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Stereotypes, eh?
Ooooh, I just love stereotypes. Just to make sure that my own land is not left out I present the following questionnaire:
Are You an Honourary Canadian?
Are you neat?
Are you always scrupulously polite, to the point of not saying things you want to say, for fear of being rude?
If somebody asks you politely to get out of the pool, do you get out?
Do you wait in lines patiently, or impatiently but pretending to be patient?
Do you have coffee and donuts for breakfast at least once a week?
Do you watch hockey?
Do you feel ambivalent about Americans? That is, you like having them come to your country and spend their money, you like going to their country and buying their cheap gas, but you don't like meeting them in other countries?
Do you own a heavy winter coat of any variety (not necessarily a parka)?
Do you consider a five hour drive between cities the norm?
Do you spell the following words thusly: honour, colour, centre?
Does Z rhyme with "head"?
Do you think Thanksgiving is in October?
Do you drink beer?
A lot of beer?
Does your beer have more than %5.0 alcohol content?
Do you have more than one official language?
Has your country never lost a war?
And finally. . .
Have you ever been on a canoe trip longer than one day?
If you answer "yes" to 10 or more of these questions then congratulations, you are an Honourary Canadian. Go to the nearest Canadian embassy and claim your maple leaf toque!
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Scribbling scrabbling.
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