Re: OT: For Marilyn, Dawn, John V.G., Eddie, Alan, et al...
- From: me@xxxxxxxxxxx (TammyM)
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:12:41 GMT
(Rudely top-posting)
Reminds me of Father Guido Sarducci
(there's a-Canada, a-loomin' over us ....)
TammyM
OOF
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:51:11 -0400, "Jef." <jefo715@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Reasons to Fear Canada:
>Ninety percent of population is massed within 100 miles of northern American
>border.
>
>Seems not to mind that one of its provinces has turned almost entirely
>French.
>
>Excessive politeness only makes sense as cover for something truly sinister.
>But what?
>
>Citizens seem strangely impervious to cold.
>
>Decriminalization of marijuana and acceptance of gay marriage without
>corresponding collapse of social institutions indicate Canada may, in fact,
>be indestructible.
>
>Has infiltrated entertainment industry with singers, actors, and comedians
>practically indistinguishable from their American counterparts.
>
>Consistently stays just below cultural radar, yet never quite disappears.
>
>Parliamentary government and common-law judiciary appear to function
>acceptably yet remain completely inscrutable.
>
>Never had a "disco phase."
>
>Seemingly endless supply of timber, donuts, beer, and Scotch-plaid hats with
>earflaps.
>
>Keeps insisting it "has no designs on America" and "only wants peace."
>
>Plays a mean game of pond hockey.
>
>
.
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