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The thing about all the Canada bashing
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casey's moon



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:53 pm    Post subject: The thing about all the Canada bashing Reply with quote
is that it's kind of flattering, in a weird sort of way. Laughing

Somehow, we actually threaten others with our existence to a point where we're driving some people nuts enough to post entire threads about how annoying we are! Woo hoo!!! But just in Korea. We're still wallflowers in most of the world.
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peppermint



Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorry, but I totally disagree. I find my country's general attitide of "Notice me! notice me!" to be a little pathetic really. It's a great country, and maybe it should get more attention on the world stage than it does, but not for the stupid things like the obsession with mediocre coffeeshops. Laughing
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phaedrus



Joined: 13 Nov 2003
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
peppermint wrote:
maybe it should get more attention on the world stage than it does....


Being one of three English speaking countries in the G8 ain't so bad!



I do wish Canada would set a real example for the world environmentally, though.

Canada is fairly unspoiled, and I imagine that unless the rest of the world changes, they are going to plow over Canada unless Canada doesn't exploit itself into the ground first.
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003
PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:04 pm    Post subject: Re: The thing about all the Canada bashing Reply with quote
casey's moon wrote:
is that it's kind of flattering, in a weird sort of way. Laughing

Somehow, we actually threaten others with our existence to a point where we're driving some people nuts enough to post entire threads about how annoying we are! Woo hoo!!! But just in Korea. We're still wallflowers in most of the world.


I don't think anyone's threatened. There's no fukkingcanada song. You're just annoying.
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katydid



Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:17 pm    Post subject: Re: The thing about all the Canada bashing Reply with quote
thorin wrote:
casey's moon wrote:
is that it's kind of flattering, in a weird sort of way. Laughing

Somehow, we actually threaten others with our existence to a point where we're driving some people nuts enough to post entire threads about how annoying we are! Woo hoo!!! But just in Korea. We're still wallflowers in most of the world.


I don't think anyone's threatened. There's no fukkingcanada song. You're just annoying.


There is however, Blame Canada. Wink
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Milwaukiedave



Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
As an American, I really find no reason to put down Canada. I've made alot of nice friends from up yander. Of course I like to tease them about saying "eh?" all the time. But it's all in good fun.

Actually I am thinking of immigrating there...my country has gone to hell as far as I'm concerned.
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whatthefunk



Joined: 21 Apr 2003
Location: Dont have a clue
PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I dont understand leaving America cause of Bush... And why go to Canada? Immigrate to Jamaica or something..
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003
PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
whatthefunk wrote:
I dont understand leaving America cause of Bush... And why go to Canada? Immigrate to Jamaica or something..

Yeah, I am a bit confused by that as well. I mean, I do like Canada.. but there are MANY parts of the U.S. that has very liberal politics. Stick with them - if its purely on politics.

If someone just wants to get out of the U.S., the world is fairly big. I dont see the purpose of emigrating to the most similar country in the world.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Canada is a great country (I've spent 6 happy months there on 3 occasions) yet, I do feel the Canadians in Korea are a little too patriotic. Or self-centered.

For example, I've noticed Canadians speak of prices in Canadian dollars to non-Canadians. Why? We have no idea what the Canadian dollar is worth (well, I do, but many don't). I would never dream of expressing prices in British pounds to anyone but Brits.

And the Tim Hortons obsession is too weird.
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captain kirk



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm from Canada so I know what a Tim Hornton's is. It looks like McDonald's inside, except it's in whites and browns, not yellows and oranges and so on like McDonalds. It has donuts. There are floor to ceiling windows and the tables are the McDonalds style. There's a drive through so you can pick up donuts and coffee. The coffee is good, and strong. You can get a good jolt out of one cup, and if you're sitting it's in a ceramic mug. The coffee is always freshly brewed. It's not 'amazing' coffee, but it's strong and good and it's a nice place to sit and talk, look out the window, and get a coffee get up and go feeling.
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Cthulhu



Joined: 02 Feb 2003
PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I don't get the Tim Horton's thing either, and I'm surrounded by them. Why dream about Tim Horton's when Korean coffeeshops seem to be well on there way towards making a decent espresso?