Thinking Canadian in the USA

[darkchilde794 5]

Me too!!! Pocahontas and Lion King ones were the best! I had a bunch of Casper ones too.

OMG!!! I had a TON of Casper pogs!!!! I think they are still in my dad's house too... My brother had whatever "boy version" of pogs back then... we spent all our allowance on them!

Wow this entire thread had taken a life of its own!

[Udella&Wiz 325]

You nerd....as a man you cannot address a group of women with 'Hi girls'......I can....but that's because i am one of them

What a bizarre twist to go into whiffle ball and tether ball....

I had a good debate with my parents last night. They live in Canada. Dad got a motorcycle last summer. Mom is getting one this upcoming summer. So I had them both on the phone and asked them if they thought people should have to wear a helmet on a motorcycle.

Dad: Should be up to the rider. I went for a drive around the neighbourhood without one and couldn't believe how much more alert I was. Could see more peripheral. And it was a much more pleasant ride.

Mom: Absolutely not! Because if you screw up, we have to pay for it.

At this point I said that in Texas, you can legally ride without a helmet if you meet one of the following criteria.

1) You have $10,000 in medical insurance on your motorcycle insurance plan.

2) You've taken a motorcycle safety course.

It's hard to characterize an entire country's way of thinking when both the USA and Canada are so large and have different areas. NOBODY has ever accused Newfoundlanders of being rude..... Toronto? Hahahaha

I almost find things are too nice in Texas. At work (hospital) EVERYBODY says sir and maam to coworkers in different departments. For me, sir and maam has always been more for use talking to older people or in customer service. But not to co-workers. And everybody is so darned talkative in the morning. Oh hi, how are you!!! (Me: Ugh, it's 6AM. Just nod or say hi). Maybe it's because I used to work for Germans when I lived in Canada. 5AM shift start. You said hello when you walked in the door and then you went to work. Nobody said anything to each other until around 8AM. Partly because it was early. Partly because there was a lot of work to be done. Personally I like this style. I come to work to work, not to socialize. And I want to get on the go and start working as soon as I get there.

Back to Texas....I got my head chewed off the other day. I walked in and said "hi girls" to a group of females that I work with every day. They turned to me in disgust and said "don't call us girls, we're ladies."

Now where I'm from (BC), girls is a friendly saying towards co-workers. A youthful happy way of describing a group. Ladies is more for senior citizens and separate groups of people that you don't really belong to. Same with males. I liked it when my boss would come in and say hey boys, hows it going today?

[Sprailenes 47]

Walk into a room full of girls and in your best Beastie Boys impression yell: "HEY LADIES"

That always gets them smilin...

[Texanadian 10]

Walk into a room full of girls and in your best Beastie Boys impression yell: "HEY LADIES"

That always gets them smilin...

How about Jerry Lewis impression instead?

Next time I'll refer to them as old ladies, just to rub it in.

[Pauley 2]

Walk into a room full of girls and in your best Beastie Boys impression yell: "HEY LADIES"

That always gets them smilin...

Or your best Isaiah-Mustafa-from-the-Old-Spice-commercial "HELLO LADIES."

[SupportGeek 21]

My husband actually makes fun of that fact that Canadians use the brand name of many items instead of the actual product...such as Kraft Dinner for Mac and Cheese or saying Kleenex when asking for a tissue.

He notices the little things while in Canada...like Mr. Christie products are Nabisco in the States but with the exact same logo. Or his biggest pet peeve...the fact that our peanut butter cups say Reese on the package, not Reese's.

And Yet Americans do the same "Otter Pop" is a brand name of popcicle.

I always thought it was universal to do that

[warlord 73]

And Yet Americans do the same "Otter Pop" is a brand name of popcicle.

I always thought it was universal to do that

Otter Pop (US) = Mr Freezie (Can).

Though there is a total differnce with the blue ones. In Canada for some odd reason the blue ones always made me cough.

Another huge difference is there is no white cream soda variation with Otter Pops. Those are actually my favorite, so I always get those when I'm up in Canada. Guess white cream soda isn't very popular down here...

[daffydill 0]

Okay, TOTALLY outing myself on the age thing here, but remember these?!! I was covered in bruises.

OUCH __ weren't they callled Clackers or Klackers???