What do Americans think of Canadians generally?

[Fingers]

That's because we ARE a bunch of badasses down here :rockin:

Hank Hill badass, or Boomhauer badass?

Giggety?

Growing in up in MI, my impression of Canadians were they're a lot like us only they have funny colored money.

Our money actually makes a lot of sense. Single dollars and two dollars are coins. Pocket change. The two dollar coins are significantly larger than the singles and they have a center punched into them. You can feel in your pocket whether you've got silver, dollars, or two dollar coins without taking your hand out of your pocket. For the rest, you can grab several bills in a handful and get an idea of how much you have at a glance. Having to sort through a bunch of singles that are the same colour as the twenties is a bit of a pain and is more prone to mistakes. It may look like monopoly money but it buys beer supplies very well.

 

[Sir Humpsalot]

I think Canadians are weird. They all seem to play a lot of pocket pool...

You can feel in your pocket whether you've got silver, dollars, or two dollar coins without taking your hand out of your pocket.

 

[Kittyfeet]

I have some family that lives in British Columbia. They came down to the states to visit a few years ago and they were awesome. Canadians rock. Especially when they're family and you have to like them.

 

[gartj]

I say if it wasn't for Shania Twain I'd really wonder where Canada was

 

[Birchgrove77]

All of the Canadians I've ever met have been pretty good people and if they didn't drop an 'eh here or there you'd have thought they were Americans. Good in my book.

Hmmm....I was thinking, does Pamela Anderson embody the differences between Canada and America? Originally, a natural beauty and now a creation of vanity in pursuit of riches?

Thanks for hockey, maple syrup, and La Fin Du Monde!

 

[Fingers]

Don't forget Alex Trebec, BTO, The Guess Who, and insulin!

 

[llazy_llama]

My understanding of Canadians is that they come from a small island in the South Pacific region called Canadia. Sometime in the early 1800's, they invented a game called "Hockey," based around the curved sticks they used to whack small crabs out of their food supplies. They are also responsible for the creation of maple syrup, a tasty beverage created by boiling coconut husks.

See why they don't let me edit Wikipedia articles anymore?

 

[vfinch]

For the reverse question of what do Canadian's think about Americans:

Truth is that a lot of people up here think of the usual stereotypes that a lot of countries think of when they hear the word American.

It's a shame though, since I've had a chance to visit about 14 different states during work trips and met a whack load of really awesome people. I've had the pleasure of meeting and working with a hell of a lot of good honest people in the USA, just like in Canada. You get the same mix above the 49th, as you do below it.

And hell, both countries have great beer to smooth out the differences anyway....

 

[EvilTOJ]

I will continue to hate Canadia for all time because of the time I got suckered into exchanging American money for Canadian Tire money.



What, I thought it was the same thing???

 

[wild]

As what i think about Texans, i usually picture Texans as being bad ass cowboys that eat 3 inches raw Steak with pepper sauce for breakfast... *LOL*

Nah, that's brunch. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and that calls for a 6 inch steak!

I don't know if I've ever met a Canadian here. I think they all melt before they get down here.

 

[mmb]

Canada is full of awesome people and a$$hats, just like every other country in the world.

Except the USA. It's full of a$$hats and awesome people.

 

[Papinquack]

We went to Niagara Falls a few years back and all the Canadians we've met were very nice. People are the same wherever you go( I'm not quoting the gay song by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson). The only people I found disagreeable in Canada were unfortunately were homeboy Americans. There were people from all nations visiting there and they all were very respectable and courteous; then there they were with all that baggy gang gear and bling... loud... ignorant... animals. One other thing I noticed about Niagara Falls is no one will die from alcoholism in that area, the beer prices were extremely high.

 

[Stef1966]

La Fin Du Monde

Thats a badass beer!
Had it a couple of times because it's local here, 9% ABV from a double fermentation, you would think it tastes quite hard but it's surprisingly balanced for a beer that big, but one has to watch it, this thing can really sting and you end up being weird after a few.

I don't know if I've ever met a Canadian here. I think they all melt before they get down here

*LMAO* Thats so true!
If i take myself for example, when summer time finally comes around to our part of the world (it lasts only for 3 months here), i just cant stand the hot weather, i gotta be in a pool or a lake, and quench my thirst with lots of homebrew... thats torture man!
After all, we're polar animals up here.

