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Thread #72168 Message #1240549
Posted By: Rapparee
04-Aug-04 - 09:49 PM
Thread Name: BS: Get to know Canada...please
Subject: RE: BS: Get to know Canada...please
Okay, all you Canadians. I've actually heard these myself when traveling Up There. Not all were Americans, either!
1. (To a gas station attendant in British Columbia): "Speakee Englishee?"
2. "Why don't you use REAL money here?"
3. "What the hell's that in REAL miles?"
4. "But HAIL, everbody in DALLAS takes 'merican Express!"
5. (To an Ontario Provincial Police Officer): "You can't be the police, you don't have a red coat."
6. (On Vancouver Island): "Is this where those really high tides come in?"
7. (At The Bay in Vancouver): "Do you still trade with the Indians for furs and things?"
8. (In downtown Quebec): "We haven't seen a single polar bear, John."
9. "Wow, they have CARS here! It's just like back home in Memphis!"
10. (In Beaver Creek, Yukon): "Does it snow here?"
Really and truly, I've heard these with my own ears. And sometimes my wife and I started speaking French as a cover!