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Title: America, but better
Post by: viper37 on January 07, 2012, 05:09:53 PM
Tought you'd enjoy this  :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BrhA0sEkuaM#!
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:12:37 PM
I'd vote to be annexed.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Razgovory on January 07, 2012, 05:14:34 PM
I'm surprised you aren't pissed that he has picture of the queen on the mantle piece.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:12:37 PM
I'd vote to be annexed.

Been there. Boring. Too much flannel. EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH ABOOT ABOOT ABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOT

Pass.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Habbaku on January 07, 2012, 05:18:15 PM
Yay for unfunny smugness?
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:18:40 PM
Better than those old Molson ads at least.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:20:01 PM
The real humour is the tards in the comments section.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:20:38 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 07, 2012, 05:18:15 PM
Yay for unfunny smugness?
It's hard not to be smug for us.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:21:06 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:12:37 PM
I'd vote to be annexed.

Been there. Boring. Too much flannel. EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH ABOOT ABOOT ABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOT

Pass.

Sounds okay to me.  America would always have the ultimate say in a merger between any or all English-speaking countries.  And they would adapt to service us.

Also, getting a passport is kind of a bother, right?  It'd be a lot easier, for me, if everyone else just formed a union.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Razgovory on January 07, 2012, 05:22:50 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:20:38 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 07, 2012, 05:18:15 PM
Yay for unfunny smugness?
It's hard not to be smug for us.

He said "Canada", not "Alberta".
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:23:41 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:21:06 PM
Sounds okay to me.  America would always have the ultimate say in a merger between any or all English-speaking countries.  And they would adapt to service us.

Also, getting a passport is kind of a bother, right?  It'd be a lot easier, for me, if everyone else just formed a union.
Your people could never have the vote though.  Otherwise, things would just end up fucked up again.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 07, 2012, 05:22:50 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:20:38 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 07, 2012, 05:18:15 PM
Yay for unfunny smugness?
It's hard not to be smug for us.
He said "Canada", not "Alberta".
For the moment, Alberta stands tall in Confederation.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:25:36 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:21:06 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:12:37 PM
I'd vote to be annexed.

Been there. Boring. Too much flannel. EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH ABOOT ABOOT ABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOT

Pass.

Sounds okay to me.  America would always have the ultimate say in a merger between any or all English-speaking countries.  And they would adapt to service us.

Also, getting a passport is kind of a bother, right?  It'd be a lot easier, for me, if everyone else just formed a union.


Passport? nah.

Of course, I'd rather go to Toronto again (Massey Hall was faboo) instead of Chicago, where the Jim Belushi lookalikes might try to thrash you for not worshiping the Bears or wanting to eat that abortion of a pizza.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Razgovory on January 07, 2012, 05:26:46 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:25:34 PM

For the moment, Alberta stands tall in Confederation.

Good for you.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: garbon on January 07, 2012, 05:27:10 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:23:41 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:21:06 PM
Sounds okay to me.  America would always have the ultimate say in a merger between any or all English-speaking countries.  And they would adapt to service us.

Also, getting a passport is kind of a bother, right?  It'd be a lot easier, for me, if everyone else just formed a union.
Your people could never have the vote though.  Otherwise, things would just end up fucked up again.

Would that be a good idea? We saw what happened a couple centuries ago and we were much weaker then.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: garbon on January 07, 2012, 05:28:21 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:25:36 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:21:06 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:12:37 PM
I'd vote to be annexed.

Been there. Boring. Too much flannel. EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH EH ABOOT ABOOT ABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOTABOOT

Pass.

Sounds okay to me.  America would always have the ultimate say in a merger between any or all English-speaking countries.  And they would adapt to service us.

Also, getting a passport is kind of a bother, right?  It'd be a lot easier, for me, if everyone else just formed a union.


Passport? nah.

Of course, I'd rather go to Toronto again (Massey Hall was faboo) instead of Chicago, where the Jim Belushi lookalikes might try to thrash you for not worshiping the Bears or wanting to eat that abortion of a pizza.

I never had that Pizza while living there. :hug:
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Tonitrus on January 07, 2012, 05:29:24 PM
Passports weren't necessary before our post-9/11 security hysteria.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:29:52 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 07, 2012, 05:29:24 PM
Passports weren't necessary before our post-9/11 security hysteria.

You can't trust a Canuck.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ideologue on January 07, 2012, 05:29:56 PM
I'd like to be able to opine meaningfully on pizzas, and I should, but being distant from our epicenters of culture, I can only compare Pizza Hut to Papa John's. :(  (Pizza Hut.)

