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Thread #75860   Message #1338461
Posted By: Peace
25-Nov-04 - 01:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: funny haha or funny peculiar
Subject: RE: BS: funny haha or funny peculiar
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www.witchweb.net/immigration/humour.html

We tend to think people wearing jackets when it's only 15 below is strange--unless they're very young or very old, the people, not the jackets. We find that funny peculiar.

Folks tend to think we have no sense of humour. The only thing many people know about us is from Doug and Dave. That's a true representation, but we're often even funnier than that. Sometimes we break out in a smile. We're cafeful with that, though. Ever since a guy in Toronto did that and his face cracked. We didn't mind though, because he was an elected official--got elected because he couldn't find honest work. We wanted to keep him off the streets. That's funny haha in a low-key way, but only because most Canadians will recognize the truth in it.

Things like "If you don't believe in life after death, visit the Senate" will bring you a 'No shit' in most bars, and likely lead to someone buying you a beer, which we know tastes like horse piss, but we also know that horse piss doesn't have the bubbles, so we drink it.
We think that folks who arrive in Canada with skis on the roof of their cars should be sent to the nearest ski hill--even if it is July.
Experience is a better teacher than words.

Humour is also regional. For example, (this is about hockey) if someone in Edmonton says, "Hey, Calgary is only dressing four players tonight!", someone will always say,"Why?" Someone else will say, Because all the rest have learned to dress themselves." That's hilarious, but the laughter will always be accompanied with groans, usually from the Calgary fans. In one playoff game years back, a fellow went to the Coliseum in Edmonton. He was wearing a Montreal Canadian's shirt and a paper bag over his head. He actually cheered for Montreal. Montreal won that game, but the guy was given a round of applause by the fans from both sides. That's an example of funny haha.

Later.

BM