jjd Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Angry Canadian hates ugly Americans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Pork is just pig meat. Ham is smoked pig meat.  Get it correct if you're going to nitpick details. "Ham" indicates the part of the body the meat comes from. It is NOT necessarily smoked, although it can be. Ham is meat from the....you guessed it...ham of the pig. That's ass to you and me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Not angry, and don't hate. Just disagree on a couple of things, that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 so if you get some pork sausage they are making pig ass into horse cock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Huh? We Americans say it as "aboot" because that's what it sound like you guys are saying. It's joking around based on a phonetic reality.Must be some peculiar regional dialect you're hearing - maybe Cape Breton Island, or the Avalon Peninsula. Everywhere I've ever lived it's pronounced "abowt", unless it's being spoken by an American comedian making fun of how American comedians pronounce it "aboot". Hmmm, you must live in a vacuum. I probably hear Canadians say "aboot 30-40 times a year. And I'm not the only one. Only comedians saying it that way? My ass!  It's not a big deal to me, just a way of lightly making fun of Canadians, kind of like calling them canucks or coneheads. I have a number of Canadian friends working here in the Seattle area. Although they try and successfully do say it about, I still hear them say it their old aboot way on occassion.  Uh, isn't there a NBA team in Canada? The Toronto Raptors.Technically speaking, this is correct. But no-one outside of Toronto pays any attention, and there's no consensus on Toronto truly being part of Canada, either. It lies within our borders, but that's about where the relationship ends. Furthermore, there used to be the Vancouver Grizzlies, since moved to Memphis. The operative words here being "used to be..." and "...since moved to Memphis." Case in point. Why did they move to Memphis? It sure wasn't to get away from the huge mobs of over-zealous fans.  I was just poo-pooing your sentence "However, being a discerning bunch, Canadians quickly realized that it's a profoundly stupid game and have never really given it much thought since." Although I realize you were probably being facetious, I thought I'd call you on it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 murry you have to realize that Americans pronounce ought like at so when they say "about" its like they are saying " a bat". so when we say about and it rhymes with drought, spout, and flout, they think we are saying a boot. whereas we all know it is route that rhymes with boot, not doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 some of my best friends are canadians... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjd Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 what's this root aboot? there's a drought en route ought to plug the spout before dru says "no doubt" and decides to flout canadian bacon tastes like trout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 (edited) my, isn't jayb feeling imperial today? irrelevance, backwater, yadda, yadda. the minows better do as they are told .... Â "now just imagine that instead of having canada, the region to the north was occupied by Japan blablablablablabla ..... blablablabla. so how much money did you save by not having to worry about your 3000miles long northern border? huh? huh?" Edited June 18, 2004 by j_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Yes. Now get back to your ideological Gulag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotterdamerung Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 Canadian women are fine. And easy. That's the sole reason we like Canada. Oh, and Whistler and the entire Canadian Rockies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_b Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Yes. Now get back to your ideological Gulag... Â nope, sorry! that's for the neocons in the crowd these days ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 You want Whistler??? You can have it. think of it as a gift from us to you in appreciation for all you have done for us. Enjoy the STD's and crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotterdamerung Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 Have never once explored that part of Whistler to be honest with you. I doubt it compares to Vegas or LA anyway. What about Canmore/Banff and the Rockies can we take those too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 You could have Banff, sure, not to sure about Canmore though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotterdamerung Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Get back to us on that one will ya? We may be able to seal the deal since the assclown congress just let every 'biler in the world into Teton and Yellowstone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icegirl Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 lol... well, having grown up 4 miles from the canadian border, i have no idea what this whole discussion is aboot... Â we would really like Canmore. Canmore would be good. quick! Specialed! J_Fisher! Write us up a draft! We really must get this ball rolling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Get back to us on that one will ya? We may be able to seal the deal since the assclown congress just let every 'biler in the world into Teton and Yellowstone. Â Wait, you serious? Where did you find the latest news on this? Â When I was in Montana last year we stayed with some folks who were also hosting a large group of scientists that had just come from yellowstone. They were hired by the NPS to do air quality standards. On a typical day when the bilers were out they found in almost every area of the park that the air quality would make LA look like perfectly clean air. Â Teddy Roosevelt would be rolling in his grave to see what the modern republican view of "conservation" is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotterdamerung Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 I read it somewhere today. All 6 democrats in Washington voted no usage in National Parks, 2 republicans voted for, and 2 republicans abstained from voting. I'm with the dems on this one. I'll see if I can find the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotterdamerung Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Crass politics  Passed in the house. Will probably pass in the senate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratboy Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I'm with the dems on this one. Â Did someone take over gotterd's keyboard? I can't believe my eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeezix Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 are you sure it wasn't because your keys were locked in the truck Did you hear about the climber that locked his keys in his car? Called a locksmith and told him he'd better hurry --it looked like rain and he'd left the top down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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