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I live in Canada, I'm a french Canadian to be more precise. We always receive prejudice about stuff that's totally false.

-We do not act like the stereotypic french people. We mostly dislike them since a long, long time.
-We DO live in a permanent party (at least in Quebec)
-We do not live only for maple syrup, we also have poutine and other awesome national meals.
-Our gov. is a douche.


I also have a few question on your countries too:
SWISS: Do you really love guns?

USA: Are there really populations of pro-military gun-toting patriots in Texas?

MIDDLE-EAST: Are there really gun markets with salesmen shooting in the air to demonstrate the merchandise?

FRANCE: Did you really vote for that douche? Are you really a dangerous military power nowadays? I still hate you for losing Canada to Britain in 23 minutes.

UK: Is it a great place to live? Do you still like tea that much? Does your army still kick ass?

RUSSIA: Are you really living in poverty and neo-nazism? Documentarists don't really love you there.


I will happily clarify other stereotypes :D
 
Did/does Quebec seriously want to secede from the rest of Canada? There were jokes about this and them wanting to keep the benefits of being Canadian at the same time.
 
USA: Are there really populations of pro-military gun-toting patriots in Texas?
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Sadly, yes there is. But it's only the idiotic ones you need to worry about. Some are actually intelligent and should be allowed to have a gun.....and breed.

My question for Canadians sir, is the following:

Do your heads really bobble up and down when you talk, ala South Park/Terrence & Phillip?

~HotShotX
 
[quote name='HotShotX']
Do your heads really bobble up and down when you talk, ala South Park/Terrence & Phillip?

~HotShotX[/quote]Only in Toronto.

Quebec might as well be in another country from all the way over here in the prairies. N1c0, what's the status of your language over there? From what I understand, "Quebecois" (which the spell check on here is trying to turn into the word "unbecoming") is a pretty fucked-up corrupted form of France-French. Is this mainly in the more "tourist-y" areas like Montreal, or is it even in the rural areas?

And yes, I am aware of the fact that the English we speak over here contains words that don't actually belong in the English language. Hell, some of them we just made up entirely.
 
[quote name='JolietJake']Did/does Quebec seriously want to secede from the rest of Canada? There were jokes about this and them wanting to keep the benefits of being Canadian at the same time.[/quote]Separatism is... well, not dead. Sleeping, maybe. The old separatists wanted Quebec to become an independent country with strong economic ties to the rest of Canada - which, as far as a lot of the rest of Canada was concerned, was an admission that Quebec on its own would not be economically viable.

[quote name='JolietJake']One more thing, is "eh?" and "Aboot" really used much?[/quote]
"Eh?" is used fairly often, though it is not an all-purpose sentence-ender. It has to be used in specific spots for it to work (for example, the end of this sentence would be a very poor place unless said in the proper tone of voice). I think "aboot" is more of a regional thing - doesn't get much play out here in the prairies.
 
[quote name='N1c0_ds']I live in Canada, I'm a french Canadian to be more precise. We always receive prejudice about stuff that's totally false.[/quote]

This doesn't just happend with you guys...I'm Italian, and when I went to Buffalo to visit my cousins, one of their friends asked me if I had "connections." :lol:
 
[quote name='The Crotch']"Quebecois" (which the spell check on here is trying to turn into the word "unbecoming")[/QUOTE]

I'm sending you a bill for the carpet cleaning I had to charge when I spit grape juice all over creation reading this.

BTW, OP: Poutines are fuckin' terrible. Not even bland; just fuckin' all kinds of shit food. It's so bad, it may even qualify to be considered British cuisine.
 
[quote name='The Crotch']Only in Toronto.

Quebec might as well be in another country from all the way over here in the prairies. N1c0, what's the status of your language over there? From what I understand, "Quebecois" (which the spell check on here is trying to turn into the word "unbecoming") is a pretty fucked-up corrupted form of France-French. Is this mainly in the more "tourist-y" areas like Montreal, or is it even in the rural areas?

And yes, I am aware of the fact that the English we speak over here contains words that don't actually belong in the English language. Hell, some of them we just made up entirely.[/QUOTE]

quebois is actually an older form of french.
 
[quote name='The Crotch']Only in Toronto.

Quebec might as well be in another country from all the way over here in the prairies. N1c0, what's the status of your language over there? From what I understand, "Quebecois" (which the spell check on here is trying to turn into the word "unbecoming") is a pretty fucked-up corrupted form of France-French. Is this mainly in the more "tourist-y" areas like Montreal, or is it even in the rural areas?

