Ask a Canadian!

[North]

For all of those who dont live in the true north, that is both strong and free, dont worry I am here to answer all your questions. Not just about Canadian politics, land, weather and our obsessions with both beer and hockey but I will answer also answer your questions about life the universe and everything with a Canadians sensibilitity.

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All answers given here are 126% true. No matter what source, scientist or grammar expert says otherwise. For reals.

Eh?

[psychoticbarber]

Let me start you off with a clearly unbiased question that is in no way being asked by a fellow Canadian

How awesome are we, eh? is Canada?

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Why are you supposed to eat the red ones last?

I never divined the answer while visiting your noble lands.

[North]

Let me start you off with a clearly unbiased question that is in no way being asked by a fellow Canadian

How awesome are we, eh? is Canada?

Canada is so awesome if it wasnt for the fact that winter never leaves we would be on fire.

But were too modest to say that of course.

Why are you supposed to eat the red ones last?

I never divined the answer while visiting your noble lands.

Because the rest are poison and the red ones are the antidote.

Eh?

[Indurain]

Because the rest are poison and the red ones are the antidote.

Do you not think there was a reason he was "unable to divine" the answer last time. Now you've ruined my plans. *sigh* Guess the hockey sticks'll have to do.

[zeratul]

Howw in the nine hells do you guys find french fries, with mayo edible?

[FdL]

Do people realize they have some really cool indie bands and therefore listen to them? Like Sloan...And 54-40, and the Tragically Hip, Jale, Eric's Trip (are any of those even still around or I got stuck in mid 90's? :p)

Not to mention legendary musicians like Neil Young.

[Saithis Bladewing]

Ehe...ehe...hehehe....I already know the real answer to this, but I want to see if you'll say it anyway.

"What do you call American Cheese?"

[zeratul]

Also Barenaked Ladies,and Moxy Fruvus

[The Great Skenardo]

What, precisely, is so awesome about Tim Hortons?

[Lemur]

What's rounder, an orange?

[ZombieRockStar]

Do people realize they have some really cool indie bands and therefore listen to them? Like Sloan...And 54-40, and the Tragically Hip, Jale, Eric's Trip (are any of those even still around or I got stuck in mid 90's? :p)

Not to mention legendary musicians like Neil Young.

The TH are classic now. Seriously, they get played on the classic rock stations.

We do occasionally realize that we have good bands. However, laws requiring that any media outlet have a certain percentage of Canadian content means that radio stations often play "safe" choices in a bid for ratings. This results in a horrid overabundance of Nickelback, Three Day's Grace, and Bryan Adams.

[Nomrom]

I know this is not going to end well for me, but I have to say it anyways.
How does it feel knowing you have the privilege of sharing your southern border with the greatest country in the world?

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

How does it feel knowing you have the privilege of sharing your southern border with the greatest country in the world?

Don't you know anything about geography? *Rolls eyes*

They share with America, not Australia. Australia is a island and so is not on their southern border.

Honestly, some people don't even research their facts.

[Saithis Bladewing]

Funny, 'cause I was gonna point out that Japan was on the other side of the pacific.

[FdL]

The TH are classic now. Seriously, they get played on the classic rock stations.

We do occasionally realize that we have good bands. However, laws requiring that any media outlet have a certain percentage of Canadian content means that radio stations often play "safe" choices in a bid for ratings. This results in a horrid overabundance of Nickelback, Three Day's Grace, and Bryan Adams.

Interesting. I didn't have a clue about that. I'm sorry about having to listen to those in the radio... :s

Also Barenaked Ladies,and Moxy Fruvus

You're right, I forgot about Barenaked Ladies, and didn't remember the name for Broken Social Scene.

You know where my knowledge of canadian bands comes from?
When cable was a new thing here in my town (early 90's) and there still wasn't a local MTV channel, we had Much Music. Well, we still have a local version of Much Music, but back then it was the original canadian programs, with just a couple local presenters punched in.

So they put amazing music, excelent shows really, not only about canadian artists, though I got to know a lot. There was a program called Spotlight where they'd play specials with videos and interviews of bands. That's how I got to know amazing bands like LUSH. I remember seeing that program and waiting for the repetition to tape it. I still have it.

Later MTV came and it paled in comparison really, too commercial and banal.

So a big thanks to canadian culture for Much Music and all I learned about good music through them.

[zeratul]

Interesting. I didn't have a clue about that. I'm sorry about having to listen to those in the radio... :s



You're right, I forgot about Barenaked Ladies, and didn't remember the name for Broken Social Scene.

You know where my knowledge of canadian bands comes from?
When cable was a new thing here in my town (early 90's) and there still wasn't a local MTV channel, we had Much Music. Well, we still have a local version of Much Music, but back then it was the original canadian programs, with just a couple local presenters punched in.

So they put amazing music, excelent shows really, not only about canadian artists, though I got to know a lot. There was a program called Spotlight where they'd play specials with videos and interviews of bands. That's how I got to know amazing bands like LUSH. I remember seeing that program and waiting for the repetition to tape it. I still have it.

Later MTV came and it paled in comparison really, too commercial and banal.

So a big thanks to canadian culture for Much Music and all I learned about good music through them.

The sad thing is I can't tell if you just dissed Moxy Fruvus or not.

[North]

Howw in the nine hells do you guys find french fries, with mayo edible?

This is a tricky one. Popularized in Quebec in 1816 when the french would dip raw potatoes in butter, it has remained a popular staple of Quebec cuisine. Since the mid 80's it exploded out to the rest of Canada.

But my friends do not regular mayonaise only use mchicken sauce packets from mcdonalds these are possessed of a taste to match fries perfectly.