The pictures on the Chicago-style pizza wiki page look kind of fucked up, though.  Goatse-like, in fact. : /
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Tonitrus on January 07, 2012, 05:31:03 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 07, 2012, 05:29:52 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 07, 2012, 05:29:24 PM
Passports weren't necessary before our post-9/11 security hysteria.

You can't trust a Canuck.

Maybe it's because of the exchange rate.

It was all good when their dollar was a weak and we could flood in there for cheap crap.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: garbon on January 07, 2012, 05:31:35 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 07, 2012, 05:29:24 PM
Passports weren't necessary before our post-9/11 security hysteria.


I don't know. It was a very long time after that all that got put in place.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: dps on January 09, 2012, 01:01:03 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:20:38 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 07, 2012, 05:18:15 PM
Yay for unfunny smugness?
It's hard not to be smug for us.

Yeah, it comes naturally for overbearing, arrogant bastards.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: viper37 on January 09, 2012, 01:09:14 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 07, 2012, 05:14:34 PM
I'm surprised you aren't pissed that he has picture of the queen on the mantle piece.
moron.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: garbon on January 09, 2012, 01:10:39 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 09, 2012, 01:09:14 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on January 07, 2012, 05:14:34 PM
I'm surprised you aren't pissed that he has picture of the queen on the mantle piece.
moron.

Fair though.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: crazy canuck on January 09, 2012, 01:24:07 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 07, 2012, 05:31:35 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on January 07, 2012, 05:29:24 PM
Passports weren't necessary before our post-9/11 security hysteria.


I don't know. It was a very long time after that all that got put in place.

It took a couple years to implement but the rationale given to us by our American friends for creating the policy was that you could not be too careful in the post 9/11 world.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: crazy canuck on January 09, 2012, 01:26:02 PM
Quote from: dps on January 09, 2012, 01:01:03 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:20:38 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 07, 2012, 05:18:15 PM
Yay for unfunny smugness?
It's hard not to be smug for us.

Yeah, it comes naturally for overbearing, arrogant bastards.

That explains American arrogance.  At least the arrogance of Albertans (living south of Edomonton) has some justification.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ed Anger on January 09, 2012, 01:26:21 PM
QuoteIt took a couple years to implement but the rationale given to us by our American friends for creating the policy was that you could not be too careful in the post 9/11 world.


That and mister Millennium bomber didn't help.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: crazy canuck on January 09, 2012, 01:27:42 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 09, 2012, 01:26:21 PM
That and mister Millennium bomber didn't help.

Yeah, I think that put the implementation of the new passport requirement on the front burner.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: MadImmortalMan on January 09, 2012, 01:31:01 PM
I really like good Chicago style pizza. It's hard to mess up, but chains still do. I make it myself and it's great.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Grey Fox on January 09, 2012, 01:43:10 PM
I never had Pizza Pie, can't bring myself to do it.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Neil on January 09, 2012, 03:08:22 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 09, 2012, 01:26:02 PM
Quote from: dps on January 09, 2012, 01:01:03 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 07, 2012, 05:20:38 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on January 07, 2012, 05:18:15 PM
Yay for unfunny smugness?
It's hard not to be smug for us.
Yeah, it comes naturally for overbearing, arrogant bastards.
That explains American arrogance.  At least the arrogance of Albertans (living south of Edomonton) has some justification.
Edomonton is a hell of a town.  It's like Japan, but with less weird stuff and more oil.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: viper37 on January 09, 2012, 04:17:55 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 09, 2012, 01:10:39 PM
Fair though.
There is absolutely, zero differences between private sponsored humor and government regulations.  Zero, niet, nada. Absolutely not.  All the same.  I always proned to total interdiction of Queen portraits everywhere in everyone's home.  That's totally me.  Is Raz contagious or something?
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: garbon on January 09, 2012, 04:20:34 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 09, 2012, 04:17:55 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 09, 2012, 01:10:39 PM
Fair though.
There is absolutely, zero differences between private sponsored humor and government regulations.  Zero, niet, nada. Absolutely not.  All the same.  I always proned to total interdiction of Queen portraits everywhere in everyone's home.  That's totally me.  Is Raz contagious or something?

Seems like a logical extension of your inane position. :)
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: viper37 on January 09, 2012, 05:15:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 09, 2012, 04:20:34 PM

Seems like a logical extension of your inane position. :)
my position concerns the government and the inapropriate use of its symbol to create a false canadian identity based on a foreign monarch.
The use of the British monarchy for "patriotism" is as appropriate as the use of a confederate flag in a southern state's government building.

