Years ago in London, I went across the street from my office to
Harrods Department store for a haircut at their basement salon.  I sat
down in the chair and the barber, aware of my non English look and
talk, asked me if I was Canadian.  I laughed and said: No, I'm an
American, but why did you ask?"   His answer fits into the attached
messages.  He said, If you were Canadian and I asked if you were an
American, you would be offended.  But if I ask an American if he is
a`Canadian, he is never offended."

John Bing


On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:38:00 -0500, you wrote:

>Hear, hear.  And just to make a point:
>
>On the sixth day God turned to the angel Gabriel and said "Today I am going
>to create a land called Canada. It will be a land of outstanding natural
>beauty, it shall have tall majestic mountains full of mountain goats and
>eagles, beautifully sparkling lakes bountiful with carp and trout, forests
>full of elk and moose, high cliffs over looking sandy beaches with an
>abundance of sea life, rivers stocked with salmon.."
>
>God continued, "I shall make the land rich in oil so to make the
>inhabitants prosper, I shall call these inhabitants Canadians, they shall
>be known as the most friendly people on the Earth."
>
>"But Lord," asked Gabriel, "don't you think you are being too generous to
>these Canadians?"
>
>"Not really," replied the Almighty, "just wait and see the neighbors I am
>going to give them!"
>
>Feel free to be offended.  I was, at Robert Handy's moronic comment
>masquerading as "good natured fun".
>
>Alex Avdichuk
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>
>"The opinions expressed here are definitely my own, and if you don't like
>them, get some of your own."
>
>
>
>
>Sorry if I sound cranky, but Canadians are extremely proud of being
>different to Americans.  Not better or worse, different.  As a Canadian
>living in the US I get downright tired of the patronizing "aren't we all
>the same?"  Nope, we aren't.
>Susan J. Wittrup
>Volunteer Coordinator
>Tate Geological Museum
>Casper College
>Casper WY 82604
>"Robert T. Handy" wrote:
>> What?!!!  I thought Canada was just another state in the Union!  Are
>Canadians different from us?  :=>
>>
>> ------
>> Robert Handy
>> Brazoria County Historical Museum
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>> http://www.bchm.org
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