Same thing over here. The good guys are all British and the rest are
Welsh, Irish, Scottish... Just imagine, Peter O'Toole gets an Oscar:
"British actor in Oscar success." Peter O'Toole gets drunk on Oscar
night and it's: "Irish piss artist at it again."

Mick

Michael P. Cooper
Registrar, Nottingham Museums & Galleries
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nora Weiser [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 3:31 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: "Just another state in the Union"
>
>         That was kind of my point, Ed. The goal of the "Did you know?"
> game
> is to point out the obvious (as if Americans haven't a clue that
> anyone
> famous in the US might be Canadian).  The correct response when a
> Canadian
> plays the "Did you know?" game is a look of disbelief and the
> exclamation,
> "NO, REALLY!???  You're kidding, RIGHT?"  Canadians love that
> reaction, as
> it reassures them that Americans are a bunch of clueless cretins.  I
> like to
> do what I can to keep my Canadian friends happy, so I usually opt for
> that
> response. :) However, if you are feeling evil and want to upset them,
> your
> reply should be "NO WAY!  Celine Dion is from Ohio!  My cousin's
> friend went
> to high school with her."- or something along those lines.