And yes, I am aware of the fact that the English we speak over here contains words that don't actually belong in the English language. Hell, some of them we just made up entirely.[/QUOTE]

I've had just about enough of your Toronto bashing, eh? ;)

I echo the sentiment that separatism is asleep with the Liberal Party of Quebec in charge of the national assembly. Additionally, late 90's era legislation and judicial declaration have made Quebec secession increasingly unlikely. This includes the Clarity Act and the 1998 secession reference by the Supreme Court.
 
[quote name='JolietJake']Did/does Quebec seriously want to secede from the rest of Canada? There were jokes about this and them wanting to keep the benefits of being Canadian at the same time.[/quote]


From my point of view, only the uneducated want to because of the sound of "the country of quebec". It's technically impossible and many share my point of view.

You can generally convince these people by saying "L'armée Québecoise" (the quebec army). They get the point.
 
[quote name='HotShotX']Sadly, yes there is. But it's only the idiotic ones you need to worry about. Some are actually intelligent and should be allowed to have a gun.....and breed.

My question for Canadians sir, is the following:

Do your heads really bobble up and down when you talk, ala South Park/Terrence & Phillip?

~HotShotX[/quote]

Yes.

Another one: can you own big calibers (.50cal BMG)? I'd love to shoot one of these someday
 
[quote name='The Crotch']Only in Toronto.

Quebec might as well be in another country from all the way over here in the prairies. N1c0, what's the status of your language over there? From what I understand, "Quebecois" (which the spell check on here is trying to turn into the word "unbecoming") is a pretty fucked-up corrupted form of France-French. Is this mainly in the more "tourist-y" areas like Montreal, or is it even in the rural areas?

And yes, I am aware of the fact that the English we speak over here contains words that don't actually belong in the English language. Hell, some of them we just made up entirely.[/quote]

We speak our own language based on the french language, except it's much cooler and contains a lot of english. Comparing french and quebecois only works in grammar.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I'm sending you a bill for the carpet cleaning I had to charge when I spit grape juice all over creation reading this.

BTW, OP: Poutines are fuckin' terrible. Not even bland; just fuckin' all kinds of shit food. It's so bad, it may even qualify to be considered British cuisine.[/quote]

I'm not too crazy about it neither but you could get killed for saying that around here. We have three sacred things we eat here: chinese pie (awesome), beer and poutine. It's not british cuisine, it's french canadian cuisine.

The dish originated in rural Quebec, Canada in the late 1950s and is now popular in parts of the country. Several Québécois communities claim to be the origin of poutine, including Drummondville (by Jean-Paul Roy), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and Victoriaville.[citation needed] The most popular tale is the one of Fernand Lachance, from Warwick, Quebec, which claims that poutine was invented in 1957,[4] when a customer ordered fries while waiting for his cheese curds from the Kingsey cheese factory in Kingsey Falls (now in Warwick and bought by Saputo). Lachance is said to have exclaimed ça va faire une maudite poutine ("it will make a damn mess"), hence the name. The gravy was allegedly added later, to keep the fries warm longer. Linguists have found no occurrence of the word poutine with this meaning earlier than 1978.[citation needed]
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As far as foods created in Canada go, I've gotta go with the Nanaimo Bar from British Columbia. It's like a chocolate-custard-coconut sandwich.
 
Don't get me wrong - Unibroue is a phenomenal brewery (man, I could go for a bottle o' Trois Pistoles right now, honestly), but let's not get ahead of ourselves: there's nothing original coming out of Quebec that I can think of. It's pretty much solely reliant on what Belgium does next.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Don't get me wrong - Unibroue is a phenomenal brewery (man, I could go for a bottle o' Trois Pistoles right now, honestly), but let's not get ahead of ourselves: there's nothing original coming out of Quebec that I can think of. It's pretty much solely reliant on what Belgium does next.[/quote]

Agreed, Canadian motto could always be "3rd in everything". We, especially in Quebec, are always doing great stuff but never signifiant stuff. We fought world wars, we invented stuff, sent humanitary help but never get credited for being innovative or useful. We live in the shadows of the other big guys I guess.
 
[quote name='N1c0_ds']Agreed, Canadian motto could always be "3rd in everything".[/quote]Unless it's an Olympic event - then we're probably in 4th. Well, unless it's a women's event, for some reason.
 
