How many times have you heard a sports team say "we're gonna cream 'em." or "we're gonna kill 'em." or "we're gonna kick their @#$%ing asses." How about "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!!" There's no actual creaming (whatever the hell that is), no actual killing, no one's ass is actually kicled, and the only "fighting" is what naturally occurrs in a game.
And what about Canadians, and Americans? I can't count the number of times when Americans have poked fun at Canadians. We laugh, and then we "get even." Then the Americans laugh, and find some other way to tease us. I'm a Canadian married to an American, and Walker and I goad eachother all the time.
Walker: My country t'is of thee....ummmm I can't remember the next line.
Me: HAHA
Walker: Not funny. You're making a damn CANADIAN out of me. All I can think of is "God Save The [@#$%ing] Queen!!"
Me: AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Walker: And I'm learning FRENCH, too!!!! SHIT! And hockey!
Walker: AARRGGHH!!!!!!!! Don't you DARE get that song in my....oh crap. Too late. Damn f*cking Canadians!
Me: I may be turning you into a Canadian, but you're turning me into a damn GEEK! The other day someone misquoted Spock, and I picked up on the mistake.
Walker: HAHA
Me: Not funny.
Walker: OH YES IT IS!!!!!!
Me: Dumbass GEEKS!!!!
Walker: HAHA
Friendly rivalry. No competion, no harm done, no feelings hurt, and now we're both sitting here laughing our drinks out of our noses.
So today on another site, I was talking about maple syrup. Take a look at my flag, and see the maple leaf. It's not uncommon to hear me use the phrse "American crap" when refering to manufactored fake-maple syrup. The majority of Canadians will use that phrase, when refering to that stuff. Now, even my AMERICAN HUSBAND says "American crap." haha It sure doesn't mean we hate America. I remember the second night I was in AZ, he made the mistake of making me a couple of Eggos with Log Cabbin syrup on it. Rookie mistake when newly involved with a Canadian. It would be like a southerner wanting sausage, biscuits, and gravy, and a Canadian going to McDonalds for a sausage biscuit breakfast sandwich, and then pouring some leftover gravy over it. hahahahahahahahaha Having had sausage, busicuits and gravy Southernstyle on many occasions, I'd never do that to someone. Most Canadians don't know what GRITS are either.
Anyway, someone, somewhere else, took offense at my use of "American crap" when talking about manufactorered maple syrup, and suggested that Canadians have nothing better to do than complain. LOL....um, really?
Do you see the humour in this statement, or do you think I hate America, and Americans?
What do you think of the teasing rivalry between Canadians and Americans, in general? Do we hate eachother, or are our two countries just acting like two siblings teasing eachother when Mommy's away, only to get together for ice cream after, and trade baseball cards, at the end of the day? If Canada and America weren't siblings, I doubt we'd be able to joke around.
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I am G L A D to know that there are folks in the States who only use the real stuff. As far as I'm concerned, if it didn't come from a maple tree, it's not maple syrup.
Thank you for jumping in.
Also I never liked certain foods if it weren't for my husband. he never liked tofu when I was a vegetarian but now he loves it. He always disliked Mexican until I took him to an authentic place and now he loves it. We change for the folks we love.
I'm still not a star-trek or any kind of sci-fi fan, but I can spot a mistake here and there. LOL But yes, our spouses open us up to all kinds of new things we didn't know about before.
As for Pawn Stars, it's not a regular show for us, but we do watch it now and then. some pretty interesting stuff, on there.
And we often argued whether the item was worth more or less.
Or else I will kill you! ^^
Hehe....
BTW, one of my all-time FAVOURITE Americans is going to send me some GRITS, and Walker knows how to cook 'em. YAY!
She makes fun of my "southern" accent, and I tell her to go to the real south, but she's worried she wouldn't understand anyone there. Haha. I'm originally from the Missouri side of the Missouri/Arkansas border, so it's southern, but not deep south, ya know? And it's funny because my family all says I talk like a Canadian now.
Oh, and on the spouse thing, the first time my husband wanted me to watch Top Shot on History Channel with him, I told him no, but watched it anyway because I didn't want to leave the room. haha. Anyway, that is the ONLY show that I watch regularly now, and will go out of my way to watch. And now my husband doesn't feel like it's a necessary part of his week anymore. I have hooked my sister on it since she moved up here, though, and since she's usually at work when it airs at 9, she stays up to watch it at 1 am. :)
Yeah, people who are close can joke about themselves, and poke genuine FUN at eachother, and know they're only kidding. Heck, I have Serbian and Croatian friends who can do that, and as recently as 20 years ago, Serbs and Croats wee killing eachother! Me? I'm somewhere on the Serbian/Croatian border. LOL When it's not about politics, the two countries don't give a damn about their history. They're actually like Canadians and Americans, when there's no political crap getting in the way.