Anti-Canadian Content (Laughing With Us, Not At Us) Pt. 5

[Daniel E.]

Regarding Vancouver/Toronto:

 

[David Baxter PhD]

 

[Daniel E.]

"When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?'"

- Steven Wright

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

Winnipeg on Mars: Tiny piece of Red Planet named after Manitoba city

 

[GaryQ]

They forgot to mention Slurpee sales were not affected at all on that day.
actually surprisingly -31c not that cold.

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[gooblax]

 

[Daniel E.]

The things people will do to pay for a condo in Vancouver.

 

[Daniel E.]

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[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

How to tell if your dog is Canadian:

If you step on your dog's paw, she seems to apologize to you.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

 

[GaryQ]

Actually some of us dress up as polar bears and ride a real polar bear from igloo to igloo

 

[David Baxter PhD]

And by "some of us", @GaryQ of course means @GaryQ.

 

[GaryQ]

Ah shucks thanks for blowing my cover

 

[Daniel E.]

I assume the tradition of dressing up as a polar bear started as a way to avoid being eaten by them.

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I assume the tradition of dressing up as a polar bear started as a way to avoid being eaten by them.

I really don't know. I think you'd have to ask @GaryQ about that.

I used to dress up as robots or monks or cowboys as a child.

 

[GaryQ]

It is an ancient tradition from my childhood village.
Many generations ago, long before the white man brought the skimobiles to our great white north my ancestors without dog sleds would dress up in polar bear skins to hitch a ride on a mother polar bear after playing with her other cubs so that we had their scent and she would think they were her offspring. It was called “The Polar Bear Express”. A great traditional mode of transportation. To this day we keep this ancient tradition alive once a year to honor the great sprits of our ancestors. Since we must dress warm at that time of year to go trick or treating in my village We honor our ancient tradition on Halloween