Re: [DL] Austradians and New Zealots

["Jason C. Anderson" <cardboardjudas@hotmail.com>]

Not to mention the fact that most of us have never come near something
called back bacon.

Jason C Anderson
Proud Product of Canada

>Man, you Aussies and such think you have it bad?  We Canadians suffer >form
>the same kind of freaky generalizations (many of them neatly summed up >in
a
>piece called 'The Rant,' which was immediately turned into a Molson
>Canadian beer commercial, thus defeating the purpose), and we live >NEXT
>DOOR to the freaky generalists themselves!

>No igloo homes.
>Summer gets up to as high as 40 degrees (CELSIUS, you American >idjits!
<g>).
>Winter is indeed cold, depending on which part of the country you live in
>(most of it).
>Never so much as seen a dog sled, nor a moose loose in a major city.
>Only inbreds from northern Ontario say 'eh' all the time (and I'm sure I'll
>hear about that one from some listmember from the aforementioned >inbred
>region!  <g>).
>Most of us do not live exclusively on beer (as opposed to American
>p*sswater), although I will point out that grain is one of the four major
>food groups...

>Yes indeed, it gets difficult at times.  Used to travel to the US
>extensively on business, and lived in San Francisco (beautiful city, BTW)
>before health problems and Americans drove me back home.  (Actually, >Bay
>Area residents seem a lot less typically American than most, although I
>imagine many would take offense at that if they knew.)

>As they say, at least when I wear my national flag on a backpack, >outside
>of North America it isn't considered a fine target.  <g>

>Please note, all of the above is delivered in the spirit of fun.  Anyone
>wanting to take it seriously and start flaming will be cheerfully ignored.

>Ross