I've decided to start worshipping Canada. No, really, I have.

[Bouncy Ball]

Canada, unlike this country, lives in the 21st century. They don't tend to freak out, on the whole, that there are actually people in the world who aren't straight. They don't freak out over marijuana. They are free to live their lives as they wish, as long as they bring no harm to others. True freedom, ah.

Not only can you be proudly liberal there, but if you stood on a street corner and yelled out "I'M A SOCIALIST!" people just really wouldn't bat an eye. Someone *might* say "So?"

I understand we do export our worst TV shows up there, but I'm sure I'd be freer than I am now from the Lying Yappity-Yaps on TV.

Any country that gives us "DeGrassi" has got to be good.

So I shall worship Canada. I shall randomly shout, while in public, "PRAISE CANADA AND ALL THINGS CANADIAN!"

Tell me MORE about Canada that I can praise and give worship to!

[wysi]

1. HOCKEY!

n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

4. PRAISE HOCKEY! ALL PRAISE HOCKEY!

(Vomit and blood both bounce on ice!)

[ClintonTyree]

2. Good Beer......................

and great doughnuts, ey? I very fond of Canada myself and am seriously considering moving to Kingston.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. PRAISE GOOD BEER AND GREAT DONUTS!

[progmom]

5. Pay for everything with Loonies

And Twonies!

[Bouncy Ball]

9. OK!! PRAISE LOONIES AND TWONIES!!

Where do I get them?

[GOPisEvil]

14. Cross the border and exchange some greenbacks.

The Loonie is the dollar coin - the Toonie is the two-dollar coin.

[yardwork]

17. Another awesome thing about Canada - coin money!

Serious coin money - one dollar and two dollar coins. And you can tell what they are, too. They don't look and feel like hexagonal quarters like some other coins I could mention.

All hail Canada!

(This thread is a copycat of mine last night. I'm telling Skinner.)

[Bouncy Ball]

21. It is?

Seriously, I didn't know. Wasn't on DU too much last night.

Sorry!

[yardwork]

31. Oh, ok then. We had the same idea at almost the same time!

I'll bet tens of millions of Americans are having the same idea. Is Canada ready for all of us?

[Bouncy Ball]

36. We will give them time to get ready!

LOL! Where is your thread?

[yardwork]

40. I'll go find it and kick it

[BUSHOUT]

18. Twonies? WTF? :)

[progmom]

30. two dollar coin

not sure if i spelled it right. nope, i didn't. it's a toonie.

[enigmatic]

6. Tim Hortons, The Tragically Hip, Trailer Park Boys.....

The Tragically Hip




Trailer Park Boys



Tim Hortons



Much, much more, but this is for starters...

[Bouncy Ball]

10. ALL PRAISE TIM HORTON'S, THE TRAGICALLY HIP AND

THE TRAILER PARK BOYS!!!!

[AndyTiedye]

13. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

It sure looks cold in that last picture.

[stupid grin]

51. Trailer Park Boys freaking rocks.

[LibertyorDeath]

7. Canadian charter of rights and freedoms.

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/

[Bouncy Ball]

12. PRAISE THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS!

(And thanks for the link, interesting reading!!!)

[LibertyorDeath]

35. This is a good read also

Carlson, Coulter, and Canada

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/04/12/10_canada.html

[GOPisEvil]

8. Let us drink to Peace, Order and Good Government!

I love Canada!

:toast:

[Bouncy Ball]

11. All hail Canada

the Great White North and Land of Freedom!

[LibertyorDeath]

38. I'll raise a Glass to that.

:toast:

[BUSHOUT]

15. Canadians may not "freak out" over pot...

but it is still illegal. Penalties are much less for it there, and often police will use discretion and just confiscate small amounts.

The debate to decriminalize it there should be a common sense one. A big fat fine for possession of small amounts is a much smarter move than injecting those folks into the criminal justice system. Growing it and selling it would remain criminal matters.
America just don't understand the issue...thus the freaking out!

And you can't walk down the street naked there if you feel like it. No, not true freedom!

[Bouncy Ball]

19. Aw shoot

well I didn't want to walk down the street naked, so I guess that's ok.

But you made my point--they are far more common sense. Far less likely to have the fundie freak out reaction.

[yardwork]

22. "America just don't understand the issue..."

Ahem. Yes we do. It's the stupes who get themselves (s)elected who make the stupid laws. Marijuana would be legal in the USA quick enough of Halliburton could make money on it.

[Bouncy Ball]

23. Damn straight.

What he said.

[BUSHOUT]

28. One more post 'till 1000! Make it to ME!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Bouncy Ball]

37. Whoooops!

I don't know where I made it, sorry! I'm such a whore with my posts!

LOL!

I didn't even notice I was that close.

[yardwork]

32. I'm a woman, but that's ok!

LOL!

[Bouncy Ball]

39. Oh geez so sorry!

I coulda sworn you were a guy and I have no idea why I thought that!

