Re: Tucker Carlson

"Katherine" <kburgess@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> MRH wrote:
>> "Gemini" <1Gemini.H@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> I'm not even going to go there about a show that our own
>>> Rick Mercer (from Newfoundland) did asking Americans (some professors
>>> at HIGH QUALITY UNIVERSITIES too) questions about Canada and the
>>> answers he got (just loved the look on his face too)....
>>
>> Oh, I just had to add to this part (I know that all of you on RCTY
>> would know the answer to this, so it isn't directed at any of you)...
>> I remember one thing that Rick Mercer was saying. He was telling
>> "people on the streets" that Canada has just added another state to
>> their country "would you care to congratulate them?"... and I swear
>> *every* person he spoke to said "Congratulations Canada on adding
>> another STATE to your country!"... except one young boy about 10
>> years old who was standing there with his parents. You could see
>> the wheels going around in that child's mind and suddenly he said
>> "HEY.... wait a minute.... Canada doesn't have STATES, they have
>> PROVINCES!" His parents were totally embarrassed, and Rick Mercer
>> just stood there grinning from ear to ear.... it took a child to come
>> up with the right answer! LOL
>> I do know that most Americans are not oblivious to Canada and what
>> she is all about (no I didn't say aboout (nor do I say "eh")...
>> although my old keyboard used to add double o's when I would be
>> chatting with friends, and I would get "aboout", "hoouse" & "moouse".
>> I would laugh and say it was a Canadian keyboard. LOL)... but when I
>> did have an IRC chat channel, I honestly did run into a few people
>> (not just from the States) who knew very little about Canada. I
>> actually had someone say to me one night that Canada doesn't have and
>> doesn't need a Navy, because we don't have any water. LOL Excuuuuse
>> me? We are surrrounded by water on three sides, and also have the
>> Great Lakes, and my Dad was in the Royal Canadian Navy during WWII.
>> Then of course you get people who assume that Canada is always cold
>> (not you Noreen) and that it always has snow! For those people I
>> had my standard reply ready.... "Yep, and I live in an igloo, drive a
>> dog sled, and have a pet polar bear too!" LOL
>
> And what is your bear's name? <g>
>
> Higs,
> Katherine (running)

Snowflake! ;op~~

Named after Casper's *supposedly* white teddy bear... I say supposedly
because he WAS white when we first got him for Casper... but he is in dire
need of a good washing now... looks very dark grey now from being dragged
all over creation. LOL

*hugs*
Gem


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