With regards to Newfoundlanders, I had, as I said, a housemate from Newfoundland for 7 years. I used to go to Ad Astra SF con, in Toronto. When I did, I would always joke with the Canadians, that I should bring my Canadian housemate along, after all, he speaks the language, ha ha! (Don was a computer programmer, and he was deaf in one ear. The only spoken language he knew was English.) The joke was always followed by the response, "Oh he's not a Canadian, he's a Newf," followed by comments that Newfoundlanders were lazy, dirty, and all on welfare.
In that Don's great virtue was that he did the housework, I took exception to these remarks. Don said he was Canadian. He was very proud of being Canadian.
The only Newfy joke I tell is the one about the Newfoundlander who opened a Chinese restaurant. The food's just great, but half an hour later, your half an hour later.
Now, I would like to thank the Canadian people for thier lovely protest. Though there was no massed raspberry, it was nice for Bush to see people who don't approve of him. Grace O'Malley, my pirate kitten was particularly pleased by the pirates. As the former president of Cute Kittens for Kerry, she was very disappointed when Bush won the election.