This is inspired by another thread where one poster was arguing that, due to the avoidance of all things that may offend, Canada is a dull place to live, whereas another poster was arguing that it makes Canada a pleasant place to live.

This got me thinking about how usually, mild mannered Canadians become absolute nutters once they get behind the wheel of a car, or how said Canadians really love nothing better than a good hard fight in the middle of a hockey game.

Other than in the above situations, I have never witnessed a Canadian losing it. Have you and in what circumstances?

I saw a Canadian quiver with rage before beating a nearby Londoner over the head with an umbrella.

The circumstance was that the Canadian was subjected to a barrage of abuse in a bar based consequent upon her accent. The Londoner intervened and, in the resulting fracas, all parties were ejected. The Canadian than discerned that she had left her stash in the bar. For this she blamed the Londoner.

They smile nicely and say, "Awesome!"

Pop to a local Walmart or Canadian Tire, visit Customer Service, once there hang around for a short while, I guarantee you will see Canadian's venting at some poor employee about crap product, limited warranties and Customer Service.

Threats and shouting appear to be popular, along with the promise to never shop at that location again.

They vent on animals while wearing day-glow orange clothing.

Took me ages to work that out.

By leaving numerous abusive voicemail messages at 4am and telling their Daughter-in-law that she has "a real bitch attitude"

Sometimes you get a good fight going and a game of hockey breaks out around it.



Noe that is what I call a right cross.

At least you did work it out

Guess there is hope for me yet then?

no hope, you're on here with us.

They're more repressed than Brits and so more volatile. I've never in my life witnessed the kind of road rage that I've seen in Canada, for example. Or the bad driving, but that's another story...

If this was British football players scrapping the world would be horrified. Yet this kind of violence seems to be a part of hockey matches, and nobody does much to intervene.

Work in Starbucks for a few months - then you will see how serious a Canadian can be. Coffee is no laughing matter, I tell you.

True, but I am bored. I am seeing this as a fact finding exercise on how to integrate with Canadians. I shall put this to good use at work later.