Have you ever been confronted with "Canadians are just like Americans".
What's the difference?" Here are some answers. This is not a put-down
of Americans, Brits, Aussies or Canadians; just a series of
observations.
Aussies : Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.
Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans
when abroad.
Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.
Brits : Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.
Aussies : Believe you should look out for your mates.
Brits : Believe that you should look out for those people who
belong to your club.
Americans: Believe that people should look out for & take care of
themselves.
Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job.
Aussies : Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic
to the point of blindness.
Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them.
Brits : Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to
perform the anthem.
Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.
Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American
channels.
Brits : Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.
Aussies : Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there
watches to Britain, where everybody loves them.
Americans: Love to watch sports on the idiot box.
Brits : Love to watch sports in stadiums so they can fight with
other fans.
Canadians: Prefer to actually engage in sports rather than watch them.
Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball.
Brits : Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and
rugby.
Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey,
hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing
baseball.
Aussies : Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in
every sport they play them in.
Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English".
Brits : Pronounce their words differently, but still call it
"English".
Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.
Aussies : Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they
say in an attempt to get laid.
Brits : Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Aussies : Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on
an island.
Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor
in a backwards country.
Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor
in a backwards country.
Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.
Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.
Brits : Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.
Aussies : Drink anything with alcohol in it.
Americans: Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally suspect.
Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally
suspect.
Brits : Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure
are inherited things.
Aussies : Seem to think that none of this matters after several
beers.