JimandNic

I'm going to reveal my dirty little secret.....I think I am becoming....(gasp)..Canadian .

Recently I've been spending an embarrassing amount of time on You Tube, watching a bit of British TV (Vicar of Dibley, Never Mind the Buzzcocks (where's Mark Lamar?) and Mock the Week, etc.

I don't know why exactly I was surprised, but I have completely lost touch with "popular culture" in the UK.

For example:
- asbos and chavs - (had to Wiki both these - as not a clue!)
- Noel Edmonds has made a showbiz comeback - never saw that one coming
- I can happily only imagine the horror that was/is Celebrity Love Island
- There are a whole new bucket load of D-list "celebrities" I've never heard of plus I have no clue about what's going on in British politics so a lot of jokes went right over my head

Conversations with folks back home have obviously not been focused on the important topics.

So, as I now know more about Nelly Furtado than the Arctic Monkeys and care that the Vancouver Olympics is over-budget way more than the London Olympics are concreting over Stratford's allotments - does this mean I'm more Canadian than British?

I've decided it must do, so am off to buy a Canuck's jersey and some shares in Timmy's - eh. (Well this being Vancouver, maybe shares in Starbucks are more appropriate.)

Nic

MCrocker

I thought Noel edmonds was dead......

Bought the new Arctic Monkeys album in Wal-Mart yesterday - very good

louise033

I know exactly where you are coming from, one difference though, I've not actually taken much notice of canadian politics or pop culture either so I am living very happily, abeit isolated, on planet Louise!!!! Have definitely decided to start reading the newspapers and get a grip on the adult world!

Mountain Girl

..........I need to get a grip on the adult world


As for becoming more Canadian. I drove me gas guzzling Jeep less than half a mile down the road just to visit a friend. Something I swore I would never do.

Purley

Well, I dunno if that makes you Canadian - the bit about driving the jeep down the road I mean. Where my sister lives in Kent, you can see the school from the end of the driveway, but her neighbours drove the kids to the school! I admit the driveway is a long one and you can't see the houses from the street, but still - it's only a driveway. So I guess some Brits have the same problem!

JimandNic

I was just talking with my mum on the phone about this and when I told her I hadn't known what Chav meant she said "Oh - so you didn't get the joke present I sent you for Christmas then?"

Apparently she had sent me a fake Burberry purse as a joke present because this is what all stylish Chavettes are carrying nowdays. I hadn't got a clue and just thought she'd sent me a new purse - See I am Canadian after all - I didn't get an "English" joke!

Judy in Calgary

Also known as going native.

JimandNic

Whenever I read that I immediately think of being topless in a grass skirt - bit too chilly for that sort of behaviour yet methinks - maybe in a couple of months.......

Craftybanshee

Nah, he turned up at the pub near where I work a few months back Peeps were most surprised to see him round here. I thought he would be more discerning than coming to a tatty old seaside town, but there you go!

MCrocker

Has he still got the facial hair thing going on?

rwin

rwin

The Shatner version is funnier

bad.andy

In an effort to become a better Canadian (with limits) I was learning O Canada with my youngest aged 6. I may have spoilt it a bit at the end by laughing when she sang "O Canada, we stand on guard for free"!

bad.andy

shoequeen

Mmmmmm ..... Timmys ......

Tiffin Tease

Actic Monkeys and good album in the same sentence??? Nooooooooo!!!! I bet you look good on the dancefloor?? Only if you're not singing mate!!