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{{quote|''They say "Eh" instead of "What" or "Duh" that's the mighty power of Canada|'''[[Five Iron Frenzy]]''', "Oh Canada"}} |
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{{quote|''They say "Eh" instead of "What" or "Duh" that's the mighty power of Canada'' |
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|'''[[Five Iron Frenzy]]'''|"Oh Canada"}} |
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{{quote|''It's a long, long way from Canada'' |
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''A long way from snow chains'' |
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|''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]''|[http://www.cracked.com/article_14939_treason-8-celebrities-you-wont-believe-arent-american.html Treason! 8 Celebrities You Won"t Believe Aren't American (#5. Every Popular Comedian from The Early '90s)]}} |
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|''[http://xkcd.com/180/ Canada]'', ''[[xkcd]]''}} |
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|'''Ed''', ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''}} |
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{{quote|''Take Off! To The Great White North!'' |
{{quote|''Take Off! To The Great White North!'' |
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''Take Off! It's a beauty way to go!'' |
''Take Off! It's a beauty way to go!'' |
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|'''[[Rush|Geddy Lee]]'''|"[[SCTV|Take Off!]]"}} |
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{{quote|''Received same call from Mr. Bucholz, with same refusal to press charges or exit premises in the company of officers. I suggest that Mr. Bucholz may be mentally ill, in light of his extreme sense of civic duty coupled with inhuman levels of politeness.'' |
{{quote|''Received same call from Mr. Bucholz, with same refusal to press charges or exit premises in the company of officers. I suggest that Mr. Bucholz may be mentally ill, in light of his extreme sense of civic duty coupled with inhuman levels of politeness.'' |
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''Correction: Please strike suggestion of mental illness from Record. Mr. Bucholz is simply Canadian.'' |
''Correction: Please strike suggestion of mental illness from Record. Mr. Bucholz is simply Canadian.'' |
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|[http://www.cracked.com/blog/a-typical-day-at-the-office-as-told-through-police-reports/ "A Typical Day at the Office, As Told Through Police Reports"]}} |
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{{quote|''Oh Canada, our home and native land'' |
{{quote|''Oh Canada, our home and native land'' |
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''Go, go, go, back to Canada'' |
''Go, go, go, back to Canada'' |
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''Let's all go BACK to Canadaaaaaaaaa-haaaaaaa...........haaaaaaaaaaa'' |
''Let's all go BACK to Canadaaaaaaaaa-haaaaaaa...........haaaaaaaaaaa'' |
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''Back to Canada'' |
''Back to Canada'' |
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|'''Norb'''|''[[The Angry Beavers]]''}} |
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{{quote|''The Great White North, CANADA! where you can enjoy a beautiful train ride, and go back to freezing cold temperatures, Hockey, Canadian bacon, [[So Good We Mentioned It Twice|Hockey]], bears, [[Department of Redundancy Department|Hockey]], maple syrup, more bears, [[Overly Long Gag|Hockey]]......wait, [[Don't Explain the Joke|Did I mention Hockey]]? |
{{quote|''The Great White North, CANADA! where you can enjoy a beautiful train ride, and go back to freezing cold temperatures, Hockey, Canadian bacon, [[So Good We Mentioned It Twice|Hockey]], bears, [[Department of Redundancy Department|Hockey]], maple syrup, more bears, [[Overly Long Gag|Hockey]]......wait, [[Don't Explain the Joke|Did I mention Hockey]]? |
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|'''[[Shawn Michaels]]''' to the Hart Dynasty, eh?}} |
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{{quote|The tragedy of Canada is that they could have enjoyed French cuisine, British culture, and American technology. |
{{quote|The tragedy of Canada is that they could have enjoyed French cuisine, British culture, and American technology. |
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Instead, they got British cuisine, American culture, and French technology. |
Instead, they got British cuisine, American culture, and French technology. |
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|John Robert Colombo}} |
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{{quote|It's so clean and bland! I'm home! |
{{quote|It's so clean and bland! I'm home! |
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|'''Marge Simpson'''|''[[The Simpsons]]''}} |
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{{quote|The only thing more Canadian than rioting after a hockey game is apologizing for it for two weeks afterwards. |
{{quote|The only thing more Canadian than rioting after a hockey game is apologizing for it for two weeks afterwards. |
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|Most popular Twitter repost following the 2011 Vancouver hockey riot.}} |