Do people realize they have some really cool indie bands and therefore listen to them? Like Sloan...And 54-40, and the Tragically Hip, Jale, Eric's Trip (are any of those even still around or I got stuck in mid 90's? :p)

Not to mention legendary musicians like Neil Young.

Yes and no. Canada has whathca call a continental music system. Large regions of the country are controlled by certain types of music. Country in the prairies , Folk music and Fiddle music in the maritimes. Oldies in Manitoba.

Ehe...ehe...hehehe....I already know the real answer to this, but I want to see if you'll say it anyway.

"What do you call American Cheese?"

Plastic Cheese. I have never known it by another term. I had to google it.

What, precisely, is so awesome about Tim Hortons?

Tim Hortons. Ethnic Canadian food at its finest.

Canada is very cold. Very. Cold. Timmys coffee is a staple for us to keep our body temp high enough. After so many years we our now as dependent upon it as Italians are on Lasagna.

Statscan 2007 statistic. As of 2007 currently 13 Canadians to every Tim Hortons this is only because of the recent baby boom. It used to be the other way around.

Eh?

[FdL]

The sad thing is I can't tell if you just dissed Moxy Fruvus or not.

No, it's just that I don't know them :p I'll do some research.

[Saithis Bladewing]

Plastic Cheese. I have never known it by another term. I had to google it.

Funny, because when I was in Canada, everyone there called it Canadian Cheese when I had to finally ask what they called the plasticly cheese.

The sad thing is I can't tell if you just dissed Moxy Fruvus or not.

Moxy Fruvus is made of awesome and win.

[Yiel]

*raises hand*

I have a question for the Canadians. Why does my aunt always send me bottles of Maple Syrup for my birthday? (She lives in Toronto) It is 5 birthdays in a row now.

[zeratul]

No, it's just that I don't know them :p I'll do some research.

As Saithis said They are made of awsome, and win.

[North]

What's rounder, an orange?

Eh? Without saying what an orange might be rounder then Ill have to say NO. An orange it most not rounder

I know this is not going to end well for me, but I have to say it anyways.
How does it feel knowing you have the privilege of sharing your southern border with the greatest country in the world?

Technically Great Britain is the greatest country in the world. It has Great in the title after all.

God Save The Queen

*raises hand*

I have a question for the Canadians. Why does my aunt always send me bottles of Maple Syrup for my birthday? (She lives in Toronto) It is 5 birthdays in a row now.

Maple Syrup is the all purpose tool. Its not just a condiment.

Sure you can put it on pancakes, waffles, cereal, toast, pancakes, fruit, steak and lobster.

But it also doubles as temporary adhesive, anti theft device, mace, lubricant, suntan lotion and more.

Statscan 2007 statistic - Each Canadian goes thru one bottle of maple syrup a week. Prisoner in a max prison for murder get one bottle a month.

Eh?

[Nomrom]

Don't you know anything about geography? *Rolls eyes*

They share with America, not Australia. Australia is a island and so is not on their southern border.

Honestly, some people don't even research their facts.

When I saw you had posted, I though the Canadians had killed me, and you had come to take me away. Then I realized it was just you talking about something called "geography." Yeah, like that actually exists.

[Rawhide]

*raises hand*

I have a question for the Canadians. Why does my aunt always send me bottles of Maple Syrup for my birthday? (She lives in Toronto) It is 5 birthdays in a row now.

I'll be happy to take any unwanted maple syrup.

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

When I saw you had posted, I though the Canadians had killed me, and you had come to take me away.

The Management frowns on my use of the internet as a medium for my job.

Even if it is more efficient, they say it lacks that "Personal" touch.

Canadians: Do you all carry hockey sticks around where ever you go?

[Raven T.]

Tim Hortons. Ethnic Canadian food at its finest.

Canada is very cold. Very. Cold. Timmys coffee is a staple for us to keep our body temp high enough. After so many years we our now as dependent upon it as Italians are on Lasagna.

Eh?

Interesting sidenote: did you know they are importing THs to the Great Lakes area (maybe in other places, too.) My mother used to love the doughnut holes.

As for a question: I do not like cold. I would like to visit, if not, move to Canada. How can I reconcile this?

[Indurain]

Canadians: Do you all carry hockey sticks around where ever you go?

Only the military. We never know when the Americans are gonna snap and decide they need another state.

[Indurain]

Interesting sidenote: did you know they are importing THs to the Great Lakes area (maybe in other places, too.) My mother used to love the doughnut holes.

They're called Timbits.

As for a question: I do not like cold. I would like to visit, if not, move to Canada. How can I reconcile this?

Vancouver.

[SDF]

Don't you know anything about geography? *Rolls eyes*

They share with America, not Australia. Australia is a island and so is not on their southern border.

Honestly, some people don't even research their facts.

You mean that desert where everything is poisonous and the British send their prisoners? The Rescuers Down Under is an awesome Disney movie, almost as awesome as An American Tale. ;D

I spent my youth in a frozen hellish town on the US/Canadian border. So I was in Canada quite often doncha know, and since something like 90% of Canadians live about 80 kilos(50 miles) from the US border it felt a lot more like Canada than the US. Especially now that I live in Idaho. =P For a kid thing that set us apart like who we voted for and what our money looked like didn't come into consideration when I thought about any differences. All I remembered was that Canada didn't smell because of that John Candy movie Canadian Bacon.

North, your sn reminds me of that Macauly Culkin movie North. They one where this kid goes on a journey across the world to pick new parents...

And this has been: Life as it relates to movies with SDF.