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Originally posted by Siobhan:
Ohhhh! This is such a fun topic. I think we should also talk about the stereotypes. I find them so funny sometimes.
"What's the difference between a Canadian and an American: A Canadian is an American with health care and without the gun 
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Okay, so I was down in Florida visiting my Grandparents one blistery Toronto winter (aren't they all!). And my grandparents introduced my brother and I to some of their friends. Some of the things that came out of their mouths astonished me. This one sweet kind lady asked me, since i live in CANADA, if i knew her niece Sarah. To humour her, I asked where she lived. She wasn't sure. She was serious. She thought there was a chance I would know her niece Sarah. I tried to explain that Canada is a big country. Very big. Huge infact. Lotso people up in these here parts.
I have a good friend who lives in Queens New York. She's a sweet girl and very smart. We were on the phone about a year ago and we were discussing my pending visit that was to take place 2 weeks later. I told her what a hassle it was going to be to get my money chaged at the bank because I was working full time. She was all confused. "why do you have to change your money?" she asked innocently, "don't you have the same money as us?." I tried to explain but gave up, because she couldn't wrap her head around the fact that we called our money dollars too, and yet, it was different than her dollar
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But, she's a great girl, and I love all you Americans. I just had to add my stories for some comic anecdotal relief
Leslie
p.s. siobhan, hilarious joke. i must use that one!
p.p.s. Sorry Allie, LOL, they're quebecers or quebequoi. Quebeqians sounds sooooo funny
. They wouldn't take kindly to that
! hehe.
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