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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 557) |
posted July 14, 2000 09:15 PM
  
A popular Canadian TV show (Royal Canadian Air Farce) went to a US univerisity and asked University students who studied politics, "What are your thoughts of Prime Minister Tim Horton's new Double Dip Proposal?" Can any Americans answer this? IP: Logged |
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Jay Z Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 956) |
posted July 14, 2000 09:33 PM
did they look at each other? tim horton's...bagels ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Latimer Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 417) |
posted July 14, 2000 09:33 PM
Yeah Tim Horton's suck. All the food I've ever had in Canada sucks. It's times like this I wish we would invade Canada. I do like the beer stores though. I see them all over Windsor. Cool name for.... well for a beer store. [This message has been edited by Latimer (edited July 14, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 182) |
posted July 14, 2000 09:52 PM
Why would Americans be informed on a Canadian politian's views? And I'm not trying to sound like an egotistical American here. What were Canadian's views on Bill Clinton's approach to revamping student loan pay back mehtods? IP: Logged |
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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 557) |
posted July 14, 2000 09:53 PM
Had to ruin huh? When this TV show asked these students about the above, they actually thought hard about it. They actually thought Tim Horton was the prime minister!!!!
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t Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 62) |
posted July 14, 2000 09:54 PM
i just think everyone in the world should be a little bit more openminded about what else is going on in the world. We all live on it  IP: Logged |
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JohnnyO Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 99) |
posted July 14, 2000 09:56 PM
Enlighten us close to the other border.. What's Tim Horton? a bagle shop? IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 182) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:00 PM
Ya know as much as it saddens to me to say, many Americans are indeed pretty dumb or maybe just uninformed. Jay Leno does a bit every week about it. He goes out in the street and asks simple questions like who's the vice president or what the capital of the United States and a bunch of people get them wrong all the time. It's scary. The most recent 'scary' one for me. A 28 year old man who I work with did not know where the Atlantic Ocean was. That's frightening. IP: Logged |
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Latimer Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 417) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:03 PM
What do Canadians think of President Mcdonald's new double quarter pounder proposition? IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 693) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:05 PM
tim hortons is a donut shop named after an idolized hockey player. i dont understand why someone would say the food in canada sucks since its the exact same as what you guys get. its called FRANCHISE. and another thing....next time you think about invading canada just take a quick glimpse into the history books and look up what happened last time that was tried. just lookin out for the north. IP: Logged |
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Latimer Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 417) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:12 PM
You a funny man. Go Wings. IP: Logged |
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JohnnyO Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 99) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:13 PM
I'm not that much into hockey, as I've never seen snow. (Dont' snow that much in South Texas). A friend from up north was talking about some game that you sort of "sweep" the ice with some broom or something to make this big thing follow you.. what is that? I think he said it was called "curling" but I"m not sure. IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 693) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:20 PM
yup....curling. dont hold it against us though. its the canadian mans version of bowling i guess. you know...a beer sport. IP: Logged |
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Latimer Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 417) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:31 PM
Curling is the shit. Never did it but I've seen it on tv quite a bit. Dude with the broom cracks me up cause he's working that bitch like crazy, IP: Logged |
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JohnnyO Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 99) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:32 PM
If I ever am up that way we'll have down a few Labatts and go curling then. I personally like Coronas and tequila shots myself, but tequila shots don't go with many beer sports. IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 693) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:50 PM
theres a championship up here for curling called "the briers" it actually outdrew last years baseball world series. curling fans are fanatics. i think its lame but they love it. IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 693) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:52 PM