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{{quote|“I’m proud to be Canadian. We may not have a fancy NFL team, or Prince, but we invented Trivial Pursuit - you’re welcome, Earth. Plus, in Canada, you can go to an all-nude strip club and order alcohol. That’s right. From Moose Jaw to the Bay of Fundy, you can suck down a 20-ounce Pilsner while watching some coal miner’s daughter strip down to her pelt. Jealous?” |
{{quote|“I’m proud to be Canadian. We may not have a fancy NFL team, or Prince, but we invented Trivial Pursuit - you’re welcome, Earth. Plus, in Canada, you can go to an all-nude strip club and order alcohol. That’s right. From Moose Jaw to the Bay of Fundy, you can suck down a 20-ounce Pilsner while watching some coal miner’s daughter strip down to her pelt. Jealous?” |
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|'''Robin Scherbatsky'''|''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''[[Chuggaaconroy|Chugga]]''': Go be Canadian somewhere else! |
{{quote|'''[[Chuggaaconroy|Chugga]]''': Go be Canadian somewhere else! |
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'''[[Proton Jon]]''': You mean ''[[Shaped Like Itself|in Canada?]]'' Where we ''[[Failed a Spot Check|are right now?!]]'' |
'''[[Proton Jon]]''': You mean ''[[Shaped Like Itself|in Canada?]]'' Where we ''[[Failed a Spot Check|are right now?!]]'' |
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|'''[[The Runaway Guys]]'''}} |
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{{quote|'''Shepard''': Don't worry. When all of this is over, I'll buy you drinks back in [[Vancouver]]. I promise. |
{{quote|'''Shepard''': Don't worry. When all of this is over, I'll buy you drinks back in [[Vancouver]]. I promise. |
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'''Samantha Traynor''': Vancouver? Not Paris or Venice. ''Vancouver.'' |
'''Samantha Traynor''': Vancouver? Not Paris or Venice. ''Vancouver.'' |
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'''Shepard''': It's a great city! |
'''Shepard''': It's a great city! |
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'''Samantha''': You never take me anywhere nice. |
'''Samantha''': You never take me anywhere nice. |
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|''[[Mass Effect 3]]''}} |
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{{quote|I literally can't think of anything more Canadian than killing large waterfowl with a hockey stick. |
{{quote|I literally can't think of anything more Canadian than killing large waterfowl with a hockey stick. |
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Except apologizing afterwards. |
Except apologizing afterwards. |
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|[http://archived.moe/k/thread/28099433/#28102453 seen] on [[4chan|/k/]] }} |
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{{quote|"Look, they're Canadians. Hockey is in their blood, and it's the only time a Canadian truly becomes deadly." |
{{quote|"Look, they're Canadians. Hockey is in their blood, and it's the only time a Canadian truly becomes deadly." |
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[USS] Philadelphia blinked once, twice. "Wait, what do you call their service in the World Wars, then?!" |
[USS] Philadelphia blinked once, twice. "Wait, what do you call their service in the World Wars, then?!" |
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"Mercy," [HMCS] Ontario stated. |
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|[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12480048/5/More-Things-Involving-Shipgirls-That-Are-No-Longer-Allowed More Things Involving Shipgirls That Are No Longer Allowed Chapter 5: Rule 2015]}} |
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{{quote|My father never lived to see his dream come true of an all-Yiddish-speaking Canada. |
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|David Steinberg}} |
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{{quote|Canada is so square even the female impersonators are women. |
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|From the movie ''[[Outrageous]]''}} |
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{{quote|In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations -- it's cold, half-French, and [[Metaphorgotten|difficult to stir]]. |
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|Stuart Keate}} |
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{{quote|In Canada, it's illegal to incite 14-year-olds to bestiality, advertise Viagra and scare the elderly and children to death. Submitter's weekend plans have gone right out the window. |
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|[[Fark|Fark.com]], 7/11/2006}} |
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{{quote|In the plot, people came to the land; the land loved them; they worked and struggled and had lots of children. There was a Frenchman who talked funny and a greenhorn from England who was a fancy-pants but when it came to the crunch he was all courage. Those novels would make you retch. |
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|Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, on the generic Canadian novel.}} |
