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Gavin Dec 19th, 2010 04:47 PM

How Canadian is this?
 
Yesterday we where heading out for a walk when a beaver crossed our path, slipped through a hole in the creek ice and swam under a hockey game to reach its lodge carrying some of our condo's landscaping for dinner. Does it get any more Canadian than that?

OceanBreeze1 Dec 19th, 2010 08:01 PM

That's great! Did you get a picture?

Did the beaver also have a Molson's? B-)

NorthwestMale Dec 20th, 2010 06:53 PM

Seems a good time to revisit this ageless classic brought to you by "Uncle Maple Leaf" (aka - the Canadian government)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDeDQpIQFD0

Darlene_O Dec 21st, 2010 04:48 AM

Oh God! Now I want poutine!
Is it bad to eat that much cheese for breakfast???

hubcombo Dec 21st, 2010 07:38 AM

Just throw in some delusional sense of having European social welfare, and you've got yourself one hell of an experience here.

hubcombo Dec 21st, 2010 07:48 AM

Throw shoveling snow in there for good measure.

TRLM Dec 21st, 2010 09:17 AM

haha, thank you for that mental image! This could be a great thread!

NorthwestMale Dec 27th, 2010 04:22 PM

Canada is so great, for reasons not limited to the fact that Canadian stereotypes don't even offend anybody. In fact, it is quite rewarding to challenge yourself among friends to dig even deeper to find or depict the most telling Canadian stereotypes.

Long live "The Hoser Hut".

boots08 Dec 28th, 2010 12:43 PM

Amen, Northwest. I experienced a lot this in the few years I lived in Newfoundland.

What endeared the Newfies to me was their ability to laugh at themselves.

It takes a secure and contented people to do so.


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