Canada Misconceptions about Canada

Let's make a list of all the funny *or stupid* things some foreigners have said about our great nation.

Of course, the all mighty "eh" comes in mind.

So here we go:

1- eh? at the end of each sentence
2- Snow in July and August



Next!

 

We live in igloos year round.

 

We eat raw meat


(eh, some of my relatives do, but thats our culture and you can just f-off *evil grin)

 

We're all a bunch of socialist french natives.

 

RCMP still use horses.

We say "aboot" instead of "about."

We eat maple syrup with everything.

The liberals are "cool."

 

When I told an American friend online that I might become a police officer if I don't join the Canadian Forces, she said "Oh, cool! You mean you'll ride a horse?"

 

heh..

We don't have toilets.

 

We deprive our people of their God-given right to own as many assault rifles as they can fit in their car.

 

We always carry flashlights with us, because you never know when the power will fail.

(my friend's grandmother in South Carolina)

 

WHAT????

LOL

Now that is the stupidest thing I've heard yet...duh!!!

I always find it funny that when I go to Niagara Falls U.S.A. and I say I'm from "...just over the boarder" I get in response "Is it much colder there?"

Hello!!! If you open a window you can see Canada!!!

Plus some have no idea that Canada is "so close".

 

I know someone who was stopped by some American tourists in July in downtown St. Catharines, and they had skiis on their car!

 

I've seen the ol' skis-in-summer thing too.

 

You're all snobs.

AT60 is a rare exception.

Even though my sig says God Bles Canada, I actually am an American.

Ask AT60.

 

Yes, that's true. I believe he got the idea from my sig, which was "God Bless America."

 

Little known fact:

The Skydome in Toronto was designed to be the World's Largest Igloo.

 

LOL!!!

 

From france:

Indians still shoot arrows.

nope but the SCA still does.. and it's fun too. (SCA = Society for creative anachronism)

it's canadian customs who let terrorists step in the states.. strange isn't it, last time I remember going trough our customs on our way back.. on our way in, I remember having to step out of the car in the custom office of the US so my cousin could fill out a form (cause she's french)...:/

 

Ah geez, it's cold this morning, I'll have to go in the wood to get some logs to warm our tipee!

 

You're lucky to have a teepee! There were 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road.


Sorry. I HAD to put in a Python reference.

 

LOL!!! That is great! Monty Python can be pretty funny sometimes.

That same friend's grandmother I spoke of also asked if we have phones in New Brunswick...little did she know of Vibe and our telecommunications.

 

My Englinsh teacher was in the states in a restaurant, and as a tip he gave her a looney to see how she would react, she said she could not accept a gold coin as a tip because it is worth a lot.

 

Gold coin? Woohoo! I'm rich, rich I tells ya!

 

LOL!!! As a kid I saved a bank full of loonies, and last year I cashed it in for bills. Boy was THAT a dumb idea!

 

So how much did you get?

 

I got between $50 and $70. Which Americans think is worth about $5 US.