If Canadians want to build an identity of their own, they should look toward the future, not the past.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: crazy canuck on January 09, 2012, 05:30:58 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 09, 2012, 05:15:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 09, 2012, 04:20:34 PM

Seems like a logical extension of your inane position. :)
my position concerns the government and the inapropriate use of its symbol to create a false canadian identity based on a foreign monarch.
The use of the British monarchy for "patriotism" is as appropriate as the use of a confederate flag in a southern state's government building.

If Canadians want to build an identity of their own, they should look toward the future, not the past.

Since this has been part of the Canadian identity since Canada has been a country one wonders which of us wishes Canadians used a "false" identity. ;)
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: viper37 on January 10, 2012, 12:00:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 09, 2012, 05:30:58 PM
Since this has been part of the Canadian identity since Canada has been a country one wonders which of us wishes Canadians used a "false" identity. ;)
Canada has been a semi-country since 1932.  Before that, it was a full British Colony.  In 1982, all provinces of Canada decided to be a real country, with their own Constitution, and the first gesture was to severly limit the powers the British Monarchy held over Canada.

I tought it was an important date for Canadians, but I guess the 1812 war is more important after all, as we will soon see ;)
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: crazy canuck on January 10, 2012, 12:02:39 PM
So you want me to ignore all the history that occurred before 1982?
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Admiral Yi on January 10, 2012, 12:05:51 PM
What is this thread about?  I'm having a hard time figuring it out from the posts.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Jacob on January 10, 2012, 01:48:38 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 10, 2012, 12:05:51 PM
What is this thread about?  I'm having a hard time figuring it out from the posts.

I think viper... uh... Quebec... Canada... and maybe the US. Something something.

... in conclusion: I'm not sure.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: crazy canuck on January 10, 2012, 02:08:23 PM
Its pretty easy - those parts of Canada that have the Queen on their mantle > US.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: viper37 on January 10, 2012, 02:53:46 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 10, 2012, 12:02:39 PM
So you want me to ignore all the history that occurred before 1982?
Apparently, I should.  So why not?
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: viper37 on January 10, 2012, 02:54:36 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 10, 2012, 12:05:51 PM
What is this thread about?  I'm having a hard time figuring it out from the posts.
we took a turn somewhere, in the purest languishian traditions.  The forum may be dying to some, but at least, we won't lose our traditions!
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: HVC on January 10, 2012, 03:04:27 PM
if only you loved your queen you'd be so much happier :( :P
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Razgovory on January 10, 2012, 03:06:29 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 10, 2012, 12:05:51 PM
What is this thread about?  I'm having a hard time figuring it out from the posts.

I derailed a thread about Canadians being smug with one sentence.  I do like how Viper compares a portrait of the queen to the Confederate flag flying in the South.  Which has been done, even from government buildings. :lol:
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: garbon on January 10, 2012, 03:06:49 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 10, 2012, 02:53:46 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 10, 2012, 12:02:39 PM
So you want me to ignore all the history that occurred before 1982?
Apparently, I should.  So why not?

Is this you QQing about the 19th century again?
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Valmy on January 10, 2012, 03:28:43 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 10, 2012, 12:00:52 PM
If Canadians want to build an identity of their own, they should look toward the future, not the past.

Canadians already have this...but if they didn't I am not certain what you mean here.  Building an identity based on vague national aspirations?
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ideologue on January 10, 2012, 09:54:03 PM
Quebec will be reborn, either in this world, or in space.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Neil on January 10, 2012, 10:05:08 PM
Quote from: viper37 on January 10, 2012, 12:00:52 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on January 09, 2012, 05:30:58 PM
Since this has been part of the Canadian identity since Canada has been a country one wonders which of us wishes Canadians used a "false" identity. ;)
Canada has been a semi-country since 1932.  Before that, it was a full British Colony.  In 1982, all provinces of Canada decided to be a real country, with their own Constitution, and the first gesture was to severly limit the powers the British Monarchy held over Canada.

I tought it was an important date for Canadians, but I guess the 1812 war is more important after all, as we will soon see ;)
Rolleyes.  Bigtime.
Title: Re: America, but better
Post by: Ed Anger on January 10, 2012, 10:06:13 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on January 10, 2012, 09:54:03 PM
Quebec will be reborn, either in this world, or in space.

Squee