[BUSHOUT]

27. OK...*most* Americans don't understand the issue...n/t

[CatBoreal]

34. Yes, but in Ontario....

...both sexes can go topless.

[BUSHOUT]

46. No way. Anyplace?? nt

[CatBoreal]

49. In public, so long as it isn't for...

...sexual purposes, like a strip tease for example.

So walking down the street topless is okay for a woman or a man.

If you watch Toronto's Gay Pride parade or saw the SARS concert, you'd see women flashing their breasts everywhere.

[BUSHOUT]

57. "Flashing" is not indicitive of legality!

I've seen women flash at events also. If they walked down the street with tits out the next day they'd be arrested.
Again, is it legal? I don't think so.

[CatBoreal]

58. Nope, it's legal....

I went to University with Gwen Jacobs, who back in 1991 decided to walk home from school, topless, in 33C weather. She was arrested, charged and convicted of indecency, a ruling that was later overturned by the Ontario Supreme Court.

As a result, it's legal for women to go topless.

Here's an article that's a summary of various news stories.

http://www.fcn.ca/Gwen.html

Even the Freepers post about it: http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/939537/posts

[BUSHOUT]

66. OK, I'm defering to my original point about "naked". Topless is not naked

:toast:
But you are correct on the shirtless thing. I forgot about that, I noticed it back then also.

I don't think many women in Ontario have made use of this new freedom though....I've never heard a whisper of it going on.

[DrWeird]

52. You can't walk down the street naked?

Dude, several years ago there was a big protest in Toronto, the capital of Canada, where a bunch of women protested topless against Canadian anti-topless women laws for hours in the middle of the street and they SHOWED IN ON THE FRICKING NEWS!!! THE WHOLE FRICKING THING SANS PIXELLATION! Jesus Christ it's like you're fucking Brazil or something.

[CatBoreal]

54. Uuuummm....

Ottawa is the Canadian capital...

Toronto is just the provincial capital of Ontario, although it likes to pretend it's the centre of the universe.

[DrWeird]

56. Pff. Yeah, right.

Ottawa: The capital of Ganada. LOL.

[BUSHOUT]

67. No shirt on is not "naked". Try taking off your pants, you goin' down!

[crispini]

59. That's funny, about the pot.

Because I have it on pretty good authority that the People's Republic of Austin has more or less the same stance re: small quantities of it.

Of course, with all of those hippies running around down there, the entire TOWN would be in the hoosegow if they did otherwise. ;)

[Placebo]

16. Eh, they're not so fab.

[Bouncy Ball]

20. Put down the Hatorade!

[Placebo]

24. Hatorade?

What hatorade do you speak of? :P

[Bouncy Ball]

25. Awwww

Placebo's just guzzlin the Hatorade tonight, eh?

;-)

[BUSHOUT]

29. Excellent use of the word

"eh", eh?

[Bouncy Ball]

41. Well grassy-ass!

That's Texan for thank you!

[BUSHOUT]

26. You mean "They're not so fab, eh?"

The "eh" is placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a response from the listener would be welcome but implied agreement will sufice.

"Eh" is one of the most badly understood and misreprented aspects of Canadiana in America...along with the temperature, hockey, and SCTV.

SCTV particularly is used as a Canadian stereotyping tool by Americans who don't grasp the fact that the show is a parody.

Praise "eh".

[yardwork]

33. Psst. Placebo IS a Canadian

[BUSHOUT]

47. I can't correct a Canadian? Now I'm in trouble!

I've lived in Canada for a long period, so I'm entitled to call one out!

[babylonsister]

42. How about reasonable prices for meds? nt

[Bouncy Ball]

43. ALL PRAISE REASONABLE PRICES FOR MEDS!

[yardwork]

44. Hey Bouncy Ball! I dragged my old thread back

[Bouncy Ball]

45. Ok I'll go check it out!

Thanks you WOMAN you!

[fluffernutter]

48. their healthcare is free. oh, and poutine is definitely praisable.

[GOPisEvil]

50. Oh yes....their women are beautiful, too!

:loveya:

[stupid grin]

53. Kids in The Hall, CBC Radio, This Hour has 22 Minutes,

AirFarce, Mr. Dressup, Bachman-Turner-Overdrive, The Guess Who, Joni Mitchell, Rush, Neil Young, Dan Ackroyd, Norm MacDonald, Martin Short.

I LOVE CANADA!!!

[Shadowen]

55. Corner. Gas.

The best sitcom ever. Like Seinfeld ("about nothing"), except set in a small town.

And, y'know, funny.

[enigmatic]

61. Yes!!

That and Trailer Park Boys are the 2 best shows on TV...

[robbedvoter]

60. Andrea martin, William Shatner and this guy/series

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

63. Paul Gross / "Due South"

Never saw the show myself, but Gross is a pretty good actor.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

62. Curling

Don't worry, we don't understand it either.

[CatBoreal]

64. Yeah, but Paul does...

[IHeart1993]

65. I've been doing that since 1993

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