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[Captain Corea]

Well, I know that there are a lot of Canadians on this board. And I also know that occasionally the US vs CDN thing gets kind of funny. But since I've been living over seas I've been exploring (a little) my thoughts on being Canadian.

Usually, Canadians that I know, are proud of things that make us different than Americans. For some reason we're hell bent on showing the world that "we're not them."

Seing the insecurities in Korean national pride, I've now been able to see it in our own (well, at least some of it).

Anyways, here is my blog entry for today...

[stumptown]

That was hilarious!!! Thanks.

[Free World]

That was a good read, thanks.
Just currious about one thing.

[Grotto]

The Arrogant Worms

Proud to be Canadian


Our fair country, Canada, is north of USA.
Our Maritimes are lovely and our prairies give us hay.
Oh, you might think you Yankees are better than us Canucks.
Well, we don't need no microchips inside our hockey pucks.

We know that you've got Disney World,
and you keep it very clean.
Well we don't have Bob Dole,
but we can drink when we're nineteen.
We may watch your TV shows for hours and hours and hours.
We'll give you Alan Thicke, but Shania Twain is ours.

Chorus:
We're proud to be Canadian.
We're awfully nice to strangers, our manners be our curse.
It's cool in many ways to be Canadian.
We won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse.

Your beer's not too tasty and your weather can't be beat.
We all fly south in the winter time to escape the snow and sleet.
We're pleased to say that we've enjoyed all your southern charms.
But we get sunburnt when we exercise the right to bare our arms.

(Chorus)

Alanis Morrisette she is our latest pride and joy.(ohh)
She used to sing about high school dances and chasing after boys.(yeah)
But now she is fed up(fed up) and about as angry as can be.
She's got one hand in her pocket, and the other's on guard for thee.

We're proud to be Canadian.(Proud to be Canadian)
We're awfully nice to strangers, our manners be our curse.(we're just to darn nice)
It's cool in many ways to be Canadian.(it's cool cause its cold up here)
We won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse.

We're proud to be Canadian.(proud to be Canadian)
We're awfully nice to strangers, our manners be our curse.(Can I get the door for you ma'am?)
It's cool in many ways to be Canadian.(it's cool cause it's cold up here)
We won't say that we're better, it's just that we're less worse.

Beers are not enough


Canada's Really Big

(spoken)
thank you very much
now we're very, uh, we're very patriotic canadians
and we'd like to take this moment to,
uh, to do our national anthem, that we wrote

When i look around me, i can't believe what i see
it seems as if this country has lost its will to live
the economy is lousy, we barely have an army
but we can still stand proudly because canada's really big
we're the second largest country on this planet earth
and if Russia keeps on shrinking, then soon we'll be first!
(as long as we keep quebec)

The USA has tanks, and switzerland has banks
they can keep them thanks, they just don't amount
cause when you get down to it, you find out what the truth is,
it isn't what you do with it, it's the size that counts
most people will tell you that france is pretty large
but you can put fourteen frances into this land of ours!
(it'd take a lot of work, it'd take a whole lot of work)

we're larger than malaysia, almost as big as asia
we're bigger than australia and it's a continent
so big we seldom bother to go see one another
but we often go to other countries for vacations
our mountains are very pointy, our prairies are not
the rest is kinda bumpy, but man do we have a lot!
(we've got a lot of land, we've got a whole lot of land)

so stand up and be proud and sing it very loud
we stand out from the crowd, cause Canada's really big

[winnie]

hell ya, I am proud to be Canadian.........


Happy Canada Day!

[peppermint]

grateful for being born there, but not proud.

[SarcasmKills]

Grateful, proud, the whole sha-bang...

[red dog]

I agree with this part, but not the rest:

[kermo]

I think China is a bit bigger, by some counts.

Some of Canada's greatest weaknesses are also its greatest strengths, and vice versa.

Canada's neurotic inferiority complex is linked to a pleasant humility, and the knowledge that although we do some things well, there's a lot we should do a lot better. The Australians and Americans I've spoken to seem to feel that patriotism means "Our way = the best way." (They don't necessarily support this, but they reflect on it.)

Canada's limp-wristed international role, PC hand-wringing and our reluctance to support any one culture or cause over another are part of the earnest tolerance we extend to the multitude of ethnicities within our borders.

Canada's hopelessly vague national character is a byproduct of the inclusiveness and all-embracing attitudes of its citizens.

I love Canada in all its frigid, liberal, soft-spoken glory.

[Grotto]

Canada is the second largest country in the world and anyone who doesnt know it is babo.
Russia: is largest: Area:
total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km

Canada: Area:
total: 9,984,670 sq km
land: 9,093,507 sq km
water: 891,163 sq km

USA: Area:
total: 9,631,418 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 469,495 sq km

China: total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km

I guess you could argue that if you didnt include all the lakes and rivers Canada would not be second.

[ThePoet]

I gave all my students "Canada Flag" lapel pins today and I gave out a bunch of tattoos too. They all seemed to like the gift. Tonight, I'll BBQ a steak and have a bottle of beer -- eh.

Poet

[zappadelta]

I am very proud to not be Canadian.

[the_beaver]

Nationalism is stupid.

[thepeel]

[The Lemon]