and lots of America's brightest (or richest) were signing. You see, we think we're smarter than you, and a lot of the time, we're right... ;)
posted by jmcnally at 7:36 AM on February 28, 2001

sonofsamiam: Be careful. Every Canadian has at least 5 or 6 anecdotes that begin with "I was in the states one time..." and end with "... <sigh> Americans are so stupid."

Sure, they aren't all true, but not all Americans are stupid, so it balances out.

<shifty look>
posted by cCranium at 7:49 AM on February 28, 2001

Canadian satirical comedy is great (esp. 22 minutes). I think Canadian humour has a nice mix of British wit and satire, and American potty humour, or something. We're nicely in the middle.
posted by mkn at 8:24 AM on February 28, 2001

Any country that gave the world a city called "Moose Jaw" is A-OK in my book.
posted by Skot at 8:31 AM on February 28, 2001

Or "Flin Flon."
posted by rodii at 9:04 AM on February 28, 2001

or "Moose Factory"

Has anyone read the hate mail? Some of it is good-natured ribbing right back at them, but some of the posts are frighteningly stupid.
posted by mzanatta at 2:52 PM on February 28, 2001

Avogadro:

Mais où est la traduction correspondante pour les Francophones? :)
posted by swank6 at 5:19 PM on February 28, 2001

Heh. I'd say something to mock that page of hate mail, but I think it mocks itself pretty well.

My favourite: "Fuck you and the queen"

Preach on, Yankee brother. Preach the fuck on.
posted by Succa at 5:47 PM on February 28, 2001

Canada is just like mexico, only above us.
posted by thetruth at 6:32 AM on March 1, 2001