Canadian Stereotypes (what say you, eh?)

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I was inspired by a recent thread about stereotypes associated with people from Denmark.
("Vi er rode, vi er hvide") So, what say you eh?

They are just socialist Americans.

they reside in north america and they are close neighbors to us yanks, those are the only things remotely "american" about them. back to the thread, poutine is their national dish.

I've always wanted to try poutine, but I've never had a chance to.

warning- it's highly fattening, only those folk blessed with high metabolism and anti-cholesterol genes need apply. this aside, you could make it yourself out of french fries, cheese and beef gravy. i see it as a type of generic goulash-like concoction which can be tailored to fit one's culinary mood- if you have a sweet tooth you can make it out of julienned/french cut deep-fried sweet potatoes and yams, covered in mascarpone and dark chocolate syrup [or mrs. butterworths' syrup] and with butterscotch truffle pieces studded about. or i suppose you could make a south-of-the-border concoction out of juliened/french cut fried plaintains covered in mole and queso studded with chorizo. just a thought. my stomach is grumbling now

hey I'm Canadian there eh. Je vive aux Quebec. I freaking love Poutine, man. Eh...

how 'bout poutine made with french fries cooked in beef tallow, cheddar cheese, fried onions and garlic, marinara sauce or ranch dressing, and diced fried spam or fried diced cube steak? yummm

I like their floppy heads!

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That's all I know.

we wear parkas and snowshoes and toques year round

we live in igloos

we are all super-friendly and polite

we say "oot" and "aboot" (ok we actually DO, just not as bad as people exaggerate)

we drink a lot of Timmy's coffee (ok we do that one too!)

we all play or watch hockey (wait a sec a lot of us do that also)




and hello to my fellow edmonchuk resident, Douglas_MacNeill!! !

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My mum does that too. Mind you, she's from Glasgow.

This is why I think all Canadians are Scottish.

Tim Horton's is like the Starbucks of Canada.

Have been through Ontario and tried some New York Fries Poutine. It was good but wouldn't want to have it often. It is really a bucket of fatty gravy and carbs.

As for politeness I didn't think to much of a customer I went to in Nova Scotia. Maybe he was an American immigrant.

poutine is getting too weird and complication IMHO. in its purest form it is just fries/gravy/cheese curds, but now you can get chili and sour creme and green onions and bacon on top. too complicated!

i actually have 5 Timmy Ho's within 3 km of my house! much more popular than other coffee places. it's less decadent than starbucks - a large coffee is called large, and they offer hearty simple cheap food like bagels, soup, doughnuts.

we are not that friendly at all but we are often less emotive or demonstrative than other countries for the most part and maybe that makes us seem nicer on first glance. but we can be as*holes just like anywhere.

I never really thought of Canadians as having any sort of stereotype. Canada is basically America but with free health care.

For all your stereotyping needs, please visit Uncyclopedia (canadians link).

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