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{{quote|''A Canadian is somebody who knows how to [[Making Love in All the Wrong Places|make love in a canoe]].'' |
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|Canadian novelist Pierre Berton, 1973}} |
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{{quote|Americans are so benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States. |
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|Canadian historian John Bartlet Brebner}} |
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{{quote|''"When people think we [Canadians] are polite, that's just a word for thought process, and there's a thought process that perhaps we just don't trust illusion too much."'' |
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|[[The Tragically Hip|Gord Downie]]|[https://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/gord-downie-s-revealing-cbc-interview-1.1254830 Gord Downie's revealing CBC interview], October 9, 2012}} |
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Latest revision as of 16:18, 6 July 2020
They say "Eh" instead of "What" or "Duh" that's the mighty power of Canada —Five Iron Frenzy, "Oh Canada"
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It's a long, long way from Canada —Joni Mitchell, "Dreamland"
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Then our reality came crashing down around us. Mike Myers said the word "aboot" in one of the few sketches where he wasn't doing a Scottish or British accent, so we asked around and found out the sickening truth: Every funny person in the world was from Canada. |
Received same call from Mr. Bucholz, with same refusal to press charges or exit premises in the company of officers. I suggest that Mr. Bucholz may be mentally ill, in light of his extreme sense of civic duty coupled with inhuman levels of politeness. |
Oh Canada, our home and native land —Norb, The Angry Beavers
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The Great White North, CANADA! where you can enjoy a beautiful train ride, and go back to freezing cold temperatures, Hockey, Canadian bacon, Hockey, bears, Hockey, maple syrup, more bears, Hockey......wait, Did I mention Hockey? —Shawn Michaels to the Hart Dynasty, eh?
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The tragedy of Canada is that they could have enjoyed French cuisine, British culture, and American technology. —John Robert Colombo
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It's so clean and bland! I'm home! —Marge Simpson, The Simpsons
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The only thing more Canadian than rioting after a hockey game is apologizing for it for two weeks afterwards. —Most popular Twitter repost following the 2011 Vancouver hockey riot.
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“I’m proud to be Canadian. We may not have a fancy NFL team, or Prince, but we invented Trivial Pursuit - you’re welcome, Earth. Plus, in Canada, you can go to an all-nude strip club and order alcohol. That’s right. From Moose Jaw to the Bay of Fundy, you can suck down a 20-ounce Pilsner while watching some coal miner’s daughter strip down to her pelt. Jealous?” —Robin Scherbatsky, How I Met Your Mother
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Chugga: Go be Canadian somewhere else! |
Shepard: Don't worry. When all of this is over, I'll buy you drinks back in Vancouver. I promise. |
"Look, they're Canadians. Hockey is in their blood, and it's the only time a Canadian truly becomes deadly." |
My father never lived to see his dream come true of an all-Yiddish-speaking Canada. —David Steinberg
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Canada is so square even the female impersonators are women. —From the movie Outrageous
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In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations -- it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir. —Stuart Keate
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In Canada, it's illegal to incite 14-year-olds to bestiality, advertise Viagra and scare the elderly and children to death. Submitter's weekend plans have gone right out the window. —Fark.com, 7/11/2006
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In the plot, people came to the land; the land loved them; they worked and struggled and had lots of children. There was a Frenchman who talked funny and a greenhorn from England who was a fancy-pants but when it came to the crunch he was all courage. Those novels would make you retch. —Canadian novelist Robertson Davies, on the generic Canadian novel.
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A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe. —Canadian novelist Pierre Berton, 1973
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Americans are so benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States. —Canadian historian John Bartlet Brebner
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"When people think we [Canadians] are polite, that's just a word for thought process, and there's a thought process that perhaps we just don't trust illusion too much." —Gord Downie, Gord Downie's revealing CBC interview, October 9, 2012
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- Like, back to Canada, Eh?