Nothing. Advichuk didn't catch the first tongue in cheek comment from me and needed to call someone moronic, so I gave him a target. We all have our bad days. ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum 100 East Cedar Angleton, Texas 77515 (409) 864-1208 museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Jack Lufkin[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 3:33 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: "Just another state in the Union" What does all this banter have to do with museums? At 01:38 PM 2/10/1999 -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 >> >