oh yeah jhonny. tequila is really in short supply these days. i heard a rumor that its because the mexican gov shut down the factories so they could have a sober election. dont know if theres any truth to that , just thought it was funny. IP: Logged |
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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 557) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:52 PM
Get a private Room Dudes. IP: Logged |
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goleafs Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 693) |
posted July 14, 2000 10:56 PM
sorry to "steel" your post bro. IP: Logged |
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XdawgX Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 63) |
posted July 15, 2000 02:01 AM
Lat, "Dude with the broom cracks me up cause he's working that bitch like crazy," lol, it's true! i don't know why, but i thought that was damn funny... hmmm, probably because it's 2am... IP: Logged |
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seeseerider Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 64) |
posted July 15, 2000 02:22 AM
tim horton was sold to wendys corporation 3 years ago!!! so if its suck,well you get the point.... IP: Logged |
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THE STEEL BEAST Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 604) |
posted July 15, 2000 03:13 AM
SO WHAT IF SOME PEOPLE DONT KNOW WHO THE PM OF CANADA IS.ITS NOT BECAUSE OF STUPIDTY,ITS ACTUALLY OUT OF EFFICENCY.THE HUMAN MIND IS EFFECIENT AND TAKES IN AND PROCESSES MOREOVER WHAT IS PERTINENT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.TO SOME THE PM OF CANADA MEANS NOTHING,SO WHY WOULD IT MATTER.IM POSITIVE I COULD COME UP WITH A BATTERY OF QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO MAKE FOOLS OUT OF THE CANADIANS. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Frackal Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 515) |
posted July 15, 2000 03:26 AM
What's "Canada"? Never heard of it. They must not ever do anything important. IP: Logged |
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Checkmatebloated Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 603) |
posted July 15, 2000 09:59 AM
I have no Idea what you are talking about. All I know is we got good weapons. hehehehe! And that's the bottom line. IP: Logged |
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pizza man Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 247) |
posted July 15, 2000 10:13 AM
who cares, IP: Logged |
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The Dude Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 85) |
posted July 15, 2000 10:36 AM
No kidding, who gives a damn about Canadian politics. They're certainly not a country we should look to for political or idealogical leadership. For that, we must look inward! Wanna be socialists, fine, but don't bother us with that drivel. IP: Logged |
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JohnnyO Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 99) |
posted July 15, 2000 10:55 AM
Bad joke of how canada got it's name.... Fernando and Isabella are sitting down with Columbus discussing the New World over a crude map. A map maker also in the room listening to the discussion, taking notes... They talk about all the gold and silver in Mexico, all the beaches in the carribean, and Isabella points to the area where Canada is and asks "what's there?" ... and Columbus responds in Spanish "Que??! Nada!" And the map maker writes down "que-nada" for the name of the region. For those who don't know spanish Que Nada means "WHAT!!?? Nothing!" IP: Logged |
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Whammo Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 98) |
posted July 15, 2000 11:49 AM
Being the patriot I am , that is onle of the simpler things they did to the americans.. actually, the show was 'this hour has 22 minutes' and they also went down to princeton and convinced the PROFESSOR OF POLI SCI OF 22 YEARS that there was a seal killing hunt going on in Toronto (Canada's new york) and we were signing a petition to stop it!! hahah Also, they had all these poli sci or history students (the funny part is, yeah, you don't need to know anything about our politics, but THIS IS BASIC KNOWLEDGE, we are not in Europe, WE ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR!!!) convinced that Canada just finished driving in the last spike for the trans-canada railroad (americans yelling into the camera - WAY TO GO CANADA! Congrats on the hammering in of the last spike! And we JUST got electricity in the Northern Territories!! hahahah My friend also had some guys convinced we run off metric time here! Hours are divisible by 10! heheh.. Not meaning to poke that much fun at you guys, but, you really invite it sometimes.. IP: Logged |
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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 557) |
posted July 15, 2000 08:08 PM
"DUDE" You said something along the lines of who cares about Canada politics....well The question with Tim Horton wasnt a political queation. It was a Joke. Tim Hortons is a Goddamned coffee shop! I know more about basic USA than americans know about Basic CANADA. Im not putting down USA just making a point. IP: Logged |
