This morning four guys in camo and rifles were walking up my road at 6am, which means one of two things. Either it is Deer Season, or Canada has invaded. And that's the real reason I'm not leaving the US - I've pinned my hopes on the conquest of upstate New York by Canada, who will ruthlessly impose national health care and better beer upon us.
Of course, back in the 1990s, Saturday Night Live already speculated on what a nation called "Amerida" might look like. (H/T to Edson for the video!)
I'm there already in my mind!
Sharon
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As a Canuck, I can tell you with confidence that the guys in camo are Canadian *only* if the following is true:
1. They knock polietly on the door and introduce themselves, and one of them is named "Gordie."
2. They never raise their voices.
3. They offer you a "double double" and are confused when you don't really know what that is.
4. They ask first if you would like to be conquored, and mention the fact that we have better health care, better beer (especially if you go to the microbreweries), *and TimBits*.
Okay, I'm delurking as well. . . (also Canadian)
Anna, lol! And so true! :)
Ha!Ha!...um, not sure we'd want to take all America. I do have some cousins in Boston who have hinted that they may want to come back too...and you'd have to know what a toque is, you'll need one.
Posh. Some of the best micro-brews are in New York already - Ommegang for example. Although invading Michigan would be welcome, as we could better protect our lakes from those South-Dwellers. Could use some of that health-care too.
Yup, I wanna be Canadian when I grow up. Would love to get annexed. Might have to watch "Canadian Bacon" again just to cheer me up. Can't imagine the Canadians fouling up diplomacy on the grand scale the US apparently has.
Well I jumped north decades ago and as a sort-of Canadian, I'm embarrassed to even see this stuff. Also, tho no place on earth is perfect, shhh.
OMG, isn't that Victoria Jackson participating in a skit mocking the government of the United States? I demand a show trial for her! (And she might, too!)
Joe in A2--we'll have to have a "beer-off" :)
Thrivalista--the diplomacy issue isn't clear--we've had our bloopers. And then there's the fact that the government (the largely Conservative-Appointed and -Dominated Senate, in fact, which the current Conservative government said they were going to reform, and would never use to undermine democracy this way) just killed Bill C-311 (which had already passed in the house of commons). They also just refused to renew funding for climate research in the Arctic, because, really, why would that be important?
Sigh.
While we'd be pleased to have you Sharon, our current neo-con fundamentalist leaders are quickly turning Canada into a dump, that and the sticker shock on Canadian beer would throw you into a terrible funk.
We would however appreciate a speaking engagement above the border next year.
Hi Sharon
Living in MI we have the same thoughts...we could just become part of Canada - eh? We are all hooked up with bridges and canals already.
Thanks for the chuckle - really need it these days.
Kate
Ha! From here in Maine, I recall my father actually wrote a letter requesting that the state be annexed when GWBush first became president. I don't think he ever sent it, but I'm in agreement with you!
Funny, I was just having a discussion with a co-worker about local produce at work and she was thinking that produce from upstate New York is actually closer to us (in Hamilton) than most other parts of Canada.
I know a lot of writers who have already moved North. Maybe we can just move the border a little bit south to get a few more in the country. I actually think the northernmost states have more in common with the provinces they share boundaries with than they do with States farther south.
Thanks for a dose of humor today. As a Minnesotan, I will welcome a takeover, friendly or hostile I don't care as long as it includes health insurance.
Hah. Down here in Georgia I've started muttering about the need to dig out my toque. It's annoyingly chilly suddenly. Mind you, it's not cold, not at all cold, just... chilly. Oh the blank stares that got. Toque? Toque?? Is that like the Nissan Tiguan?
'Like maple syrup, Canada's evil oozes over the United States.'
But I'll echo an above response, some current Canadian politics and political trends are evil things to behold indeed.
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