Gotta love this thread.

 

[the_bird]

I say if it wasn't for Shania Twain I'd really wonder where Canada was

You can tell Shania Twain is Canadian because she makes everyone point due north...

 

[jspence1]

I will continue to hate Canadia for all time because of the time I got suckered into exchanging American money for Canadian Tire money.



What, I thought it was the same thing???

This is the funniest thing I've ever heard! It couldn't have been that bad their biggest bill is like a $5, and you can still spend it at Canadian Tire

***Tip to everyone if every bill has the same picture on it, it's probably fake***

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I'm thinking of taking up hating Canadians. I need a new hobby!

 

[brrman]

As a Canadian living in the US for the past 10 years I think this thread is hilarious. I've met just as many idiots down here in the US as I did in Canada.

A border between Ontario and Michigan is no different than a border between Kentucky and Ohio, or New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Different people with different cultural and political points of view...

I come from Newfoundland (as does another member here: Boo Boo), an island province off the east coast in Canada. We (Newfies) are so different than the rest of Canada that Canadian jokes rarely apply to us. I still get the Canadian jokes down here in Indiana though, and people don't understand that you could just as well call me Swiss or Zimbabwean because I don't see how typical Canadian jokes apply to me. I smile and nod my head anyways though - most Americans don't even know Newfoundland exists. LOL

Oh - and yes, US passports are fugly as hell. But, hey, I like Americans enough to have married one of em!

 

[olllllo]

Hooooooooooooosier Tooooooooooooooooook head

 

[Homercidal]

I worked with two french canadians and they couldn't have been more different if they came from different planets. One of them was very irritating by explaining how much better this is, than that is, and how much better it was in Montreal and how the expos made great baseball players but traded them as soon as they got good because they didn't want to pay them what they were worth and how Dean Martin was the greatest singer in the world. What a *******. He constantly talked in french under his breath if he thought anyone was listening and he had bad breath too.

The Canadians I've met have been courteous and helpful. And they invented hockey, so there ya go!

 

[shecky]

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The Canadians I've met have been courteous and helpful. And they invented hockey, so there ya go!

Well, that's debatable. Hockey is usually attributed to Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia. So I guess it's sort of a Canadian invention.

 

[brrman]

Hockey was invented in the early 1800's in Nova Scotia, years before NS confederated with Canada (1867)... So I guess technically Canada did not invent hockey, but there's no one closer to the claim.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

Other than thinking that you all talk like the guys in Strange Brew, I can't say that I've ever given this topic much thought.

Take off, you hoser.

 

[BoyScout]

Molson

Be careful about making fun of Canadians. Though I do think it's OK to make fun of people drinking Canadian.

 

[Stef1966]

That video up there is hilarious... *LMAO*

 

[Glubki]

Most of the Canadians I've met were nice people. I was in Windsor one time and asked a young man for directions and he pretty much told me to "get bent" but I just took it with a grain of salt.

Hell, people who love beer, eat their french fries with gravy and cheese or vinegar, and grow some darn good herb (BC Bud) are ok in my book.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Molson
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The last time I saw anyone with a beaver around their neck, my daughter was being born.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I don't know any Candians, so I obviously have no basis on which to form an opinion. I'd like to think they're not much different from their southern neighbors. But here's my favorite Canadian TV character:



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_A_E2renNE]YouTube - Red Green Show - Dents and Dings[/ame]

 

[mmb]

The last time I saw anyone with a beaver around their neck, my daughter was being born.

You've obviously stopped watching German Porn then.

 

[LayMeister]

Basketball was invented by a Canadian as well - a Professor from Quebec.

Well, that's debatable. Hockey is usually attributed to Scottish settlers in Nova Scotia. So I guess it's sort of a Canadian invention.

 

[shecky]

Basketball was invented by a Canadian as well - a Professor from Quebec.

Naismith is actually from Ontario. He was educated at McGill in Montreal. Invented hoops in 1891 at the Young Men's Christian School (the basis for the YMCA) and now Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.