Canada: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

[kappaloo]

I'm a doofus. Ignore this.

[ADPiSAI]

The Good:
*Tim Horton's (and living right next door to one... oh wait, maybe that's bad...)
*Mint Aero bars
*prescription drug costs
*lots of snow!

The Bad:
*sub-arctic temperatures in the winter

The Ugly:
*Québecois rap
*Celine Dion

[MereMere21]

I thank my Canadian neighbors 6 years ago for introducing me to the wonderful sport of ice hockey

Don't have anything against Canada really except Celine Dion - her voice makes me want to tear my own arm off just to have something to beat her with

.......this thread just reminded me of The Whole Nine Yards when Bruce Willis gets pissed off at the waitress for putting Mayo on his hamburger. HAHA....ok I'm over it.....

[Lady Pi Phi]

The Good:

* Tim Horton's (for sure!)
* Hockey (especially outdoors...there's nothing like an 8am game outside in the dead of winter to wake you up)
* The Tragically Hip
* Universal Health care (even though I have to wait forever...being a diabetic I don't have the money to be treated in the US)

The Bad:

* The Liberals and the new Conservative party

The Ugly:

* The Quebecois
* The dollar (even though it's at the best it's been in 10 years)
* letting large American corporations invade (Mr. Walton...you can take Sam's club and just leave...Walmart is enough thank you...and even that's too much!)

[Sistermadly]

Originally posted by ariesrising
The Good

- Take Off. To the Great White North. Take Off...it's a beauty way to go. Coo roo coo coo, coo coo coo.

<hijack>
Okay, is that Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas doing the voices of the moose in the new Disney movie "Brother Bear"? I swear it is, but my husband is doubtful.

If it is them, they're the only reason I want to see the movie.

[bethany1982]

Originally posted by CC1GC
That wasn't a snide remark, i was asking if this was a new phenomenon....i've never heard anyone say this before.

I have friends in Canada who have come to the states for medical treatment because they did not want to wait on a list for the procedure. These friends have told me their friends do the same. I have never researched the issue. Every now and then, I have seen a news report on the subject. I didn't want my comments to offend. I meant them as jokes... all except the high price of alcohol... makes me want to drink water. I really love Canada... lol!

[RACooper]

Originally posted by kappaloo
The bad:

Made in Canada
The Toronto Sun
Brantford

The Ugly:

Train 48
The National Post
Lobo (there's the middle of nowhere, then there's Lobo)

Hey I loved Made in Canada.... if you get a chance watch the episode were a hollywood director comes up to film the war of 1812 ("red coats?, that's so last year, I was thinking more of a teal with some gold and pink highlights.")

I totally forgot about Train 48; how the hell does that thing stay on the air.... it's so bad I have honestly stopped taking the GO train (well that and the late nights )

[RACooper]

Originally posted by MereMere21
I Don't have anything against Canada really except Celine Dion - her voice makes me want to tear my own arm off just to have something to beat her with

Hey now... you guys inflicted more than your share on us.... Billy Ray Cirus (and the hair), or Michael Bolton (again the hair).

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by RACooper
...I totally forgot about Train 48; how the hell does that thing stay on the air.... it's so bad I have honestly stopped taking the GO train (well that and the late nights )

It's because of CanCon. That's why these crappy shows stay on the air.

[CC1GC]

Originally posted by kappaloo

The good:

Ottawa

The bad:
Brantford

eeeehhhhhhhhhhh

[bcdphie]

The Good:

-You can say what you like about the government and not get chewed up for doing so
-Hockey
-CFL
-gay marriages
-The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
-multiculturalism
-bilingualism
-Royal Canadian Air Farce
-Hockey Night in Canada (even though Don Cherry is going in the ugly list )
-Universal Health Care
-Timbits
-Molson ads

The Bad:

-2003: fire, floor, drought, hurricane, SARS and Madcow disease
-GST and and being taxed to the ying yang
-the BC NDP
-Young Offenders Act
-Seperatists
-October Crisis and FLQ

The Ugly
-Winnipeg winters
-Don Cherry
-Celine Dion
-Mike Ricci (literally)

-Toronto Mapleleafs

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by bcdphie
...The Ugly...

-Toronto Mapleleafs

Hey now, hey now, that was uncalled for...the Leafs rule!

[CC1GC]

Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Hey now, hey now, that was uncalled for...the Leafs rule!

please disregard all maple laugh comments, the team and its fans do not represent the majority of canadians (end disclaimer)

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by CC1GC
please disregard all maple laugh comments, the team and its fans do not represent the majority of canadians (end disclaimer)

I suppose you're an Ottawa fan

[_Opi_]

Here is my list

The good ----> TTC, Downtown, clubs, diversity of the tdot community, cleanliness of the city, some of our public policies, OHIP , folks are exceptionally courtious, the SHOPPING, highway 401, CityTV (I don't know why , but I miss it) Oh and Timmies (there's one on every corner)

The bad -----> behind in dealing with important issues i.s. racism, the weather, politics (why can't our politicians get a damn backbone), Quebec wanting to separate

The Ugly -----> Jean cretien, ex-premier Harris, figure skating, The ACCENT, french (sorry but I can never learn the damn language)