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mrbill Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 86) |
posted July 15, 2000 08:33 PM
steelheart...i agree that many americans should be more knowledgeable about basic world events but to make the point that you know more about the U.S. than most americans is a littel silly. Most people in the world know alot about the U.S. as it is the most powerful and influential country in the world. If you go to even the most remote and undeveloped countries the chances are many of their people have basic knowledge of the U.S., this is just a by-product of the U.S. being so dominant and well-known. With that said you are correct in implying that many Americans have an attitude that the rest of the world is not really "important", so why bother learning about it. IP: Logged |
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The Dude Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 85) |
posted July 15, 2000 09:43 PM
Steelheart, I understood that. And I get the point of your initial post. However, in getting a good jab in at some of our "finer" (and I use that term loosely) political minds to be, I had to jab back. Really, why would we really want to be able to differentiate. These students are studying politics that are relevant to the United States and the international community. Canada just sits up there and does whatever it does, staying out of the world's way unless it comes to fishing rights. IP: Logged |
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The Dude Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 85) |
posted July 15, 2000 09:46 PM
Hey, I just can't help it...I like to stir up trouble if I can! IP: Logged |
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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 557) |
posted July 15, 2000 11:21 PM
Typical American eh? IP: Logged |
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BCS Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 39) |
posted July 16, 2000 12:06 AM
Who cares? IP: Logged |
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Anabolicum Mister Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 380) |
posted July 16, 2000 11:07 AM
I AM CANADIAN and I voted for Tim Horton in the last election. I will vote for him again in the next. Anyway, I'm hoping no one is taking this post too seriously. Ignorant people are abundant in every country - it's not a matter of nationality. Now good hockey players...that's another story. IP: Logged |
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skydancer Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 363) |
posted July 16, 2000 11:59 AM
Steelheart...I believe the original question was are Americans really that naive...the answer is YES!! I'm american and saddened by the lack of knowledge/interest in other countries, governments etc...even the lack of interest in our own!! I'm guilty of this too...I think A. Mister said it best...ignorant people are everywhere...not just here in the USA.------------------ IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 182) |
posted July 16, 2000 12:04 PM
Not to try to ruin the post but I live in Atlanta, GA USA and I don't think I've heard of Horton's Bagels. Maybe I've seen them the in supermarket but I know those shops aren't here in this area. So I would have no idea who Tim Horton is. [This message has been edited by The Whole F/N Show (edited July 16, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 557) |
posted July 16, 2000 02:59 PM
But you obviously know he is not the Prime Minister right? Do you know who is our PM? IP: Logged |
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The Whole F/N Show Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 182) |
posted July 16, 2000 03:16 PM
Now I know he's not. This may piss some Canadians but Americans think about Canada very little if at all. I think more Americans know England's PM over Canada's. I know I do. Tony Blair, before him it was Marshall eventhough I don't most American even know that. Most Canadians know the who the president of the United States but is the so does the rest of the world so that's not really a fair comparison. Here's a question. How many Canadian's honestly know who the president of Mexico is? Afterall it's on the same continent and only 2 countries down. IP: Logged |
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mac sloan Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 109) |
posted July 16, 2000 03:42 PM
I don't know and I'm Canadian,couldn't care less though.Alot of americans I come across think Canada's cold,I find that amusing,then again I think Canadians think the Americans are violent so it goes both ways. IP: Logged |
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Steelheart Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 557) |
posted July 16, 2000 03:45 PM
How can we NOT know who the US President is? He's always in the tabloids getting his cock sucked! True about Mexico though...no f'in idea. I dont even know England's PM. Damn...maybe Im naive! IP: Logged |
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MS Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 545) |
posted July 16, 2000 05:37 PM
He He I live in New Zealand and I HONESTLY don't know the name of our own Prime Minister. Ignorance is bliss when you live in a banana republic (ok, I meant kiwifruit republic). Fat chance of me keeping track of other countries politics......I have heard of Clinton though. IP: Logged |
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