Thinking Canadian in the USA

[Sprailenes 47]

no. lol

So tell me, CdnMN. Is this thread going as well as you'd expected it to?

Let's talk about the short attention span of us Canadians.

I still have my pogos /embarass

Mmm pogos.

[Krikit 1,164]

Omg! You'd get it with the family feast and you'd blow it up and fill one end with water and when you threw it, it would go all over the place.

Sooo much fun yet sooo pointless.

Oh wait. I think I remember those now! LOL

[Hugglebuggles 60]

I also had a skip-it and more pogs than I care to admit to. I swear my parents must have spent at least $1000 on pogs at one point. I collected Pocohantas and Lion King ones. My brother collected the Hockey ones.

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

I still have my pogos /embarass

I just gave mine away when I moved to the US..

Have you guys ever played Teather ball (Sp?) You know, the game with the ball on a rope attached to a pole in the ground? We got in sooo much trouble with that in grade school! They actually cut the balls off the poles so we couldn't play anymore

Edited April 16, 2010 by Hugglebuggles

[Krikit 1,164]

I still have my pogos /embarass

I'll trade you a pocahontas for a lion king.

Let's talk about the short attention span of us Canadians.

And instead of turning into a brawl with a locked thread, we're reminiscing about our childhood.

Does anyone remember the ketchup?

Have you guys ever played Teather ball (Sp?) You know, the game with the ball on a rope attached to a pole in the ground? We got in sooo much trouble with that in grade school! They actually cut the balls off the poles so we couldn't play anymore

They did that to ours too!

b@stards

[Krikit 1,164]

b@stards

OMG. VJ turned my curse into an email address! I am going to use that for my employers when sending out resumes. Please email me at b@stard] at b@stards dot com.

Edited April 16, 2010 by Krikit

[Sprailenes 47]

OMG. VJ turned my curse into an email address! I am going to use that for my employers when sending out resumes. Please email me at b@stard]b@stards[/email] at b@stards dot com.

How clevah!

[Krikit 1,164]

Oh good Lord. What a mess my last post. vj wouldn't let me edit it properly . just kept getting worser and worser. lol

[The_Dude 1,142]

I remember pogs, they were big here for like 10 minutes and then gone. My wife keeps telling me about how big they were. I keep asking, "you know they were just like cardboard circles right?".

[trailmix 77]

OMG. VJ turned my curse into an email address! I am going to use that for my employers when sending out resumes. Please email me at b@stard] at b@stards dot com.

[CdnMN 0]

So tell me, CdnMN. Is this thread going as well as you'd expected it to?

Ummmmm, you are assuming I had expectations. Throw it against the wall and see what sticks...that's my motto.

Actually, a fun diversion from everyday life is kinda good....And the Americans probably envy us after seeing all the neat things we had back in Canada.....they all thought that all we did for fun was dog sled races and melting holes in our neighbors igloo.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

I remember pogs, they were big here for like 10 minutes and then gone. My wife keeps telling me about how big they were. I keep asking, "you know they were just like cardboard circles right?".

Yeah... but they have super awesome pictures on them!

[zenaxe 22]

And speaking of brand names, my wife works in a pharmacy and she's the only one that knows what Gravol is - Canadians come into the pharmacy asking for gravol and the other staff members are blank, they direct people to the fish and pets area ie gravel hahahaha too funny. But she's educating the others. Gravol is a brand name but I think we think it's the product rather than the company name of the product.

Oh and no one knows what Eno is down there either....same deal me thinks.

[Spoom 8]

Oh, random one from yesterday: I was mentioning doing my American taxes and said that this year I'd have to do two, and a friend of ours said "Oh YEAH, they DO have taxes in Canada, don't they?"

She was quickly embarrassed when I said "Really? Really?"

Edited April 17, 2010 by Spoom

[TimandJoyce 1]

Just running in here for a quick minute...*pant, pant*

Have you guys ever played Teather ball (Sp?) You know, the game with the ball on a rope attached to a pole in the ground? We got in sooo much trouble with that in grade school! They actually cut the balls off the poles so we couldn't play anymore

I don't think ours got cut off, but that's where you found everyone at recess and lunch!

OMG. VJ turned my curse into an email address! I am going to use that for my employers when sending out resumes. Please email me at b@stard] at b@stards dot com.

oh my!! That is way too funny!!

Edited April 17, 2010 by TimandJoyce

[Texanadian 10]

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?