[quote name='N1c0_ds']Yes.

Another one: can you own big calibers (.50cal BMG)? I'd love to shoot one of these someday[/quote]

I've been trying to relinquish my gun knowledge for things actually worthwhile, but one last hurrah ought to be alright. Without a permit, you can own any calibre leading up to and including .50BMG. Laws depend on the state, but typically, you only need to get a permit for the following:

*Calibre >.50
*Automatic/burst fire weapons
*Suppressors
*Short-barreled weapons (Shotguns under 18" long, and rifles under 16" long)

Yup. Basically if you can afford it, and it's here legally, you can buy it. Someone somewhere can legally sell you an automatic AK.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I'm sending you a bill for the carpet cleaning I had to charge when I spit grape juice all over creation reading this.

BTW, OP: Poutines are fuckin' terrible. Not even bland; just fuckin' all kinds of shit food. It's so bad, it may even qualify to be considered British cuisine.[/QUOTE]
poutine? the fries? the gravy? the cheese?
when I was in Canada, I really really liked the poutine there, maybe i had a good one?
 
Myke you wanna taste some boring shit try Congee. Ugh I can't believe the Chinese eat that watered down rice though it's most likely only because they're poor. The nutritional value must be abysmal for how much it's watered down.
 
Anyone remember that scene in Canadian Bacon where John Candy had to repaint the message on his truck in French?:lol:

That kills me every time.
 
[quote name='Sarang01']Myke you wanna taste some boring shit try Congee. Ugh I can't believe the Chinese eat that watered down rice though it's most likely only because they're poor. The nutritional value must be abysmal for how much it's watered down.[/QUOTE]

yeah cuz only the chinese eat congee- it's not like it's Korean or anything...
 
[quote name='JolietJake']Anyone remember that scene in Canadian Bacon where John Candy had to repaint the message on his truck in French?:lol:

That kills me every time.[/quote]

Law 101. You must show french language on your sign or some BS like that. If it would be all about me, I'd burry the french language 12 feet deep. It's so hard to write! It's my mother language and I almost make less errors in english, which I learned from 4th-5th grade.
 
[quote name='N1c0_ds']-We do not live only for maple syrup, we also have poutine and other awesome national meals.

USA: Are there really populations of pro-military gun-toting patriots in Texas?[/QUOTE]:rofl:

Poutine is trash. I can't believe you would mention its name in pride.

And yes.
 
[quote name='xmrblondex']poutine? the fries? the gravy? the cheese?
when I was in Canada, I really really liked the poutine there, maybe i had a good one?[/QUOTE]

Perhaps - I didn't think it was gravy, but instead a nondescript "brown sauce," like a flimsy au jus with all the sodium somehow taken out.

Fries? Good.
Cheese curds? Good.
"brown sauce"? Yeck.

I'm going back to Minnesota in a week or so - I'll have to get back to Psycho Suzie's for the fried cheese curds. Now that's some tasty comfort food.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Perhaps - I didn't think it was gravy, but instead a nondescript "brown sauce," like a flimsy au jus with all the sodium somehow taken out.

Fries? Good.
Cheese curds? Good.
"brown sauce"? Yeck.

I'm going back to Minnesota in a week or so - I'll have to get back to Psycho Suzie's for the fried cheese curds. Now that's some tasty comfort food.[/QUOTE]

Going a bit OT, but tell me more about Psycho Suzie's. I never heard of it, looked it up on Google and found I only live about 40 minutes away. I am guessing you would think it is worth the drive?
 
Do you like a punk rock jukebox and highly tasty (and high in alcohol) tiki drinks?

It's a smallish bar that serves "bar food," but the atmosphere is a top notch rockabilly bar/tiki lounge style, with a great beer selection and unique mixed drinks. If that's your thing, it's worth the drive, but if it isn't, I can't say it is.

And don't try the Belgian beer "Lucifer." I've never had beer out of a glass bottle taste so fuckin' tinny in my life. yow.

EDIT: Look here: http://www.psychosuzis.com/
 
Thanks for the info. My wife and I will have to check it out sometime. I can be at home in the lowest dive or a top shelf establishment as long as the food is good.
 
[quote name='Sleepkyng']yeah cuz only the chinese eat congee- it's not like it's Korean or anything...[/QUOTE]

Wow Coreans eat it too?! Ouch.
 
