I thought that is something to be gay, but that's just me and stereotypical thinking that most of Swedish men are gay :lol:
I THINK I KNOW! : D They say swedes are stupid. At least, we in Norway have a lots of jokes about Swedes. (But then, swedes have jokes about us too XD) EXAMPLES: How do you get a swede to laugh on the New Year's Eve? You tell him a joke on Christmas Eve. Do you know how the swedes kill a fly? No. First they chase it under a commode and then they saw off the commodes legs. What happened to the swedish housewife who was going to iron the curtains? She fell out of the window. And then it was the swedish comedian who quit his job because everybody just laughed at him. A swede sat in a restaurant and was ordering a pizza. - Do you want me to cut it in 4 or 8 pieces? the waitor asked. - 4 please. I can't eat eight pieces. Do you know how swedes afford to buy DVD players? They sell the TV! Hope you got it now. : D
Puts out fresh Timbits and a new serving of Poutine to welcome all new comers and visitors to the Canadian Thread
Nope, it's about sexuality. And oh we have those jokes as well. Three swedes found strange tracks. They stood over those and wondered what they are "It's a rabbit" said first "no, it's a bear" said 2nd. Third Sweden bend down to look the tracks closer and a train run over him.... Erm..but back to Canada. How has the winter been there so far? I mean I live around the Arctic Circle and we've had snow since early Oct, but hasn't been that cold. At home..little show and it melts. I'm going to be mad again if we don't get snow for Christmas. Hmph.
living in Southern Ontario all I can say is 'what snow' We haven't seen any yet. For the most part the temperature has been hovering around the low 2 digit Celsius mark ie 10-12C where the normal day time high this time of year is about 4C. I've been out walking about during the day without a coat on. Sweatshirts are doing nicely. It may be more an age related thing as opposed to weather related though Normally in November we get a lot of dull dreary days but we've also had a lot of sun with these mild temperatures. So Ducky for the moment you can keep the snow
I'm quite happy we haven't seen snow yet. I know we will but I can't help wishing it would just stay away all year. *sigh* It's cold enough without the snow and I hate it. :lol: I wear my winter coat already because I'm weird and hate being even slightly cold but yea, a sweater would probably do. The other day the sun was out that compared to what it had been, it was almost hot out. I've been craving poutine for like a month. The only restaurant in my town that sells poutine shut down before I knew it was so I have yet to fulfill my craving. :lol:
We had snow here in early October, but it melted in a few days and we haven't seen it since. I really don't mind the snow. It's the cold that I don't like. And I'll be really upset if there's no snow for Christmas. After that it can go away :lol: I can't believe how warm it's been though. It's consistently 10-15 degrees above average
Don't you just love Canada Post They've just announced that on Monday, yes that is tomorrow, the cost of mailing a letter is going up It's going up from $0.54 to $0.57 per first class letter in Canada. It will cost $1.00 to mail something to the US and $1.70 to mail something internationally. Don't you just love the how much of a time warning they give everyone :wtf: I guess since stamps no longer have a fixed cost stamped on them they wanted to avoid the stampede to buy up the unpriced stamps. Now if they would just deliver the mail correctly than I probably wouldn't mind Canada Post to boost mailing rates on Monday
How Canadian can this be, eh! Tim Hortons has just started their 'Roll Up the Rim To Win' contest. McDonald's is giving away a free small cup of coffee for the next two weeks. Not to be outdone Country Style is giving away a free cup of medium size coffee on Wednesday as part of it's Coffee Lover's Day promo. So for the next two weeks coffee will be in abundance particularly on Wednesday. Also related to Timmy's 'Roll up the Rim To Win' contest city of Toronto Green people aren't happy because of the 'environmental' cost of this promo. The city of Toronto doesn't recycle the coffee cups
Considering of all the smog I hear hovering about there, their "worries" struck an irony chord with me. And I ought to stop drinking ice caps and go back to coffee what with 'Roll up the Rim' around
the smog is usually a result of polluted air coming up from the Ohio Valley. I'm not say we're prefect but most of the time we're not at fault.
The following was sent to me in an email and I thought I'd share it here with my fellow Canadians We ARE CANADIAN!!! PROUD TO BE!!! GO CANADA GO Red Shirt If the red shirt thing is new to you, read below how it went for one man... Last week, while traveling to Toronto on business, I noticed an army sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together. After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd b een invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home. 'No', he responded. 'Heading out', I asked? 'No. I'm escorting a soldier home.' 'Going to pick him up?' 'No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Afghanistan; I'm taking him home to his family.' The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. It was an honour for him. He told me that, although he didn't know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's family and felt as if he knew them after many conversations in so few days. I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, 'Thank you. Thank you for doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.' Upon landing in Toronto, the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the following announcement over the intercom. 'Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the honour of having Sergeant Steeley of the Canadian Armed Forces join us on this flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door to allow Sergeant Steeley to de plane and receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt sign.' Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize that I am proud to be a Canadian. So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what you do so we can live the way we do. Red Fridays Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason; Canadians who support our troops used to be called the 'silent majority.' We are no longer silent , and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing. Many Canadians, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of Canadians supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that every red-blooded Canadian who supports our men and women afar, will wear something red. By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make Canada on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming Hockey game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the Canada is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once 'silent' majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on. The first thing a soldier says when asked 'What can we do to make things better for you?' is 'We need your support and your prayers.' Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something red every Friday.
We've had an earthquake here. It happened about 15 minutes ago. We're at the store and crates shook. Nothing fell but one of the store cats ran. Caramel was not impressed by the earth moving. This is not the first time we've had a quake but it's the first one that I've really felt.