How did this APAM get through!!!! Remember MUSEUMs.
At 04:56 PM 2/10/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>John, that is so true! I discovered the exact same thing when I was in
>graduate school in London, living in a building that housed "commonwealth"
>post-graduates (and Americans). The funniest thing was that Americans ended
>up asking other Americans, "Are you Canadian?" Yes, Americans and Canadians
>ARE different (as a Canadian friend pointed out to me, the differences are
>vast- Canadians say "Kraft Dinner" while Americans say "Kraft Macaroni and
>Cheese".) We also enjoyed playing the "Did you know?" game...i.e., "Did you
>know that Peter Jennings (or Bryan Adams, Mike Myers, etc.) is Canadian?" :)
>
>
>The best twist on all of this is when Americans WANT to be misidentified as
>Canadians (such as while traveling in not-so-safe parts of the world- the
>Canadian flag patch on the backpack acts as a safety measure.)
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>> From: John A. Bing
>> Reply To: Museum discussion list
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 5:13 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: "Just another state in the Union"
>>
>> 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
>> >[log in to unmask]
>> >
>> >"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
>> >>> [log in to unmask]
>> >> http://www.bchm.org
>> >>
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