I have an other: Is it that easy to get a firearm in the US? Here as soon as you get one they think you're gonna do a school shooting. Even auto firearms are forbidden, this mean I can't get a chainsaw rifle.

Pff... Sissies.
 
Once you turn 18, if you're a legal, permanent citizen, you can go to a store and buy any shotgun or rifle you want, just fill out paperwork with your Social Security number, driver's license information, and stuff about you, answer questions like 'are you the sole buyer of this firearm' and 'have you ever denounced the name of your country' and stuff like that.. then you wait a few minutes while they run your name through your state's bureau of investigation and if it passes, you pay and go home. Once you turn 21, you can buy handguns through the same method. Keep in mind some states have waiting periods, others don't. Also, once you turn 21, you can buy Class III weapons, the type I noted earlier like automatic/short barrel/silenced weapons.

Don't ask me why you can buy an AK with hundreds of rounds of ammuntion and large-capacity magazines at 18, versus a piddlin' little .22 handgun when you turn 21. I guess it's because you can conceal a handgun more easily, but most mass shootings are committed with rifles.
 
[quote name='Sarang01']Wow Coreans eat it too?! Ouch.[/QUOTE]

congee is tasty - maybe you had a shitty batch - but usually it's like chicken noodle soup.

more than anything it serves as a base - you can put almost anything in with it and make it tasty.

and sweet potato congee is fucking bomb.
 
[quote name='xmrblondex']poutine? the fries? the gravy? the cheese?
when I was in Canada, I really really liked the poutine there, maybe i had a good one?[/quote]

No you are just normal. Hating poutine is considered treachery in Canada and could get you to jail.
 
[quote name='Hex']Once you turn 18, if you're a legal, permanent citizen, you can go to a store and buy any shotgun or rifle you want, just fill out paperwork with your Social Security number, driver's license information, and stuff about you, answer questions like 'are you the sole buyer of this firearm' and 'have you ever denounced the name of your country' and stuff like that.. then you wait a few minutes while they run your name through your state's bureau of investigation and if it passes, you pay and go home. Once you turn 21, you can buy handguns through the same method. Keep in mind some states have waiting periods, others don't. Also, once you turn 21, you can buy Class III weapons, the type I noted earlier like automatic/short barrel/silenced weapons.

Don't ask me why you can buy an AK with hundreds of rounds of ammuntion and large-capacity magazines at 18, versus a piddlin' little .22 handgun when you turn 21. I guess it's because you can conceal a handgun more easily, but most mass shootings are committed with rifles.[/quote]

Damn! Here it's a lot of paperwork, many months of waiting, gun sporting classes and all the stuff. I just want to shoot at a target dammit! Lee Enfields and Mosin Nagants come so cheap and there's a shooting club nearby. Stupid laws...:bomb:
 
[quote name='N1c0_ds']USA: Are there really populations of pro-military gun-toting patriots in Texas?[/quote]
Yep. And they're almost always the best neighbors you could hope for. Their political priorities are awful and their religion can be overbearing, but most of em are just damn plain good people that have a strong belief in the power to check government. I don't agree with em, but I love living in Texas with em. Like I said, best neighbors I've ever had.

FRANCE: Did you really vote for that douche? Are you really a dangerous military power nowadays? I still hate you for losing Canada to Britain in 23 minutes.
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C'mon now. Chirac was one of the worst leaders in the modern era (I know, Bush is no prize catch either) and Royal was in over her head. I though he was by far their best option. Choosing him will pay off handsomely for the French in the foreign policy dept. when the next American president is seated. A supportive France must be a force in the world for the US to be successful and we've by and large learned that lesson. French foreign policy, while a bit more brusque than normal, will be exquisitely placed to reign in American power when the time comes.
 
[quote name='N1c0_ds']
UK: Is it a great place to live? Do you still like tea that much? Does your army still kick ass?[/quote]

Difficult question to answer, I liked living in the UK when I did and intend to return, probably within the next couple of years. There are some problems living there, violent crime seems to be on the rise for example. Generally speaking though it's a good place to live, it' rains a bit too much though.

Tea is still the most popular beveridge in the UK I believe, although I never drink it myself.

Yes our Army does still kick ass, certainly one of the best trained in the world. Probably only the Israeli army is better trained.

EDIT - Just noticed this was my 1500th post.
 
I saw some Chav vids on youtube and still can't picture it well. Are these like rappers bred with soccer players? If kick one in the crotch real hard for me.
 
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