Mmm interesting. Irc my dad's grandparents are from Quebec, I think my grandparents where born in the us but idk for sure.
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Cool, cool...As a Canadian I will ask Americans A. where you gonna work? and B. where you gonna live? because both situations here are....yeah not great. good luck though I guess. Well I suppose if you want to live in a shoebox in Toronto those prices are apparently "coming down".
A shoebox? In this economy?
Now tax them!
Most Americans vacationing in Switzerland consider themselves Canadian in public. We can always spot the fake Canadians though.
Lol is it the way they say "about" ?
Khaki shorts and New Balances and visiting Europe to eat McDonalds
The first tell is usually the volume (*when talking amogst each other), followed by wanting things to be adjusted to accomodate them in ways that don't make any sense in Switzerland.
And by volume they mean loudness
appreciate the clarification.
Would be funny if it was the big hair or muricans tend to move in groups. Which both could be valid.
I think he wanted to clarify it wasn't because of their weight.
Lol didn't even think of that. But would be good tell.
McDonalds is so expensive here, they usually loose 20lbs in the first 3 days after arrival.
Shame it will return first 3 days back.
As a Canadian I welcome our new American refugees. Please leave your guns at the door and be sure to grab your free plate of poutine when you arrive.
Mmm poutine, gorton, meat pies. Mmm.
I've only ever had poutine from Epcot. I really like it, but for those who have tried it there and also the real thing, does it compare?
Poutine is complete shit outside of Quebec.
Not true. It's just not AS good. It's pretty hard to mess up fries, cheese, and gravy. Just be wary of anything with more ingredients than those big three.
You have no idea how tempting that offer is.
I live in california and you have no idea how hard it is to get competent poutine here.
I can get shit from places ive never heard of but i cant get fucking poutine.
I'm waiting on the last birth certificate we need for our application. Let's go Saskatchewan administrators! Find that old birth record please, we know it's in there somewhere.
I'm actually looking into this right now. Other than tracking down all the birth certificates and stuff, it seems pretty straightforward.
The bill is C-3, since the article didn't seem to mention it.
All those Canadians living under a hostile government, invasions have happened for less.
You can even finish off the White House this time.
I always found the story of that so fascinating.
The British commander that took Washington wanted to take the city peacefully and entered the city under a flag of peace but some Americans in the city opened fire and wounded his horse and killed some of his soldiers. That made him change his mind and he ordered the burning of all public buildings in the city. And his orders were followed so only public buildings such as the White House, parts of the Capitol, the Department of War were burned. The only government building that survived unscathed was the Patent Office because the guy in charge of it pleaded with the British and they listened to him.
The general also wanted to burn down some newspaper that was printing negative stuff about him but some women convinced him not to do it as the fire would likely spread to their houses. He instead ordered the soldiers to take the newspaper building down brick by brick and then ordered the printing equipment destroyed so they can't write more about him. I always found that to be hilariously petty.
Also another story I heard was that President Madison was so sure that the British wouldn't take the city that he had a dinner party prepared for that evening. When the British sappers came to burn down the White House they ate all the food and drunk all the wine prepared before starting to burn the White House down.
After sometime a big storm came and put out the fires and even a tornado landed in the middle of the city. The British decided to get out at that point as the storm caused a lot of damage to the city and casualties to their troops and civilians. As they were pulling out the general asked some woman if this is the kind of weather they get in these God forsaken lands. The woman told him the storm was sent by God to save them from their enemies and the general retorted that the storm actually helped them finish destroying the city.
My great grandparents were from Didsbury, Alberta so my entire immediate family qualifies... Would be interesting to see how this shakes out.
I think the only fear would be Trump cronies going nuts and trying to deport us.
This is the inverse of Super Troopers 2!
I really don’t want more Americans to have the right to fuck up our elections and politics.
I’m so god damn exhausted of Americans.
I get you’re not all bad, but even the non trumpers have politics that are a reason they left.
Yep. I have American neighbors and despite living here 30 years, the bring their right wing bullshit with them. They won't fuck off now because they need the healthcare.
.... ok bud
I’m not your bud guy.
I’m not your guy bud.
I doubt you have many friends at all
That’s not nice
And?
I doubt you can mail a letter without using letter fluid