Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
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Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
You should watch A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor and a great cast. It's a good movie, IMO.
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Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
*In fact they are. One joke that even Canadians laugh at goes, “How do you get 47 Canadians out of the pool as quickly as possible?” The answer: simply yell, “Get out of the pool!”*
That's an extract from this link:
How to Move to Canada: 9 Points to Consider
That's an extract from this link:
How to Move to Canada: 9 Points to Consider
Garrison Keillor may be twee but his anecdotes are well honed.
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Edit: Actually, I had an Uncle Pete and Aunt Emma in Westbrook, Minnesota which I think is right in the middle of Keillor territory. We went there when I was about 13 and it was like small town America had somehow been kept under a dome. Coffee in the Bar and Grill on Main Street was 5 cents.
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#19
Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
I find Canadians humorous.
Then their mouths move and the humour turns to disappointment.
Then their mouths move and the humour turns to disappointment.
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Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
Come on they are polite!
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One I like is Canadians are so polite when they withdraw cash from an ATM they say "Thank you very much".
Another is 'What's the difference between a Canadian and an American?'...Answer 'A Canadian isn't an American.'
Another is 'What's the difference between a Canadian and an American?'...Answer 'A Canadian isn't an American.'
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Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
I had to sit at Coutts POE for two hours and twenty minutes waiting to get to primary inspection a couple of months ago.
I finally make it to the front of the line and the CBSA inspector spent at least two or three minutes apologizing to me.
"Oh I'm so sorry for the delay, we aim to get everyone through in less than a hour, perhaps you should write to your MP, you know we're under resourced, we need more staff, we haven't got time to do the inspections properly..."
After a couple of minutes (the amount of time it took me to remember how to talk because I'd been sitting there so long) I really did come close to saying: "Shut the **** up and let me in the country already!!!"
And everything he said was total crap anyway, all the lanes were open, I doubt they could have done any better. Well except by not wasting time apologizing to everyone.
I finally make it to the front of the line and the CBSA inspector spent at least two or three minutes apologizing to me.
"Oh I'm so sorry for the delay, we aim to get everyone through in less than a hour, perhaps you should write to your MP, you know we're under resourced, we need more staff, we haven't got time to do the inspections properly..."
After a couple of minutes (the amount of time it took me to remember how to talk because I'd been sitting there so long) I really did come close to saying: "Shut the **** up and let me in the country already!!!"
And everything he said was total crap anyway, all the lanes were open, I doubt they could have done any better. Well except by not wasting time apologizing to everyone.
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Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
I had to sit at Coutts POE for two hours and twenty minutes waiting to get to primary inspection a couple of months ago.
I finally make it to the front of the line and the CBSA inspector spent at least two or three minutes apologizing to me.
"Oh I'm so sorry for the delay, we aim to get everyone through in less than a hour, perhaps you should write to your MP, you know we're under resourced, we need more staff, we haven't got time to do the inspections properly..."
After a couple of minutes (the amount of time it took me to remember how to talk because I'd been sitting there so long) I really did come close to saying: "Shut the **** up and let me in the country already!!!"
And everything he said was total crap anyway, all the lanes were open, I doubt they could have done any better. Well except by not wasting time apologizing to everyone.
I finally make it to the front of the line and the CBSA inspector spent at least two or three minutes apologizing to me.
"Oh I'm so sorry for the delay, we aim to get everyone through in less than a hour, perhaps you should write to your MP, you know we're under resourced, we need more staff, we haven't got time to do the inspections properly..."
After a couple of minutes (the amount of time it took me to remember how to talk because I'd been sitting there so long) I really did come close to saying: "Shut the **** up and let me in the country already!!!"
And everything he said was total crap anyway, all the lanes were open, I doubt they could have done any better. Well except by not wasting time apologizing to everyone.
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Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
I had to sit at Coutts POE for two hours and twenty minutes waiting to get to primary inspection a couple of months ago.
I finally make it to the front of the line and the CBSA inspector spent at least two or three minutes apologizing to me.
"Oh I'm so sorry for the delay, we aim to get everyone through in less than a hour, perhaps you should write to your MP, you know we're under resourced, we need more staff, we haven't got time to do the inspections properly..."
After a couple of minutes (the amount of time it took me to remember how to talk because I'd been sitting there so long) I really did come close to saying: "Shut the **** up and let me in the country already!!!"
And everything he said was total crap anyway, all the lanes were open, I doubt they could have done any better. Well except by not wasting time apologizing to everyone.
I finally make it to the front of the line and the CBSA inspector spent at least two or three minutes apologizing to me.
"Oh I'm so sorry for the delay, we aim to get everyone through in less than a hour, perhaps you should write to your MP, you know we're under resourced, we need more staff, we haven't got time to do the inspections properly..."
After a couple of minutes (the amount of time it took me to remember how to talk because I'd been sitting there so long) I really did come close to saying: "Shut the **** up and let me in the country already!!!"
And everything he said was total crap anyway, all the lanes were open, I doubt they could have done any better. Well except by not wasting time apologizing to everyone.
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Re: Are Canadians as polite as the jokes say?
I remember a joke doing the rounds when I worked in Toronto in the '60s. "What celebratory monuments would various nations erect if they ever sent settlers to the moon? Well, France would build a replica of the Eiffel Tower, Britain would build a statue of Winston Churchill, Germany would build an autobahn, America would build a skyscraper, Canada would build... the same as America only smaller..."
Not funny? Ah well, I guess you had to be there.
Not funny? Ah well, I guess you had to be there.