The bastardization of wet shaving

Twelvefret

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BlacknTan said:
When I was in grade school, we were taught that Canada was our "good neighbor to the North." I've always felt that way...

That said, sometimes the Quebecois are a little crazy on the NYS Thruway! :laugh:
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Now you do know that those neighbors were kidding us. I suppose if you hadn't been reading all the posts it would not be apparent.
 
Zorro

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A "hobby" is basically spending the time and money that you have available, on the things that give you pleasure.

Doesn't matter whether it has to be on a budget for you or whether it has to be reassuringly expensive and exclusive for you.... So long as it gives you the pleasure that you seek from it.
 
Gairdner

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Rufusdog said:
Actually it was the British regulars and some Canadian militia during the War of 1812. Interestingly, the Americans invaded Upper Canada (Ontario today) in an attempt to take advantage of the British preoccupaction with Napoleon and seize the the territory. The Yanks were soundly thumped and ignominiously expelled. In the process, however, the Americans burnt Fort York (Toronto today) so in retaliation the British and their allies captured and occupied Washington City (now DC) and burnt the White House, the Capitol building, etc. Funnily, the Americans regard the War of 1812 as a draw whereas we United Empire Loyalists regard it as a victory over the American aggressor and its territorial designs. Of course the War itself and the situation in general was much more complex than this.
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It’s just as well we’re all brothers-in-shaving-arms now and that dang Napoleon got his. Filthy little despot…
 
Zorro

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Back in the early 80's i worked (here in the UK) with a Canadian guy who was the office joker and wind-up king. His proud boast was that nobody could ever wind him up, as he would see straight thru it. For the most part that was correct and he always got the drop on other people.

So one day someone asked him (quite innocently) what part of America he was from and he got quite annoyed and pointed out that he was Canadian and not American.

"Ah - Ha !!" we thought .... a button to press !!

And so it was, .... for several months surprisingly ...., that we were able to score gratifying direct hits to the heart, by keeping them carefully spaced out. It was like a game of office Bingo.

During the weekly planning meets "So Steve, i guess you will want the days around 4th of July off then ?". "Are you having a Superbowl weekend Steve ?"

During normal chit-chat "Would you have voted Reagan if you were back home ?", "My friend is going on holiday to Miami, you got any spare Dollars he could buy off you Steve or do you keep them for when you go home ?"

And when corrected, "So Canada, is that like a State or more of an administrative region of the USA ?" "Oh, but Reagan is still, like, President for you tho ?" "Do you have a different flag?" etc, etc, etc

It took him ages to see that it was a co-ordinated wind-up , but he did see the funny side when it eventually clicked and was quite embarrassed when he realised how long the gag had been running.

He did teach me that you can spot a Canadian by the way they say the word "out" as it sounds like "oot" :D
 
TobyC

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Zorro said:
Back in the early 80's i worked (here in the UK) with a Canadian guy who was the office joker and wind-up king. His proud boast was that nobody could ever wind him up, as he would see straight thru it. For the most part that was correct and he always got the drop on other people.

So one day someone asked him (quite innocently) what part of America he was from and he got quite annoyed and pointed out that he was Canadian and not American.

"Ah - Ha !!" we thought .... a button to press !!

And so it was, .... for several months surprisingly ...., that we were able to score gratifying direct hits to the heart, by keeping them carefully spaced out. It was like a game of office Bingo.

During the weekly planning meets "So Steve, i guess you will want the days around 4th of July off then ?". "Are you having a Superbowl weekend Steve ?"

During normal chit-chat "Would you have voted Reagan if you were back home ?", "My friend is going on holiday to Miami, you got any spare Dollars he could buy off you Steve or do you keep them for when you go home ?"

And when corrected, "So Canada, is that like a State or more of an administrative region of the USA ?" "Oh, but Reagan is still, like, President for you tho ?" "Do you have a different flag?" etc, etc, etc

It took him ages to see that it was a co-ordinated wind-up , but he did see the funny side when it eventually clicked and was quite embarrassed when he realised how long the gag had been running.

He did teach me that you can spot a Canadian by the way they say the word "out" as it sounds like "oot" :D
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Yep, I listen for "about" which sounds like "uh-boot".
 
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Charcoal said:
And Molson?

For it to count it must be both Canadian Club and Molson. Not mixed together,, but you must love both.
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I’m not a Molson drinker. If, on the rare occasion, I drink “Canadian” beer, it’s Alexander Keith’s; however, no beer here can match Guinness. But, Canadian Club is my preferred whiskey for a Manhattan
 
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@Zorro & @TobyC on the pronunciation of “out and about”, I‘ve lived in Canada for 45 years and still don’t get this. Even after living in the USA for 10 years and returning to Canada I don’t hear the “oot“ and “uh-boot” pronunciations. What I do hear, however, is a lot of Americanisms creeping into Canadian pronunciations for words such as leisure, route, router, lieutenant to name a few. The one that really grates on me is pronouncing the letter Z as Zee and not Zed. The insidious creep of American spelling too.
 
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